Bethany Lutheran Church

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Bethany Lutheran Church

Bethany Lutheran church is located in Austin, TX. We are a church dedicated to Christ and creating a community for people to belong. Bethany is a place to belong, explore, and enjoy the presence and grace of Christ. 

  1. Prepare Thyself | Faith for a Complicated World

    3D AGO

    Prepare Thyself | Faith for a Complicated World

    We live in a complicated world; that may be an understatement. Following Jesus in this world is getting more complicated as time marches on. We have had many opportunities this Lenten season to be honest about how as we participate with the evil one we are adding to the confusion in this world. Yet, many of us find ourselves asking God why he isn’t doing anything about it. This morning as we look at Jesus before Pilate we will explore the same question, “Jesus, why don’t you do anything about...

    25 min
  2. Prepare Thyself | With One Voice

    MAR 23

    Prepare Thyself | With One Voice

    With one voice the religious leaders spoke evil against the Son of God. It is easy to read the accounts recorded in Luke 22 and 23 and think I would never respond to Jesus like those people did! That is a dangerous place to find oneself in. As we prepare for Easter morning we are invited to be honest about how we often join in with one voice to speak evil against the Son of God and his rule and reign in this world. As we confess this reality, we open ourselves up to hear words of grace and me...

    26 min
  3. Prepare Thyself | The Real Battle

    MAR 16

    Prepare Thyself | The Real Battle

    Lent is a season for us to be honest about our participation in the evil that has infected this world like cancer. As we prepare ourselves for the celebration of Easter morning, we must pause and face the reality that our good-willed intentions to faithfully follow Jesus in life and death often go awry; sadly, very quickly. Why is that so? Is our faith really that fickle, or is there something or someone behind the scenes pulling the strings? Luke 22:39–62 (ESV) And he came out and went, as w...

    23 min

  4. MAR 9

    Prepare Thyself | He was numbered among the transgressors

    We begin the Lenten season by joining Jesus in the upper room where Jesus and his disciples celebrate the Passover meal together. Jesus begins to prepare his disciples with a warning; Things are about to get difficult. Evil is coming for you. And you are going to end up participating in evil. As we begin our Lenten journey with Jesus we hear the same warning from Jesus as we reflect on how we are often blind to evil and end up participating in its destructive ways. May our confession point us...

    29 min
  5. Ash Wednesday | From Ashes to Ashes

    MAR 6

    Ash Wednesday | From Ashes to Ashes

    We live in a culture that is obsessed with moving up and to the right. As the season of Lent begins we pause to remember that from the dust we have come and to the dust we shall return. There is no escaping death. The smearing of ashes on our foreheads reminds us of this sobering reality. At the same time, the sign of the ash cross that marks our foreheads also invites us to long for and hope for the day when Jesus will return to make all things new. But til that day we are called to prepare ...

    18 min
  6. James | We Need Each Other

    MAR 2

    James | We Need Each Other

    Healing, forgiveness, and restoration are all blessings from God. As James wraps up his letter to the church he shows us how God blesses his church with these gifts through other people, showing us that when it is all said and done we need each other to experience the fullness of God’s love. James 5:13-20 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over...

    25 min
  7. James | Are You Ready?

    FEB 23

    James | Are You Ready?

    The unknown future, wealth, and suffering. What do these all have in common? Join us this week to find out as we get close to the end of James’ letter to the church. This week’s passage will help broaden our imagination on how to best prepare ourselves for the full reign of God’s kingdom on earth. James 4:13-5:1-2 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. Wha...

    28 min
  8. James | At War with Yourself

    FEB 16

    James | At War with Yourself

    We all have misplaced desires. This week we will explore what it looks like to say no between our strongest worldly desires and submit ourselves to our deepest God-given desires. James 4:1-10 (ESV) What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask wro...

    21 min
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    Bethany Lutheran church is located in Austin, TX. We are a church dedicated to Christ and creating a community for people to belong. Bethany is a place to belong, explore, and enjoy the presence and grace of Christ. 

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    • Creator
      Various
    • Years Active
      2017 - 2025
    • Episodes
      30
    • Rating
      Clean
    • Copyright
      © 2025 Bethany Lutheran Church
    • Show Website
      Bethany Lutheran Church

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