Bethlehem Lutheran Church

Month: September 2021

  • Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

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    + Holy Baptism of Blair Elouise Rosenbaum + Readings: Numbers 11:4–6, 10–16, 24–29 | James 5:1–20 | Mark 9:38–50 Text: Mark 9:38-50 (covering points of Formula of Concord, Article V – Law and Gospel) 38 John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because…

  • Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

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    Readings: Jeremiah 11:18–20 | James 3:13—4:10 | Mark 9:30–37 Text: James 3:13—4:10 (covering points from Formula of Concord, Article III – The Righteousness of Faith) “Even in Your Weakness, He is Strong to Save” Why do Christians act so unchristian sometimes?  Bitter divisions and resentment separate people from the congregation, and congregations from one another. …

  • Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost

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    Readings: Isaiah 50:4–10 | James 3:1–12 | Mark 9:14-29 Text: Mark 9:14-29 covering points from the Formula of Concord, Article I – Original Sin “To Shine on Those Who Sit in Darkness and the Shadow of Death” Arguing, suffering from childhood, inability to help, exasperation, unbelief, convulsions, and near death—This is what the Lord Jesus…

  • “Good Works are Necessary (not for Salvation)”

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    Readings: Isaiah 35:4–7a | James 2:1-26 | Mark 7:24–37 Text: James 2:1-26 (covering points from the Formula of Concord, Article IV – Good Works) “Good Works Are Necessary for Salvation.” Ever since the time of the Reformation lead by Martin Luther, good works have been a point of contention.  The Reformers pointed out the gross…