Tithe debate: is giving the offering back propaganda?

The hosts argue the stunt misrepresents tithing: a tithe is firstfruits given to God for the church's spiritual leadership to direct, not a charitable donation recycled back to the givers, and one host calls it propaganda for Jesus. One compares it to putting money in a child's savings account and congratulating the child for saving. During the debate a host reads Malachi 3:6-10 from his phone — 'will a man rob God' — and shares his own story of tithing into four months of financial strain, concluding that obedience does not guarantee an easy month. A daughter's children's-Bible story about Jesus cleansing the temple and her claim to have seen Jesus as a baby closes the personal thread.