Fort Wayne, IN Author Publishes Refreshing Book on Christian Giving

November 26, 2014 - "Tithes and Offerings: Perspectives on Christian Giving," a new book by G. Davis Dean, Jr., has been released by RoseDog Books.

"Tithes and Offerings: Perspectives on Christian Giving" is the result of a suggestion made to the author by a close Christian friend and consultant. His reasoning was that, although there are many books on Christian tithes and offerings, they are overwhelmingly legalistic or moralistic. Such appeals have often been based upon the popular, though false, health-and-wealth gospel.

This suggestion led the author to consider and examine not only points of conservative church doctrine as they may be applied to the subject, but also incidents in Scripture that involved the act of giving. From there, the author began to research and analyze the historical and cultural context of the exchange, and the profiles and life situations of the personages involved in it.

The final matter to come out of all this reconstruction was to put a flesh-and-bone humanity upon personages most people only know from Scripture by their names and the deeds associated with them. It is important to understand what giving meant to these personages, and to translate this very human meaning to Christian giving among believers even today.

About the Author:
G. Davis Dean Jr. was born on May 27, 1959 in Miami, Florida. He acquired a degree in anthropology in 1980 from the University of Central Florida in Orlando.

Dean has worked since in real estate appraisal and as a real estate title researcher-examiner. During these years, Dean became a Christian. Growing in his faith, Dean acquired a Masters of Religion from Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He settled in that city and has been an active member of St. Paul Lutheran Church since 1996.

Dean is the author of a previous work, "The Revelation of Jesus Christ: The Cross and Crown of Our Savior and Lord." He is also presently working on his next manuscript, a manual and devotional work geared for Sunday school teachers.

"Tithes and Offerings: Perspectives on Christian Giving" is a 376-page paperback with a retail price of $30.00. The ISBN is 978-1-4809-1662-3. It was published by RoseDog Books, an imprint of Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information, or to request a review copy, please go to our virtual pressroom at www.dorrancepressroom.com or our online bookstore at www.rosedogbookstore.com.