Month: May 2019
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Sixth Sunday of Easter (Rogate) (John 16:23-30)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Sixth Sunday of Easter (Rogate) + May 26, 2019 Text: John 16:23-30 Sunday after Sunday, there are many parts of the liturgy that are the same. These parts are repeated, not because it sounds religious to repeat stuff, and not because the congregation is dull-witted and has to be told…
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Fifth Sunday of Easter (Cantate) (John 16:5-15)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Fifth Sunday of Easter (Cantate) + May 19, 2019 Text: John 16:5-15 The Sundays of the Easter season remind us how it’s possible for Jesus’ disciples to continue to be in fellowship with Him and to glory in the resurrection for the long haul. For four Sundays in a row,…
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Fourth Sunday of Easter (1 Peter 2:11-23)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Fourth Sunday of Easter + May 12, 2019 Text: 1 Peter 2:11-23 Two words describe the Christian: a sojourner and an exile. In the Old Testament, these were freighted terms. The idea of sojourning in a foreign land began with Abraham who was a foreigner in the land of Canaan,…
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Third Sunday of Easter (John 10:11-16)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Third Sunday of Easter (Misericordias Domini) + May 5, 2019 Baptism of Lincoln Thomas Vorderstrasse Text: John 10:11-16 Jesus says, “I am the Good Shepherd.” But what is meant by “good”? When you want to find out more in Holy Scripture, you go to the original languages—Greek in the New…