The Generosity Shift: How Tithing Grows Your Relationship with God is by Scott Silverii, published in 2025. ISBN 9781957672526. Silverii spent his career in law enforcement, finishing as a police chief, and is now senior pastor of Five Stones Church in Midlothian, Texas.
What the book argues
It is a book about tithing, and Silverii writes it as his own story of resistance rather than as instruction from someone who always found it easy. He was not persuaded for a long time, and the book tracks how that changed.
His central framing is that tithing is a trust test. The question it settles is not whether the church gets your money but what actually has hold of you, and his claim is that most people discover the answer only when they try to give the money away.
The framing to weigh, because it is the one that matters
Books on tithing sit close to a real danger, which is teaching that giving is a transaction: put money in, get blessing out. That is worth checking before you buy any book in this category.
On the evidence of how it presents itself, this one lands on the relational side rather than the transactional one. The emphasis is on what giving reveals about your heart and what it does to your relationship with God, not on a promised financial return. That is the healthier of the two framings and the one Scripture actually supports.
That said, read it with your eyes open. Any book built around the phrase “generosity shift” and moving from scarcity to abundance is using language that shades toward outcomes, and different readers will hear that differently. If you find yourself concluding that giving obliges God to improve your finances, the book has been misread, whatever it intended.
What I could not verify
An earlier version of this review credited the book with a 90-day tithing challenge, printed worksheets, journaling prompts, and family discussion guides. I could not confirm any of those, so I am not repeating them. What is confirmed is personal stories, biblical material, and practical application. If you are buying it for specific study features, check the preview first.
Who it suits
Best for a man who knows the argument for tithing and has never actually done it, or who has done it grudgingly for years. Silverii’s own reluctance is the most useful thing in the book, because he is not writing down to you.
It is also new, from 2025, with no long track record and no established reviews. That is not a mark against it, but you are buying an untested book.
Skip it if you want broad financial teaching. This is narrow by design: one practice, examined closely.
Bottom line
A recent, personal, single-subject book on tithing that keeps the emphasis on trust rather than return. Worth it if giving is the specific thing you are stuck on.