Tithe Stories

Stout and protracted have been the arguments whether or not Christians in the New Testament dispensation of Grace ought to pay tithes: that mandatory one-tenth that Old Testament worshippers paid? Scripturally and logically, in a prose style as compelling as the subject has been made interesting, this invaluable reference book to preachers, pastors, and earnest Christians, answers many of the nagging questions about tithes. What is tithe? Paid in what form? To whom? Why? Where? How often? Did Jesus teach about tithing? Did any of His disciples pay tithe? Should everybody tithe? Is there any repercussion to the New Testament worshipper who chooses not to tithe? Should churches and corporate organizations tithe? To whom? Why? And many other questions to which the sincere worshipper would be glad to find balanced scriptural answers. This book is guaranteed to impact you definitely. Do not so much as glance at its pages if you do not wish to be arrested by its compelling power. It is one book you will never forget. It will bless you, and much more, it will change you.

I have written this story in obedience to the Lord. I have learnt that giving tithes to my local church is not the Lord's will for His church. I have not given my tithes ever since the Lord told me to stop! If I was not able to hear the Lord speak, I would never have written this book to tell the world about what happens when a person continues to pay tithe.

There are still some places in this world where magic exists. It clings to the remote parts of the world that Time has left behind and forgotten, where life is simpler and nature is powerful. An example is Teelin, an island off the coast of Ireland, in Teelin you are either a farmer or a fisherman unless you work in Rell the largest town on Teelin. There are few cars and fewer well paved roads, the summers are often cloudy and the winters bitter but there is a wild powerful magic in every leaf and every wave that crashes on the cliffs. It is not the magic of movies with pretty sparks and silly words, it is the raw elements, deep and dark, complex and dangerous. It is addicting, and to the residents of Teelin it is a part of life. Something to watch out for, something to beware of but in the end no different than the wild dog packs that roam the moors, dangerous but avoidable. For it is not humans who wield the magic, it is the Sidhe, the Fey who wander the island, who live in the forests and lurk under the waves.

Danger ensues when the Tenth Doctor takes Rose Tyler to the fairy planet of Elphame on Halloween 2006. This is a crossover between Doctor Who and Tam Lin, the ancient ballad from the Scottish Borders. It also uses plot elements from The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope (1974) and the movie The Wicker Man (1973). This begins in Season 2 of the reboot, at Halloween, somewhere between "Rise of the Cybermen" and "Doomsday." Edit 01/23/24: Thank you to AO3 user Fennelwink for pointing out a dropped thread/plot hole. I edited it slightly now at the end of Transformations and the beginning of Safe in the TARDIS to address that.

An examination of a few scriptures on tithing. Many thanks to SilkEloquence for the cover!