Month: August 2017
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Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost (Isaiah 51:1-6)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church & Bethel Lutheran Church, Lebanon & Sweet Home, OR Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost + August 27, 2017 Text: Isaiah 51:1-6 The year was around 700 BC. Judah was facing destruction at the hand of the Assyrians. They were the last holdout, now that the northern kingdom of Israel had fallen some 20…
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Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost (Matthew 15:21-28)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church & Bethel Lutheran Church, Lebanon & Sweet Home, OR Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost + August 20, 2017 Text: Matthew 15:21-28 The Psalmist, David writes in Psalm 25:6, “Remember your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.” And it’s true: God always remembers us. The harder…
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Tenth Sunday after Pentecost (Job 38:4-18)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon & Bethel Lutheran Church, Sweet Home, OR Tenth Sunday after Pentecost + August 13, 2017 Text: Job 38:4-18 You may notice the portraits of two hymnwriters inside the bulletin. The hymns which they wrote are more than “songs for a heavy heart”[1] or platitudes to feed someone after a terrible loss. …
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Ninth Sunday after Pentecost (Matthew 14:13-21)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR and Bethel Lutheran Church, Sweet Home, OR Ninth Sunday after Pentecost + August 6, 2017 Text: Matthew 14:13-21 It was a perfectly ordinary day in Galilee, although the mood was rather somber. Jesus had just received news that John the Baptist had been beheaded. He wanted to withdraw with His…