The Purpose of Christmas: Reconciliation 2024

12/22/2024Fourth Sunday of Advent Isaiah 53:1-6 (NRSV)2 Corinthians 5:16-19 (NRSV)Matthew 11:25-29 (NRSV)

While we wait

November 17, 2024Twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost Hebrews 10:11-18 (NRSV)Mark 13:1-8 (NRSV)

Conversation With A Lutheran Pastor

Jane: Pastor, do Lutherans believe in tithing? Pastor: Jane, that is good question. Tithing is of course biblical. In Leviticus 27:30-33, God is speaking to Moses. 30 One-tenth of everything the land produces—seeds from the ground and fruits from the trees—belongs to Me and is sacred to Me. 31 If a man desires to buy … [Read more…]