Category: Sermons
-
Last Sunday of the Church Year (Matthew 25:1-13)
Bethlehem Lutheran & Bethel Lutheran Church, Lebanon & Sweet Home, OR Last Sunday of the Church Year + November 25, 2018 Text: Matthew 25:1-13 We can all agree that being prepared is important. If you are prepared for something, it will be easier to meet when it comes. This is true of things we…
-
Second to Last Sunday of the Church Year (Matthew 25:31-46)
Bethlehem Lutheran & Bethel Lutheran Church, Lebanon & Sweet Home, OR Second to Last Sunday of the Church Year + November 18, 2018 Baptism of Nathan L. Vasquez Text: Matthew 25:31-46 It’s no myth from the past or a method of keeping people in line. Every person will appear before the judgment seat of Christ. …
-
Third to Last Sunday of the Church Year (Trinity 25)
Bethlehem Lutheran & Bethel Lutheran, Lebanon & Sweet Home, OR Third to Last Sunday of the Church Year (Trinity 25) + November 11, 2018 Text: Exodus 32:1-20 Waiting is hard. I don’t know anyone who is perfectly patient about rising above their present troubles. Wouldn’t it be great if we could always do what the…
-
All Saints Day (observed) (Revelation 7:9-14)
Bethlehem Lutheran & Bethel Lutheran Church, Lebanon & Sweet Home, OR All Saints Day (observed) + November 4, 2018 Text: Revelation 7:9-14 9 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed…
-
Reformation Sunday (Matt. 11:12-19)
Bethlehem Lutheran & Bethel Lutheran, Lebanon & Sweet Home, OR Reformation Sunday + October 28, 2018 Text: Matt. 11:12-19 In the 1730’s, there began a movement in the Colonies that was later called The Great Awakening. It came with convincing preachers, stirred spirits, changed morals, and huge revival meetings. It transformed the religious and moral…
-
Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity (John 4:46-54)
Bethlehem Lutheran & Bethel Lutheran Church, Lebanon & Sweet Home, OR Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity + October 20, 2018 Text: John 4:46-54 God created His world good in six days. It was not just a snow globe to be kept on the shelf, but it was made to sustain and provide for life on earth. …
-
Twentieth Sunday after Trinity (Matthew 22:1-14)
Bethlehem Lutheran & Bethel Lutheran Church, Lebanon & Sweet Home, OR Twentieth Sunday after Trinity + October 14, 2018 Text: Matthew 22:1-14
-
Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity (Matthew 9:1-8)
Bethlehem Lutheran & Bethel Lutheran Church, Lebanon & Sweet Home, OR Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity + October 7, 2018 Text: Matthew 9:1-8 So, which is it? Which is easier to say, “Your sins are forgiven” or “Rise and walk”? Jesus leaves us with this two-edged question, because if we say it’s easier to forgive sins,…
-
Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity (Luke 14:1-11, Ephesians 4:1-3)
Bethlehem Lutheran & Bethel Lutheran Church, Lebanon & Sweet Home, OR Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity + September 23, 2018 Text: Luke 14:1-11, Ephesians 4:1-3 Not everyone who gathered around Jesus was there to simply to hear Him and be healed by Him. Some were there to watch Him and wait for Him to stumble. At…
-
Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity (Luke 7:11-17)
Bethlehem Lutheran & Bethel Lutheran Church, Lebanon & Sweet Home, OR Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity + September 16, 2018 Text: Luke 7:11-17 Jesus comes to the village of Nain, two miles south of Mount Tabor in the region of Galilee. As He approaches the city with His disciples, there is another procession on the way…