{"podcast":{"title":"SeedTime with Bob and Linda Lotich","slug":"seedtime-with-bob-and-linda-lotich-65777","podcast_index_feed_id":65777,"rss_url":"https://seedtime.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://seedtime.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/f/d/4/7/fd47b6295167ded1d959afa2a1bf1c87/2026_Podcast_cover_SeedTime_Money.jpg","author":"Bob Lotich, Certified Educator in Personal Finance","episode_count":400,"summary":"Success as a Christian. Success in Marriage. Success as a manager of the money God's entrusted to you. That's what we're after. If you want that too, then you'll love the show. Learn to simplify, automate, multiply & get full control of the money God's entrusted you with. So you can quit stressing about it, pay off debt & get on with your God-given purpose. Oh and we have a different take on money than most financial experts. We aren't going to judge you for your past mistakes and we haven't forgotten the pain of being broke so we can relate. We believe simple always beats complicated. And we believe money isn't the goal, but is simply a tool that can be used to fulfill what God has called us to do. We help you spend less time thinking about money while getting better results. The Seed Time Money podcast is where we (Bob & Linda Lotich) share the mindsets, beliefs and strategies we used to go from being debt-ridden and broke to: - paying off $400k of debt - eliminating all guilt and shame with money - building multiple streams of passive income - honoring God with our finances - learning how to save & invest wisely - having financial unity in our marriage - giving $1 million by ag…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T18:22:14.174059+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seedtime-with-bob-and-linda-lotich-65777"},"episode":{"title":"What We Actually Believe About Tithing (After 15 Years of Avoiding This)","slug":"what-we-actually-believe-about-tithing-after-15-years-of-avoiding-this","published_at":"2026-06-12T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seedtime-with-bob-and-linda-lotich-65777/what-we-actually-believe-about-tithing-after-15-years-of-avoiding-this","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seedtime-with-bob-and-linda-lotich-65777","url":"https://seedtime.libsyn.com/what-we-actually-believe-about-tithing-after-15-years-of-avoiding-this","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/seedtime/What_We_Actually_Believe_About_Tithing_After_15_Yrs_of_Avoiding_This.mp3?dest-id=691991","summary":"The first time I ever heard the word tithing, I watched a guest preacher publicly shame two guys at the altar of a small Florida church for not doing it consistently. They walked back to their seats with their heads down. I never forgot it. Linda has a different shame story — quiet, private, ten years long, all over a single tithe she felt led to give to friends going on a mission trip instead of her local church. Two completely different shame stories, same root system. Both deadly to generosity. In this episode, we finally do the conversation we've sidestepped for almost two decades. We get into the difference between condemnation and conviction, why we treat tithing the same way we treat Sabbath, and the moment we corrected our giving and got a raise the very next day that exactly covered the gap. This is not a shame episode. It's not a license episode either. It's where we've actually landed. And If you enjoyed this, we'd love to send you a free copy of our book — you just cover shipping. It has over 1,000 5-star reviews on Amazon. Grab it at seedtime.com/free . WHAT WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE Here's a little of what we cover in this episode: The altar-shaming Bob watched as a brand-new Christian (and what it did to his view of giving) The 10-year guilt cycle Linda carried over a single tithe she gave to the \"wrong\" place Why condemnation comes from the enemy and conviction comes from God (and how to tell which is which) The Sabbath analogy that finally helped us land somewhere honest Why both shame and license are wrong (and what 2 Corinthians 9:7 actually says) Where to start if 10% feels impossible right now BIBLE VERSES MENTIONED Matthew 7 (referenced — \"if your eye causes you to sin\") Genesis 14 (Abraham and Melchizedek, referenced) Genesis 22 (Abraham, \"God wil…","meta_description":"The first time I ever heard the word tithing, I watched a guest preacher publicly shame two guys at the altar of a small Florida church for not doing it c…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2644,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/seedtime-with-bob-and-linda-lotich-65777/episodes/what-we-actually-believe-about-tithing-after-15-years-of-avoiding-this/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seedtime-with-bob-and-linda-lotich-65777/what-we-actually-believe-about-tithing-after-15-years-of-avoiding-this.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}