Category: Sermons
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Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Matthew 22:1-18)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church & Bethel Lutheran Church, Lebanon & Sweet Home, OR Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost + October 15, 2017 Text: Matthew 22:1-18 In both the Old and New Testaments, God describes His people as “kingdom of priests.” In Exodus 19 He says, “you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the…
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Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Matthew 21:33-46)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church & Bethel Lutheran Church, Lebanon and Sweet Home, OR Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost + October 8, 2017 Text: Matthew 21:33-46 It’s the call to every generation to not make the Church our own possession. You have certain privileges as a renter, and certain other privileges as a homeowner. A renter…
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LWML Sunday (2 Timothy 4:1-5)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church & Bethel Lutheran Church, Lebanon and Sweet Home, OR LWML Sunday – October 1, 2017 Text: 2 Timothy 4:1-5 I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: 2 preach the word; be ready…
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Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Matthew 20:1-16)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church & Bethel Lutheran Church, Lebanon and Sweet Home, OR Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Baptism of David Timothy Miller) + September 24, 2017 Text: Matthew 20:1-16 The dictionary defines grace as unmerited favor from God. So, we sing praises of God’s grace in Christ. We name congregations after it and we sing…
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Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Romans 13:1-10)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church & Bethel Lutheran Church, Lebanon & Sweet Home, OR Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost + September 10, 2017 Text: Romans 13:1-10 People love to be free of the burden of authority. School kids count the minutes before the bell on the last day of school. College freshmen rejoice to be free of their…
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Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Romans 12:9-21)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church & Bethel Lutheran Church, Lebanon & Sweet Home, OR Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost + September 3, 2017 Text: Romans 12:9-21 Christians are strange people in the world. On June 17, 2015, a young man came to Bible study at a church in. The rest of the group welcomed him, even though…
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Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost (Isaiah 51:1-6)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church & Bethel Lutheran Church, Lebanon & Sweet Home, OR Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost + August 27, 2017 Text: Isaiah 51:1-6 The year was around 700 BC. Judah was facing destruction at the hand of the Assyrians. They were the last holdout, now that the northern kingdom of Israel had fallen some 20…
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Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost (Matthew 15:21-28)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church & Bethel Lutheran Church, Lebanon & Sweet Home, OR Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost + August 20, 2017 Text: Matthew 15:21-28 The Psalmist, David writes in Psalm 25:6, “Remember your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.” And it’s true: God always remembers us. The harder…
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Tenth Sunday after Pentecost (Job 38:4-18)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon & Bethel Lutheran Church, Sweet Home, OR Tenth Sunday after Pentecost + August 13, 2017 Text: Job 38:4-18 You may notice the portraits of two hymnwriters inside the bulletin. The hymns which they wrote are more than “songs for a heavy heart”[1] or platitudes to feed someone after a terrible loss. …
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Ninth Sunday after Pentecost (Matthew 14:13-21)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR and Bethel Lutheran Church, Sweet Home, OR Ninth Sunday after Pentecost + August 6, 2017 Text: Matthew 14:13-21 It was a perfectly ordinary day in Galilee, although the mood was rather somber. Jesus had just received news that John the Baptist had been beheaded. He wanted to withdraw with His…