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"The Rest" -- Sermon from January 11, 2025
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เนื้อหาจัดทำโดย Bethlehem Lutheran Church เนื้อหาพอดแคสต์ทั้งหมด รวมถึงตอน กราฟิก และคำอธิบายพอดแคสต์ได้รับการอัปโหลดและจัดหาให้โดยตรงจาก Bethlehem Lutheran Church หรือพันธมิตรแพลตฟอร์มพอดแคสต์ของพวกเขา หากคุณเชื่อว่ามีบุคคลอื่นใช้งานที่มีลิขสิทธิ์ของคุณโดยไม่ได้รับอนุญาต คุณสามารถปฏิบัติตามขั้นตอนที่แสดงไว้ที่นี่ https://th.player.fm/legal
John 3:16 is probably the most ‘famous’ Bible verse. While it is a great summary of the Christian Faith as a standalone verse it can be troublesome. Without the rest of the story, John 3:17, it can seem to focus on our belief & actions as the key to salvation. John 3:17 provides the reassurance that John 3:16 is about God’s love for the world; Jesus didn’t come into our world to condemn us for our actions, our mistakes, or our struggles with belief. When we have the rest of the story we can see beyond the Law to the Gospel, the Good News of God’s Grace.
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Manage episode 461144608 series 1098077
เนื้อหาจัดทำโดย Bethlehem Lutheran Church เนื้อหาพอดแคสต์ทั้งหมด รวมถึงตอน กราฟิก และคำอธิบายพอดแคสต์ได้รับการอัปโหลดและจัดหาให้โดยตรงจาก Bethlehem Lutheran Church หรือพันธมิตรแพลตฟอร์มพอดแคสต์ของพวกเขา หากคุณเชื่อว่ามีบุคคลอื่นใช้งานที่มีลิขสิทธิ์ของคุณโดยไม่ได้รับอนุญาต คุณสามารถปฏิบัติตามขั้นตอนที่แสดงไว้ที่นี่ https://th.player.fm/legal
John 3:16 is probably the most ‘famous’ Bible verse. While it is a great summary of the Christian Faith as a standalone verse it can be troublesome. Without the rest of the story, John 3:17, it can seem to focus on our belief & actions as the key to salvation. John 3:17 provides the reassurance that John 3:16 is about God’s love for the world; Jesus didn’t come into our world to condemn us for our actions, our mistakes, or our struggles with belief. When we have the rest of the story we can see beyond the Law to the Gospel, the Good News of God’s Grace.
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Valentine's Day is less than a month away! Our focus text this week explores how God's love is a model for our lives as we express love for one another in truth and action. Building off last week’s exploration of John 3:16-17, this week we see Jesus death on the cross was the ultimate expression of love based in truth and action!…
John 3:16 is probably the most ‘famous’ Bible verse. While it is a great summary of the Christian Faith as a standalone verse it can be troublesome. Without the rest of the story, John 3:17, it can seem to focus on our belief & actions as the key to salvation. John 3:17 provides the reassurance that John 3:16 is about God’s love for the world; Jesus didn’t come into our world to condemn us for our actions, our mistakes, or our struggles with belief. When we have the rest of the story we can see beyond the Law to the Gospel, the Good News of God’s Grace.…
Have you ever considered “Is Jesus safe?” Like Lucy asks of Aslan in The Chronicles of Narnia? Our focus text for this week reveals that Jesus just like the allegorical lion, is in fact not safe but rather a threat. Jesus is a threat to those who hold onto power, he is a threat to people like Herod, and the religious leaders who saw how Jesus was a threat to the rules that kept all God’s people from experiencing all God had intended for our lives. Jesus and Aslan are not “Safe,” but they are “Good” and that is the Good News in the story of Epiphany!…
In this message for the week of Christmas, Pastor Chad relates how the roads we travel in life aren't always the path we'd choose for ourselves. Sometimes there's an unplanned detour through a lost job, a divorce, a cancer diagnosis, or the death of a loved one. Mary & Joseph did not plan a road trip to Bethlehem, it was a detour caused by a government census. The road to Bethlehem was treacherous, especially for a woman about to give birth. Recounting the road to the manger where Jesus was born is a reminder that Emmanuel (God Is With Us) accompanies us along the road we travel, even through the detours.…
Time is a funny thing, sometimes it flies and at other times it drags. In today’s world we are so busy life becomes a blur as it passes us by. Sometimes we wish time would fly through bad parts of life to minimize the heartache. The story of our faith offers us a reminder that sometimes we need to slow down and take in the world around us and when time is dragging for us God is with us in the difficult moments in life.…
Traditions and expectations fill our lives, especially at Christmas, some add value to our lives and others we need to let go. Letting go of the unrealistic expectations that drain us allows us to focus instead on the peace, hope, and joy of Advent and Christmas. Our Focus text this week, the birth and naming of John, is a reminder that trust & faith do not always follow tradition, expectation, & certainty!…
Waiting and preparing are big themes in Advent as we draw closer the arrival of Jesus at Christmas. So, are you prepared? Sermons on this week’s focus text this week often talk about how half the young women waiting for the Bridegroom were foolish for not being prepared for the long wait and run out of lamp oil. Pastor Chad invites us to look beyond the 13 verses of this Parable to see that being prepared for the arrival of Jesus is bringing light to our community by loving and serving our neighbor as if they were Jesus himself.…
We begin the Season of Advent, the season of waiting, with the story of the Annunciation. Mary’s life is turned upside down with the announcement that the angel Gabriel brings her. The certainty she had in planning for her wedding to Joseph was gone. How could she be so willing to accept the news of becoming pregnant with the Son of God? Faith! Faith is not about certainty it is about acknowledging the discomfort while waiting for the light of hope to break through.…
Pastor Chad wants to be satisfied and content in life, he wants to be generous in supporting his neighbors, but . . . too often a scarcity mindset takes over. When that happens he moves into conditional (If-Then) thinking: IF I get a raise, THEN I will be content with my income and give more to charity; IF I could retire, THEN I would have time to volunteer. In this week’s Gospel Jesus is encouraging his followers to stop waiting for the IFs and be generous with our time and resources NOW. When we make an effort to be generous NOW, our heart will follow and we can find true contentment living the way God intends.…
Pastor Stephanie invites us to consider the big impact a small gift can make when offered out of love and compassion. A meager offering of 5 loaves and 2 fish rippled out across the crowd of 5,000. A simple gesture of caring, like returning a cherished blankie to a frazzled mom and fussy infant, can make a world of difference in the lives of our neighbors. And serving our neighbors from a place of love and compassion lightens the load of ‘Compassion Fatigue’ that comes from a place of obligation.…
Pastor Chad invites us to consider the way our faith lives can flourish if we move from understanding of faith (church, religion, spirituality) as an obligation to something that is a lived out encounter of God’s love for us and our neighbor.
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