Bethlehem Lutheran Church

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  • Ninth Sunday after Trinity

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    Readings: 2 Samuel 22:26–34 | 1 Corinthians 10:6–13 | Luke 16:1–9 Text: Luke 16:1-13 Luke 15 is one of the most popular chapters in this Gospel.  It’s refreshing to hear the parables of the Shepherd who seeks out the lost sheep, “And on His shoulder gently laid, And home rejoicing brought me.” (LSB 709:3).  We…

  • Seventh Sunday after Trinity

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    Readings: Genesis 2:7-17 | Romans 6:19-23 | Mark 8:1-9 Text: Mark 8:1-6 What do you think about food?  You like it?  I do, too.  I’m sure we could share some enthusiastic stories about our favorite meals. What would you do to get it?  When we’re children, it’s given to us.  But when we get older…

  • Sixth Sunday after Trinity

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    Readings: Exodus 20:1–17 | Romans 6:1–11 | Matthew 5:17–26 Text: Matthew 5:20-26 For centuries, the first thing those learning the Christian faith encounter is the Ten Commandments. We may think they are elementary, and therefore easy to do. After all, they sound so simple: You shall have no other gods. You shall not misuse the…

  • Fifth Sunday after Trinity

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    Confirmation of Landon Carter & Gwendolyn Zorko Readings: Genesis 50:15–21 | Romans 8:18–23 | Luke 6:36–42 Text: 1 Peter 3:8-15 St. Peter’s first epistle to the Church is beautifully appropriate and informative for the Church today.  It was first written to the Christians who were scattered after persecution grew more severe, and it was clear…

  • Fourth Sunday after Trinity

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    Readings: Genesis 50:15-21 | Romans 8:18-23 | Luke 6:36-42 Text: Luke 6:36-42 We are living in what could possibly be the most judgmental period in human history.  Despite the efforts of previous generations to teach us not to be judgmental, the pendulum has swung back sharply and made us and the society we live in…

  • Third Sunday after Trinity

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    Readings: Micah 7:18–20 | 1 Peter 5:6–11 | Luke 15:1-10 Text: Luke 15:1-10 There are times in Scripture where we can see the truth of God’s work on the lips of His enemies.  Consider how Caiaphas spoke of the Sanhedrin’s plot to kill Jesus in John 11: Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said…

  • Second Sunday after Trinity

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    Readings: Proverbs 9:1-10 | Ephesians 2:13-22 | Luke 14:15-24 Text: Luke 14:15-24 If it wasn’t true before the pandemic, it is certainly true now: We are a people who are at odds with one another.  Family members alienated from one another, friendships strained and breaking from sharp disagreements, and a media culture that would rather…

  • The Feast of the Holy Trinity

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    Readings: Isaiah 6:1–7 | Romans 11:33–36 | John 3:1–17 Text: John 3:1-15 (Isaiah 6:1-7, Romans 11:33-36) Trinity Sunday is a feast day to remember that God is transcendent, and in many ways for us, unknowable.  He’s greater than us, and not just in the way that a king is greater than his servant, because He…

  • The Feast of Pentecost

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    Readings: Genesis 11:1–9 | Acts 2:1-21 | John 14:23-31 Text: John 14:23-31 We often think of the Day of Pentecost in the past tense.  Around May 11 in the year 33 (or 29),[1] “they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it…

  • Sunday after the Ascension

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    Exaudi – Answer Readings: Ezekiel 36:22–28 | 1 Peter 4:7–11 | John 15:26—16:4 Text: John 15:26—16:4 From ancient times, this Sunday has been known as “Waiting Sunday”—the time in between the Lord’s Ascension into heaven, where they were commanded to wait for the promise of the Father (Luke 24:49)  But before His passion, the Lord…