Category: Sermons
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Third Sunday after the Epiphany (Matthew 8:1-13)
Bethlehem Lutheran & Bethel Lutheran Church, Lebanon & Sweet Home, OR Third Sunday after the Epiphany + January 27, 2019 Text: Matthew 8:1-13 Throughout the Epiphany season, our Lord reveals who He is and what He’s come for. So far, we’ve heard the proclamation of who He is—as a child, at the Jordan, and…
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Memorial for Irvin and Marcia Boyer (Isaiah 43:1)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Memorial for Irvin and Marcia Boyer – January 27, 2019 Text: Isaiah 43:1
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Second Sunday after the Epiphany ( John 2:1-11)
Bethlehem Lutheran & Bethel Lutheran Church, Lebanon & Sweet Home, OR Second Sunday after the Epiphany + January 20, 2019 Text: John 2:1-11 When Moses was leading Israel through the wilderness toward the land of promise, he was content to know that the Lord went with them. But more than a stranger on the bus,…
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The Baptism of Our Lord (1 Corinthians 1:26-31)
Bethlehem Lutheran & Bethel Lutheran Church, Lebanon & Sweet Home, OR The Baptism of Our Lord + January 13, 2019 Text: 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 One of the devil’s tactics against Christians is to tell them that they are unworthy. Here’s how it goes: Not necessarily about being unworthy to stand in God’s presence, but he…
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The Epiphany of Our Lord (Isaiah 60:1-6)
Bethlehem Lutheran & Bethel Lutheran Church, Lebanon & Sweet Home, OR The Epiphany of Our Lord + January 6, 2018 Text: Isaiah 60:1-6 Today begins the Epiphany season of the Church year. This tradition of celebrating Epiphany comes to us from the Greek Church, where Epiphany means “to give light and cause to appear”[1] Originally,…
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Sunday after Christmas (Luke 2:25-40)
Bethlehem Lutheran & Bethel Lutheran Church, Lebanon & Sweet Home, OR Sunday after Christmas + December 30, 2018 Luke 2:25-40 Forty days after Jesus’ birth, He was brought to the temple according to the Levitical Law. Also there at the temple is a man named Simeon. A righteous man, to whom the Holy Spirit revealed…
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The Feast of Our Lord’s Nativity A.D. 2018 (John 1:1-14)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR The Feast of Our Lord’s Nativity A.D. 2018 Text: John 1:1-14 The theory of evolution would have us believe that everything which exists is the product of natural forces—genetic mutation, chance, and death. Before you have a visceral reaction against even the word “evolution,” take a minute to consider this…
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Fourth Sunday in Advent (Luke 1:39-56)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Fourth Sunday in Advent + December 23, 2018 Text: Luke 1:39-56 THE WORLD WAS SAVED THROUGH CHILDBEARING AND YOU ARE SAVED BY BELIEVING IN THE FRUIT OF THE VIRGIN’S WOMB. Part 1 – God used two unlikely mothers to bring His Kingdom to earth. “Thy Kingdom Come,” He taught us…
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Third Sunday in Advent (Matthew 11:2-6)
Bethlehem Lutheran & Bethel Lutheran Church, Lebanon & Sweet Home, OR Third Sunday in Advent (Gaudete) + December 16, 2018 Text: Matthew 11:2-6 God sends His messengers to point us to the true signs of Christ’s imminent kingdom. For about the last 40 years, Americans have been very skeptical of what their government is doing.…
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Advent 2 Midweek
Advent 2 Midweek “For unto us a Son is Given”: The Answer of Samuel In the Name of Jesus. Amen. The devil loved barrenness. In Genesis 3:15, after the devil had tempted Eve, and she and Adam fell into sin, the Lord said to the Serpent, “I will put enmity between you and the woman,…