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  • The Confession of St. Peter (observed)

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    Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Readings: Acts 4:8-13 | 2 Peter 1:1-15 | Mark 8:27-35 Text: Mark 8:27-35 Human opinions abound.  In politics, in reaction to the pandemic, in parenting, in education.  In each of these arenas, we each have strong convictions.  Sometimes our views are so firmly held that we have difficulty even interacting…

  • Baptism of Our Lord

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    Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Readings: Genesis 1:1-5| Romans 6:1-11 | Mark 1:4-11 Text: Mark 1:4-11 Now, you may think this is ten days late, but today we’re going to talk about beginnings.  In the Beginning – Genesis 1:1-5 The Old Testament reading is the very beginning of the Bible.  In fact, that’s the first Word written in…

  • Second Sunday after Christmas

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    Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Readings: 1 Kings 3:4–15 | Ephesians 1:3–14 | Luke 2:40–52 Text: Psalm 119:97-104 When we see the boy Jesus in the Temple at 12 years of age, it’s clear he had an acuity for Scripture.  After all, He was “sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.…

  • First Sunday in Advent (Series B)

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    Text: Isaiah 64:1-8 “Enough is enough!” When things get so bad, you’ve tried again and again, yet you can’t see any way through, you might throw up your hands and say, “Enough is enough!”  Maybe you’ve been feeling that way lately?  It could be the many maddening topics in the news—election fallout, coronavirus scare and…

  • Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 27A)

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    Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Text: Matthew 25:1-13 What a mess the world is.  Thank God that we have the Church.  Thank God that we can confess, “I believe…in the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.”  Thank God for that…

  • Third to Last Sunday of the Church Year (Exodus 32:1-20)

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    Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Third to Last Sunday of the Church Year (Trinity 25) + November 10, 2018 Text: Exodus 32:1-20 The congregation got impatient when Moses was gone for 40 days and nights.  We are coming on 2000 years since our Lord’s ascension. It doesn’t take long to find some of the foolish…