Month: July 2019
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Sixth Sunday after Trinity (Matthew 5:20-26)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Sixth Sunday after Trinity + July 28, 2019 Text: Matthew 5:20-26 How different Judaism was from Christianity! Of course, there’s the main difference: believing that Jesus is the promised Messiah (Christ). But when you accept Christ, all of Scripture suddenly must be reexamined through the cross. Jesus says to the…
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Fifth Sunday after Trinity (1 Kings 19:11-21, 1 Cor. 1:18-25; Luke 5:1-11)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Fifth Sunday after Trinity + July 21, 2019 Text: 1 Kings 19:11-21, 1 Cor. 1:18-25; Luke 5:1-11 I think we would all agree that God is higher and greater than us. (After all, we wouldn’t be here if we were convinced otherwise.) As He explains in Isaiah 55:8-9, “For my…
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Third Sunday after Trinity (Luke 15:1-10)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Third Sunday after Trinity + July 7, 2019 Text: Luke 15:1-10 Sometimes, Jesus is offensive. No, not like Howard Stern or Alex Jones. Jesus is offensive because He sheds His holy light on what is ungodly in us. When Jesus brings that light to men, one of two things happens:…