Month: March 2019
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Third Sunday in Lent (Oculi) (Exodus 8:16-24)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Third Sunday in Lent (Oculi) + March 24, 2019 Text: Exodus 8:16-24 While God was executing His judgment against the Pharaoh, the Egyptians, and their gods, God made a distinction between His people and His enemies. Sure, at the start, the Egyptian magicians were able to turn water into blood…
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Lenten Worship – "Remember"
Lenten Midweek Worship on Wednesdays 1:00pm – Midday Vespers (Pastor Miller) with coffee hour after 6:00pm – Soup Supper downstairs in fellowship hall 7:00pm – Evening Vespers (guest pastor) March 6 – Ash Wednesday: Remember Dust Pastor Michael Miller – Psalm 103:13-14 March 13 – Lent I: Remember Wondrous Works Pastor Eric Bolhmann (Shepherd of…
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Second Sunday in Lent (Reminiscere) (Genesis 32:23-33)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Second Sunday in Lent (Reminiscere) + March 17, 2019 Text: Genesis 32:23-33 In Hebrews 11, the Apostle defines what faith is: “Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 2 For by it the people of old received their commendation.” (Hebrews 11:1-2). We don’t see…
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First Sunday in Lent (Invocabit) (Matthew 4:1-11)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR First Sunday in Lent (Invocabit) + March 10, 2019 Text: Matthew 4:1-11 In Martin Luther’s Large Catechism, he explained the First Commandment this way: What is to have a god? What is God? 2 Answer: A god is that to which we look for all good and in which we…
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Ash Wednesday: Remember Dust (Psalm 103:13-14)
Pastor Michael A. Miller The Man from Heaven Remembers the Man of Dust Psalm 103:13-14 13 As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear Him. 14 For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust. “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you…
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Quinquagesima (Luke 18:31-43)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Quinquagesima + March 3, 2019 Text: Luke 18:31-43 The Lord often confounds our understanding—He chooses the least, the lowly, and here in today’s Gospel it is a blind man that sees while the disciples are dumbfounded. But on the cusp of the holy 40 days leading to the crucifixion of…