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  • Advent Midweek I (Text: Numbers 23:5-12 )

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    In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. The story of Balaam is certainly a colorful one.  Balak, king of Moab is looking out for his kingdom, and he sees from the Amorites that, militarily, he’s up a creek.  So, he wisely chooses another method—an appeal straight to the top. So, Balak gets ahold of someone…

  • Advent Midweek I (Jeremiah 23:5-8)

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    Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Advent Midweek I – December 6, 2017 Text: Jeremiah 23:5-8   True salvation vs. counterfeit hope   In the days of Jeremiah, every true Israelite was in expectation.  The nation was severely broken—ruled by kings who had more interest in feasts and fertility gods than the spiritual welfare of God’s…