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  • Balancing the Scales with Grace (Matthew 5:38-48)

    Balancing the Scales with Grace (Matthew 5:38-48)

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    Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany + February 19, 2017 Text: Matthew 5:38-48 It’s the way of justice, the way of accounting, and the way of nature.  An eye for an eye, reconcile every transaction, every action has an equal and opposite reaction.  That’s fine for crime and punishment, economics, and…