Bethany Lutheran Church

Jan 26 2025 30 ep. 25 mins 2
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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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James | What About Grace?!

Jan 26 2025 32 mins  
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,

James | No Favorites

Jan 19 2025 21 mins  
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 Jerusa

James | Look and Listen

Jan 12 2025 23 mins  
“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, s

James | Not IF but WHEN

Jan 05 2025 23 mins  
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

Shadow & Light | Trying To Put Out the Light

Dec 29 2024 30 mins  
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 an

Shadow & Light | The Light Guides Our Way

Dec 22 2024 25 mins  
Zechariah, regaining his speech, reflects on how God has been faithful and looks forward to his child preparing people for Christ. With only a few days remaining in Advent the light of Christ burns brighter. We reflect and remember how God has led us over the past few weeks to place our trust in him. God brings light to guide our feet in the way of peace.Psalm 119:65-68 (ESV)You ha

Shadow & Light | The Light is with us

Dec 11 2024 20 mins  
The center of Advent is Emmanuel, God with us. Christ came to our messy earth, our busyness, our imperfection. We embody advent when we invite ourselves into one another’s lives and care and love others with Christ at the center. Christ came to overcome darkness and the light is with us. Psalm 37:3-7Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.Delig

Shadow & Light | Into the Light and Away from the Shadows

Dec 08 2024 26 mins  
Faith, in a world full of shadows, is a practice of letting go and choosing to believe. Faith reminds us that we need a Savior and that because of him we’re worthy of being saved. Advent is an act of faith. Trusting that Jesus comes and he delivers us out of the shadows.Psalm 32:1-7 (ESV)Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.Blessed is the man a

Advent (Noon Service) | Hope in the Shadows

Dec 04 2024 18 mins  
Advent is brief. Christmas goes by even faster. There is a saying “the days are long but the years are short”. Sometimes in the middle of all the things life throws our way we lose sight of how quickly things come and how quickly God moves. Oh Lord, what do I wait for? In the stories surrounding Christmas there is a lot of waiting – some in faith and some in doubt but in the

Shadow & Light | Expectation in the Shadows

Dec 01 2024 20 mins  
The world is not as it should be. Not yet. We wait in the shadows for God’s full redemption and perfect light that we are promised. As we wait expectantly for Christmas we also wait for an even greater hope for the earth. Preparing for Christmas is also about preparing ourselves.John 3:16-21“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him sho