Category: Sermons
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Seventh Sunday after Trinity(Mark 8:1-9)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Seventh Sunday after Trinity + August 4, 2019 Text: Mark 8:1-9 Recently in the news, there has been a story about a USDA rule change that would render 3.1 million people ineligible for food stamp benefits. Of course, an outcry ensues, because food is important for people to have. Every…
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Sixth Sunday after Trinity (Matthew 5:20-26)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Sixth Sunday after Trinity + July 28, 2019 Text: Matthew 5:20-26 How different Judaism was from Christianity! Of course, there’s the main difference: believing that Jesus is the promised Messiah (Christ). But when you accept Christ, all of Scripture suddenly must be reexamined through the cross. Jesus says to the…
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Fifth Sunday after Trinity (1 Kings 19:11-21, 1 Cor. 1:18-25; Luke 5:1-11)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Fifth Sunday after Trinity + July 21, 2019 Text: 1 Kings 19:11-21, 1 Cor. 1:18-25; Luke 5:1-11 I think we would all agree that God is higher and greater than us. (After all, we wouldn’t be here if we were convinced otherwise.) As He explains in Isaiah 55:8-9, “For my…
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Third Sunday after Trinity (Luke 15:1-10)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Third Sunday after Trinity + July 7, 2019 Text: Luke 15:1-10 Sometimes, Jesus is offensive. No, not like Howard Stern or Alex Jones. Jesus is offensive because He sheds His holy light on what is ungodly in us. When Jesus brings that light to men, one of two things happens:…
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Second Sunday after Trinity (1 John 3:13-18)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Second Sunday after Trinity + June 30, 2019 Text: 1 John 3:13-18 The word “love” has taken on a life of its own. It’s as if everyone has their own private dictionary of what they want it to mean. So many interpret it simply as an emotion, and a shallow…
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The Nativity of St. John the Baptist (observed) (Isaiah 40:1-5)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR The Nativity of St. John the Baptist (observed) + June 23, 2019 Text: Isaiah 40:1-5 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for…
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The Holy Trinity (Isaiah 6:1-8; John 3:1-17)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR The Holy Trinity + June 16, 2019 Text: Isaiah 6:1-8; John 3:1-17 In the course of our lives, there are people we come across who are worthy of respect, who we look up to. One that comes to mind for me is the technical director at my community college. As…
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Day of Pentecost (John 14:23-31)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Day of Pentecost + June 9, 2019 Text: John 14:23-31 “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word…
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Sunday after the Ascension (John 15:26—16:4)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Sunday after the Ascension + June 2, 2019 Confirmation Sunday Text: John 15:26—16:4 In the Creed, why do we confess “I believe”? In the original Nicene Creed, it said, “We believe in one God,” because it was the confession of the 318 bishops gathered at the Council of Nicaea. It…
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Sixth Sunday of Easter (Rogate) (John 16:23-30)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Sixth Sunday of Easter (Rogate) + May 26, 2019 Text: John 16:23-30 Sunday after Sunday, there are many parts of the liturgy that are the same. These parts are repeated, not because it sounds religious to repeat stuff, and not because the congregation is dull-witted and has to be told…