The "T" Word. I will keep you in suspense no longer. The "T" word is TITHE. No surprise on Pledge Dedication Sunday. As you know, the tithe is ten percent of income. The concept goes back to the earliest pages of the Old Testament and was God's way of reminding us that we are here as managers - ownership belongs to God. The deal God made was that we could keep ninety percent of that with which we were entrusted for our own use - we were told to return just ten percent. It was not that God needed the money - it was all God's anyway and God could take every penny in a skinny minute. The tithe was simply a reminder of the source of our wealth. It was an extremely generous offer. But, even from the earliest days, folks have been tempted to skim even that. Thus the question posed in our lesson …