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  • Second Sunday after Christmas

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    Text: Matthew 2:13-23 The life of Christ has a twofold purpose. First and foremost, it is substitutionary. Everything that He did and suffered happened in our place, for our own good. As a result, we are saved from our sins, reconciled to God, and have true righteousness before God. We are saved by God’s grace…

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    Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lebanon, OR Readings: 1 Kings 3:4–15 | Ephesians 1:3–14 | Luke 2:40–52 Text: Psalm 119:97-104 When we see the boy Jesus in the Temple at 12 years of age, it’s clear he had an acuity for Scripture.  After all, He was “sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.…

  • Second Sunday after Christmas (Luke 2:40-52)

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    Some eighteen years later, Jesus would sit up on a mountain and say: 31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33 But seek first the…