Refreshing Ideas about Tithing

We've all heard about tithng but conventional thinking may be a bit clouded. While it's good to give, sometimes tithing is initiated by the desire to get something rather than to give purely. Everyone wants to uplift his finances as well as spirit, of course, yet perhaps tithing is an inappropriate method for abundance. Here's an interesting article from a progressive Christian author that clears up some of the religious basis for the idea of tithing. http://www.acts17-11.com/dialogs_tithe.html