What does Tribe teach about giving money?
Drawn from the messages where it was actually addressed: the words said from the front, the passages taught, and where to hear the whole thing.
At Tribe, the teaching on giving money starts with a simple observation Brian Hunter makes from the gospels: Jesus talks about finances more than he talks about hell, because Jesus understands the connection between where our money goes and where our hearts actually are. That connection is not incidental. It is the whole point. Brian says, "Giving reflects our heart and is a practical way of expressing our love for Jesus." The conversation is not about church fundraising. It is about a spiritual discipline that touches love, trust, and surrender all at once.
Brian draws those three threads out across Matthew 6, Luke 7, and John 6. From Matthew 6, the familiar verses about not worrying over food and clothing and seeking the kingdom first are read together, not in isolation, and when you do that they all trace back to where a person places their treasure. From Luke 7, the woman who has been forgiven much loves much, while the person forgiven little loves little. Brian is clear that the second half of that statement is pointed at the Pharisees and their false moral accounting, not at any real difference in what people owe. The depth of love any of us show toward Jesus has a direct relationship to how seriously we reckon with how much we have been forgiven, and giving is one of the most practical places that reckoning shows up. Brian puts it plainly: there is a difference between belief and trust, and many people trust Jesus in theory while keeping their finances at arm's length.
The series also traces tithing back to Genesis 14, where Abram gave a tenth of everything to Melchizedek, the king of Salem, who is later connected to Jesus in the New Testament. Brian walks through how that practice moves through the cross into the new covenant, modified from its agrarian form but not deleted, and lands on the image of holding everything with an open hand. The governing passage is 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, where Paul says God bought his people at a high price. That does not mean captivity. It means the whole of a person's life, not just a budget line item, belongs to him, and giving trains the heart to live as though that is actually true.
Taught from Matthew 6:19-34 · Luke 7:47 · 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 · Genesis 14:14-20 · John 6:5-13
“There's a difference between belief and trust.”
From Three Aspects of Tithing
The passage taught · Isaiah 53
1 Who has believed our message? To whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed?
2 For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no good looks or majesty. When we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
3 He was despised, and rejected by men; a man of suffering, and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn’t respect him.
4 Surely he has borne our sickness, and carried our suffering; yet we considered him plagued, struck by God, and afflicted.
World English Bible
Messages that go deeper
- July 14, 2025 Three Aspects of Tithing Brian Hunter walks through Matthew 6 and Luke 7 to show why giving reflects love and trust in God, not just a church budget line.
- July 13, 2025 Love, Trust, and Something to Work With Brian Hunter explores tithing as an act of love and trust, drawing from Matthew 6 and John 6 to show how giving reflects the heart and invites God to act.
- July 6, 2025 The Test of Tithing Brian Hunter walks through what the Bible says about tithing, why Jesus talked more about money than hell, and what it really reveals about trust.