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. 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
  2. James | From Above and Below?

    FEB 9

    James | From Above and Below?

    "James speaks about wisdom often in this letter. This week James will help us understand where true wisdom comes from and what the kind of fruit wisdom bears in the life of a Christian.” James 3:13-17 (ESV) Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthl...

    26 min
  3. James | Sticks and Stones…

    FEB 2

    James | Sticks and Stones…

    "Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me.” We often underestimate the weight our words carry in our digitalized and depersonalized culture. James reminds us that with our words comes great harm or great blessing. James 3:1-12 (ESV) Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, ab...

    30 min
  4. James | What About Grace?!

    JAN 26

    James | What About Grace?!

    James writes, “What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?” His words may make you a bit nervous since you have heard that we are saved by grace. Join us this week as we explore and unpack what a healthy relationship between faith and works looks like in the life of a Christian. James 2:14-26 (ESV) What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister ...

    32 min
  5. James | No Favorites

    JAN 19

    James | No Favorites

    We are often drawn to people who look successful and powerful, even in the church. But this morning James will remind us that God’s kingdom does not belong to the elite of this world; God has chosen the poor to be heirs to his kingdom. Join us as the Spirit realigns our hearts with the heart of God. Matthew 2:3-8 (ESV) When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Chri...

    22 min
  6. James | Look and Listen

    JAN 12

    James | Look and Listen

    “Do you hear me?!” Maybe you feel like that is what God is saying to you most of the time. Maybe to really listen to God we need to make sure we are looking in the right place. Join us this week as we continue to walk through James as we learn how to live our real faith out in the real world. James 1:19-27 (ESV) Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. Therefore put away al...

    23 min
  7. James | Not IF but WHEN

    JAN 5

    James | Not IF but WHEN

    James doesn’t begin his letter with a greeting or prayer. He gets right to the point by addressing the one thing all humans will face- adversity. This week we will explore how the various trials that you will endure, when experienced through faith in Jesus, can turn out to be some of the greatest teachers we can have. James 1:1-16 (ESV) James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings. Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials ...

    24 min
  8. Shadow & Light | Trying To Put Out the Light

    12/29/2024

    Shadow & Light | Trying To Put Out the Light

    In the church the Feast of the Holy Innocents is commemorated after Christmas to reflect on the first martyrs because of Christ the children in Bethlehem who lost their lives as Herod, in fear, tried to snuff out the light of Christ to protect his power and his agency. As we remember the loss of innocent lives to unnecessary violence we are invited to reflect on our own darkness and the darkness in this world that still exists and return to the light that continues to shine bright. Matthew 2...

    31 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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