Author: Bethlehem Lutheran
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All Saints Day (observed)(Revelation 7:9-17)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church & Bethel Lutheran Church, Lebanon & Sweet Home, OR All Saints Day (observed) – November 5, 2017 Text: Revelation 7:9-17 “After this I looked, and behold”: For now, faith and sight are now distinguished from each other. We know that God is good, that He loves us, and that He has…
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Festival of the Reformation (John 8:31-36)
Zion Lutheran Church, Corvallis, OR Festival of the Reformation + October 29, 2017 Text: John 8:31-36 “The Son Sets Us Free with His Word” The Reformation was truly a blessed turn in Church History. It meant that the Gospel of Jesus Christ spread into a world that was darkened with the teaching that sinful…
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Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost (Matthew 22:15-22)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church & Bethel Lutheran Church, Lebanon and Sweet Home, OR Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost + October 22, 2017 (Baptism of Miles H) Text: Matthew 22:15-22 We like either/or questions, like do we need to pay taxes or NOT? We’d love the answer to be as simple as a computer flipping between 0 and…
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Christian Funeral of Helen May Daily (John 10:11-16, 27-30)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Christian Funeral of Helen May Daily – October 18, 2017 Text: John 10:11-16, 27-30 Helen was a woman who was full of service. From her twenties on, she served in this congregation, working in the Ladies Aid. She loved gardening, so she helped with the flowers and bushes around the…
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Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Matthew 22:1-18)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church & Bethel Lutheran Church, Lebanon & Sweet Home, OR Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost + October 15, 2017 Text: Matthew 22:1-18 In both the Old and New Testaments, God describes His people as “kingdom of priests.” In Exodus 19 He says, “you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the…
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Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Matthew 21:33-46)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church & Bethel Lutheran Church, Lebanon and Sweet Home, OR Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost + October 8, 2017 Text: Matthew 21:33-46 It’s the call to every generation to not make the Church our own possession. You have certain privileges as a renter, and certain other privileges as a homeowner. A renter…
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LWML Sunday (2 Timothy 4:1-5)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church & Bethel Lutheran Church, Lebanon and Sweet Home, OR LWML Sunday – October 1, 2017 Text: 2 Timothy 4:1-5 I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: 2 preach the word; be ready…
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Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Matthew 20:1-16)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church & Bethel Lutheran Church, Lebanon and Sweet Home, OR Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Baptism of David Timothy Miller) + September 24, 2017 Text: Matthew 20:1-16 The dictionary defines grace as unmerited favor from God. So, we sing praises of God’s grace in Christ. We name congregations after it and we sing…
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Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Romans 13:1-10)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church & Bethel Lutheran Church, Lebanon & Sweet Home, OR Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost + September 10, 2017 Text: Romans 13:1-10 People love to be free of the burden of authority. School kids count the minutes before the bell on the last day of school. College freshmen rejoice to be free of their…
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Christians United: A Brief Commentary
On August 29 of this year, a group of conservative Christian leaders released a biblical statement about LGBT matters called the Nashville Statement. A little over a day later, a dissenting group who is strongly in favor of LGBT inclusion in the Christian Church released a statement under the name Christians United. The Church has…