Bethlehem Lutheran Church - Chesterton, IN

Unfiltered Faith Talks

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"Unfiltered Faith Talks" brings you the powerful, unfiltered Sunday sermons of Pastor Ruth from Bethlehem Lutheran Church, in which she dives deep into Scripture with a bold, down-to-earth style. Pastor Ruth explores how biblical truths apply to modern life's complexities - relationships, work, social issues, and more. Her ability to convey profound spiritual teachings in an engaging, relatable way will help you gain an unvarnished biblical perspective to grow your faith each week.

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Bethlehem Lutheran Church - Chesterton, IN

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Transformed Hearts: Called to Serve & Responding to God's Mission 06.06.2023 13:03

In this series, we will explore the theme of serving God and serving our neighbors. Our journey begins with the Great Commission, where Jesus calls His disciples to go and make disciples of all nations. We will examine the significance of this call to service and how it applies to us today.

To Be Continued: Week 5 - Continuing to Live our Faith 16.05.2023 11:44

Paul travels to Athens where he speaks passionately about why he believes in Jesus and how that has given him hope. In a world where, we, as the modern church, must once again learn to share our faith with the world, how can our actions, a living embodiment of our faith, be starting place for those conversations? How can what we do be the way we begin to talk about what we believe and how that imp...

To Be Continued: Week 4- Continuing to Forgive 09.05.2023 18:56

Today we hear about Stephen forgiving those who are taking his life as they are doing so. How can we, as the modern church, learn from Stephen’s model of forgiveness? What does it look like to engage in a prayer of lament? How does the process of reconciliation work?

To Be Continued: Week 3-Continuing to Live Together 01.05.2023 13:46

We often think of the early church as a perfect group made up of perfect people that we must replicate, and then get frustrated when we can’t. We live in a different context than the early church, but that doesn’t mean we can’t learn from it. In fact, three practices of the early church can help us, in the current church, to continue to live in community despite living in a post-Christian world. W...

To Be Continued: Week 2 - Continuing to Stand Firm 27.04.2023 13:33

Often life likes to push us around. We get turned around and are unsure of what direction we should go. Sometimes we feel unrooted and as if there is nothing holding us where we need to be; it can be hard to keep putting one foot in front of the other. Today, we hear Peter's response to those who are unsure of what way they should go, when life tries to push them around in the aftermath of Jes...

To Be Continued: Week 1 - Continuing to Trust 27.04.2023 12:32

The Book of Acts describes how the church continued its mission after Jesus' death and resurrection. It describes how the disciples went out and lived into the promises that Jesus made not only to them, but to all people, and how they shared the good news of those promises with others. This week we focus on trusting that the promises made by Christ were and are true, and how we live into trust...