Category: Sermons
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Third to Last Sunday of the Church Year (Exodus 32:1-20)
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…
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All Saints Sunday (Revelation 7:9-14)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR All Saints Sunday + November 3, 2019 Text: Revelation 7:9-14 This scene of the faithful at rest is given to John in the middle of great judgments at the end of the age. After the sixth of seven seals, the proud of the earth who have rejected the Gospel vainly…
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Reformation Sunday (John 8:31-36)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Reformation Sunday + October 27, 2019 Text: John 8:31-36 We’re accustomed to evaluating things on the basis of what we can see. If you go to the dentist, how good or bad your teeth are can be observed. If you’re buying a house, the home inspector looks for red flags…
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Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity (Matthew 22:23-33, 34-46)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity + October 20, 2019 Text: Matthew 22:(23-33) 34-46 The Pharisees knew who they were, and they knew who the God of Israel was. They knew His Word thoroughly, and unlike those fools who don’t even believe in angels, the afterlife, or the resurrection (the Sadducees), they…
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LWML Sunday
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR LWML Sunday (Proper 22C) – October 13, 2019 Text: Luke 17:1-10 Today is LWML Sunday. The theme of the day is from the Gospel reading, where Jesus says, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in…
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Feast of St. Michael and All Angels (Rev. 12:7-12)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Feast of St. Michael and All Angels – September 29, 2019 Text: Revelation 12:7-12 We often thank God for the dedicated service of the members of the armed forces. We thank Him for giving these men and women such dedication to their country and its citizens. That peace we enjoy…
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St. Matthew the Evangelist (Matt. 9:9-13)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Feast of St. Matthew (observed) + September 22, 2019 Text: St. Matthew 9:9-13 Jesus says, “I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.” The Lord said this about Matthew, the Apostle and Evangelist. Really it’s one of the main themes of the Gospel that Matthew wrote. From the very…
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Holy Cross Day (observed) (John 12:20-33)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Holy Cross Day (obs.) + September 15, 2019 Text: John 12:20-33 “Lift high the cross,” the Church sings, “the love of Christ proclaim, till all the world adore His sacred Name.” The cross has been a symbol of Christianity for countless generations. At a glance you can recognize a Christian…
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12th Sunday after Trinity (Mark 7:31-37)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Twelfth Sunday after Trinity + September 8, 2019 Text: Mark 7:31-37 Jesus performed many healings in His ministry. He raised Peter’s mother-in-law when she was sick with a fever, He healed lepers, cured lame and swollen limbs, and made the blind to see. What the people say is true: “He…