Tag: Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
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Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 7A) Readings: Jeremiah 20:7-13 | Romans 6:12-23 | Matthew 10:5a, 21-33 Text: Romans 6:12-23 “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” These words are spoken during the Imposition of Ashes at the Ash Wednesday Divine Service as Lent begins. The words are drawn from Genesis 3:19 in which God said to Adam, “By…
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Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Readings: Exodus 17:1-7 | 2 Corinthians 6:1–13 | Mark 4:35–41 Text: Exodus 17:1-7 One of the perpetual pains of the Christian is that we must move on from the place where the Lord feeds us. But it must happen because the place is temporary, and even the green grass (Mark 6:39) upon which the Lord…
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Fourth Sunday after Pentecost(Matthew 10:34-42)
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Bethel Lutheran Church, Sweet Home, OR Fourth Sunday after Pentecost + July 2, 2017 Text: Matthew 10:34-42 Jesus tells us in the Gospel today that He brings three things to those who follow Him: a sword, a cross, and a life. This is in the context of what Jesus told…