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  • Fifth Sunday after Epiphany (Epiphany 5a)

    Fifth Sunday after Epiphany (Epiphany 5a)

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    Readings: Isaiah 58:3-9a | 1 Corinthians 2:1-16 | Matthew 5:13-20 Text: Isaiah 58:3-9a 3 ‘Why have we fasted, and you see it not? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?’ Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, and oppress all your workers.4 Behold, you fast…

  • Distinguishing Law and Gospel (Matthew 5:13-20)

    Distinguishing Law and Gospel (Matthew 5:13-20)

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    Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany + February 5, 2017 Text: Matthew 5:13-20 C.F.W. Walther once wrote, “The true knowledge of the distinction between the Law and the Gospel is not only a glorious light, affording the correct understanding of the entire Holy Scriptures, but without this knowledge Scripture is and…