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Wes said:
John,

What you give is simply a matter for your conscience and your committment to your church. The Bible tells us "don't do your charitable deeds before men to be seen of them," and "don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, that your charitable deeds may be in secret;" (Matt. 6:1-4)

Wes,

Would you mind explaining what you mean by "and your committment to your church"? Do you mean a personal committment or more of a formal committment to give a certain amount? If the first, I have no problem, but if the second, I would be wary. It seems if it was a formal committment it might soon come in to conflict with "a matter for your conscience". How would resolve the two in that situation?

John