Is this really how we want to judge a candidate’s fitness to be president?
>Is this really how we want to judge a candidate’s fitness to be president?
No it’s how you tell if he’s a Phony. I grew in a extremely poor family and no mater how poor we were, we always tithed. Cruz by contrast is an rich man and he gives little.
Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. 42 But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.
43 Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. 44 They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.”
This is old news. It was out before Iowa.
But, I guarantee this is one of the reasons Cruz lost South Carolina and most of the South to Trump.
In the religious groups Cruz was trying to appeal to, tithing is a fundamental of the faith. Where your money is there is your heart. Non-tithers are judged as being wayward Christians; Christians who don’t’ put Christ first in their lives.
What would your reaction be if you found out Cruz had never been baptized? Now you understand how tithing advocates felt upon hearing the news that Cruz was a non-tither.
BTW, I do not believe tithing is a requirement for Christians. But, I am a southerner and have attended churches that have preached it. You have no idea how hard it is push as a requirement to demonstrate you are a faithful Christian—particularly in megachurches.