The Lutheran Sermon Podcast From Bethany

At Bethany, We are God's People who are: Gathered! Connected! Sent! We want to connect with you through this Podcast! Leave us a comment! Tell us where you are at! Leave a Review to help our audience grow! -- (5) Christ has freed us so that we may enjoy the benefits of freedom. Therefore, be firm in this freedom, and don’t become slaves again....13 You were indeed called to be free, brothers a...

At Bethany, We are God's People who are: Gathered! Connected! Sent! We want to connect with you through this Podcast! Leave us a comment! Tell us where you are at! Leave a Review to help our audience grow! -- 26 They landed in the region of the Gerasenes across from Galilee. 27 When Jesus stepped out on the shore, a certain man from the city met him. The man was possessed by demons and had not...

At Bethany, We are God's People who are: Gathered! Connected! Sent! We want to connect with you through this Podcast! Leave us a comment! Tell us where you are at! Leave a Review to help our audience grow! -- June 15, 2025 -- Pr. John Alwood -- Acts 2:14(a), 22-36 14 Then Peter stood up with the eleven apostles. In a loud voice he said to them, “Men of Judea and everyone living in Jerusalem! Y...

At Bethany, We are God's People who are: Gathered! Connected! Sent! We want to connect with you through this Podcast! Leave us a comment! Tell us where you are at! Leave a Review to help our audience grow! -- June 8, 2025 -- Pr. Kevin Kritzer -- "Holy Spirit" -- Acts 2:1-21 (2) When Pentecost, the fiftieth day after Passover, came, all the believers were together in one place. 2 Sudd...

At Bethany, We are God's People who are: Gathered! Connected! Sent! We want to connect with you through this Podcast! Leave us a comment! Tell us where you are at! Leave a Review to help our audience grow! -- May 25, 2025 -- Pr. Kevin Kritzer -- "GO!" Acts 16:9-15 9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing there, urging him and saying, “Come over to...

At Bethany, We are God's People who are: Gathered! Connected! Sent! We want to connect with you through this Podcast! Leave us a comment! Tell us where you are at! Leave a Review to help our audience grow! -- June 1, 2025 -- Pr. Kyle Blake -- "GO!" -- Acts 20:17-35 17 Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church to come to him. 18 And when they came to him,...

At Bethany, We are God's People who are: Gathered! Connected! Sent! We want to connect with you through this Podcast! Leave us a comment! Tell us where you are at! Leave a Review to help our audience grow! -- May 18, 2025 -- Pr. Kyle Blake -- "Go!" -- Acts 11:1-18 The apostles and the believers throughout Judea heard that people who were not Jewish had accepted God’s word. 2 However,...

At Bethany, We are God's People who are: Gathered! Connected! Sent! We want to connect with you through this Podcast! Leave us a comment! Tell us where you are at! Leave a Review to help our audience grow! -- May 11, 2025 -- Pr. Kevin Kritzer -- "GO!" -- John 21:15-18 15 After they had eaten breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than the other d...

At Bethany, We are God's People who are: Gathered! Connected! Sent! We want to connect with you through this Podcast! Leave us a comment! Tell us where you are at! Leave a Review to help our audience grow! ---May 4, 2025 -- Rev. Arthur Rickman -- "Go Cast Your Net" -- Acts 9:1-22 (9) Saul kept threatening to murder the Lord’s disciples. He went to the chief priest 2 and asked him to...

At Bethany, We are God's People who are: Gathered! Connected! Sent! We want to connect with you through this Podcast! Leave us a comment! Tell us where you are at! Leave a Review to help our audience grow! --- April 27, 2025 -- Rev. John Alwood -- "Go! Stand! Speak!" -- Acts 5:12-20 12 Now many signs and wonders were regularly done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And t...

At Bethany, We are God's People who are: Gathered! Connected! Sent! We want to connect with you through this Podcast! Leave us a comment! Tell us where you are at! Leave a Review to help our audience grow! --- April 20, 2025 -- Pr. Kevin Kritzer -- "He is risen indeed!" -- 1 Cor. 15:19-26 19 If Christ is our hope in this life only, we deserve more pity than any other people. 20 But n...

At Bethany, We are God's People who are: Gathered! Connected! Sent! We want to connect with you through this Podcast! Leave us a comment! Tell us where you are at! Leave a Review to help our audience grow! --- April 13, 2025 -- Pr. Kyle Blake -- "Yearning to Deliver!" -- Luke 19:29-44 29 When he came near Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives (as it was called), Jesus sent two...

At Bethany, We are God's People who are: Gathered! Connected! Sent! We want to connect with you through this Podcast! Leave us a comment! Tell us where you are at! Leave a Review to help our audience grow! --- April 6. 2025 -- Vicar John Alwood -- "Yearning to be received and to give!" -- Luke 20:9-20 9 Then, using this illustration, Jesus spoke to the people: “A man planted a vineya...

