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Tithing is the standard....

We learned about the history of Thanksgiving and its role in our relationships with God and with family....

Five of ten principles of stewardship: 1. God owns it all. 2. Stewardship produces growth in us. 3. We are in debt from the day we are born -- to God, to the last generation and to the next generation. 4. We live forever through our giving. 5. God wants the first of everything. ...

Pastor today addressed demographic changes associated with different views of tithing, stewardship and church membership. Do younger generations support their church less out of a sense of duty and more through wanting to see results? ...

More on Martin Luther and the Reformation....

We heard the fourth in a series on the Protestant Reformation. We learned about the historical background, the issues, the players and the outcome....

As we approach the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther's posting of the 95 Theses, we learned about Martin Luther as a person, and the impact he had on Christendom....

Ron Leemhuis told us about his early fascination with the Genesis creation story, and how his interest in science blossomed over the years and decades. He described himself as an oddball. He presented excerpts from "America's Four Gods: What We Say about God, and What That Says about Us." He interviewed two congregants on their early impressions of God and their faith experiences. Finally, he emphasized that we're all oddballs in one way or another. He challenged us to be genuine and to welcome other oddballs of all sorts....

On the 500 year anniversary of Martin Luther's 95 theses, we heard about this pastor whose questions set Christendom on fire. This was the second in a series on the Protestant Reformation....

As we near the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther's 95 Theses on the Wittenburg church we learned about the nature of the Protestant reformation. Central tenets included that authority comes from the Word of God, and that God comes to us with grace and through our faith....