At Bethany, We are God's People who are: Gathered! Connected! Sent! We want to connect with you through this Podcast! Leave us a comment! Tell us where you are at! Leave a Review to help our audience grow! --- March 30. 2025 -- Pr. Kevin Kritzer -- "Yearning For Restoring!" -- Luke 15: 1-2; 11-32 15 All the tax collectors and sinners came to listen to Jesus. 2 But the Pharisees and the experts in...

At Bethany, We are God's People who are: Gathered! Connected! Sent! We want to connect with you through this Podcast! Leave us a comment! Tell us where you are at! Leave a Review to help our audience grow! March 23, 2025 -- Pr. Kevin Kritzer -- "Yearning to Harvest!" -- Luke 13:1-9 (13) At that time some people reported to Jesus about some Galileans whom Pilate had executed while the...

March 16, 2025 -- Pr. Kyle Blake -- "Yearning to embrace!" -- Luke 13:31-35 31 At that time some Pharisees told Jesus, “Get out of here, and go somewhere else! Herod wants to kill you.” 32 Jesus said to them, “Tell that fox that I will force demons out of people and heal people today and tomorrow. I will finish my work on the third day. 33 But I must be on my way today, tomorrow, and the...

March 9, 2025 -- Pr. Kevin Kritzer -- "Yearning to Be Turning!" -- Luke 4:1-13 (4) Jesus was filled with the Holy Spirit as he left the Jordan River. The Spirit led him while he was in the desert, 2 where he was tempted by the devil for 40 days. During those days Jesus ate nothing, so when they were over, he was hungry. 3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone...

March 2, 2025 -- Pr. Kyle Blake -- "Transfiguration!" -- Luke 9:28-36 28 About eight days after he had said this, Jesus took Peter, John, and James with him and went up a mountain to pray. 29 While Jesus was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. 30 Suddenly, both Moses and Elijah were talking with him. 31 They appeared in heavenly glory and w...

February 23, 2025 -- Pr. Kevin Kritzer -- "Everyone, Everything, Everywhere!" -- 1 Cor. 15:50-57 50 Brothers and sisters, this is what I mean: Flesh and blood cannot inherit God’s kingdom. What decays cannot inherit what doesn’t decay. 51 I’m telling you a mystery. Not all of us will die, but we will all be changed. 52 It will happen in an instant, in a split second at the sound of the l...

February 16, 2025 -- Pr. Kevin Kritzer -- "We're About Him and His!" -- 1 Cor. 15:15-20 15 In addition, we are obviously witnesses who lied about God because we testified that he brought Christ back to life. But if it’s true that the dead don’t come back to life, then God didn’t bring Christ back to life. 16 Certainly, if the dead don’t come back to life, then Christ hasn’t come back...

February 9, 2025 -- Vicar John Alwood -- "Body-Building" -- 1Cor. 14:12-20 12 In the same way, since you’re eager to have spiritual gifts, try to excel in them so that you help the church grow. 13 So the person who speaks in another language should pray for an interpretation of what he says. 14 If I pray in another language, my spirit prays, but my mind is not productive. 15 So what does...

February 2, 2025 -- Pr. Kevin Kritzer -- "This is Love" -- 1Cor. 12:31b - 13:13 31 You only want the better gifts, but I will show you the best thing to do. (13) I may speak in the languages of humans and of angels. But if I don’t have love, I am a loud gong or a clashing cymbal. 2 I may have the gift to speak what God has revealed, and I may understand all mysteries and have all knowled...

January 26, 2025 -- Pr. Kevin Kritzer -- "All Together" -- 1 Cor. 12:14-27 14 As you know, the human body is not made up of only one part, but of many parts. 15 Suppose a foot says, “I’m not a hand, so I’m not part of the body!” Would that mean it’s no longer part of the body? 16 Or suppose an ear says, “I’m not an eye, so I’m not a part of the body!” Would that mean it’s no longer part...

January 19, 2025 -- Pr. Kevin Kritzer -- "For the Common Good" -- 1 Cor. 12:1-13 (12) Brothers and sisters, I don’t want there to be any misunderstanding concerning spiritual gifts. 2 You know that when you were unbelievers, every time you were led to worship false gods you were worshiping gods who couldn’t even speak. 3 So I want you to know that no one speaking by God’s Spirit says, “J...

January 12, 2025 -- Pr. Kyle Blake -- "Adopted!" -- Isaiah 43:1-7 (43) The Lord created Jacob and formed Israel. Now, this is what the Lord says: Do not be afraid, because I have claimed you. I have called you by name; you are mine. 2 When you go through the sea, I am with you. When you go through rivers, they will not sweep you away. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned, and the fla...