
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.
Episodes
650 episodes
Belong, Become, Bless: The Mission of Bethany
Celebrate what we have done and what God will be doing. Ephesians 2:19–22 (ESV)So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on t...
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Navigating Change | Ready
As Joshua led the people into what was new, they had to let go of what was, and before they did, he told them to consecrate themselves because the Lord was about to do amazing miracles among them. The word consecrate comes from the Hebrew word ...
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Navigating Change | Honoring the Past, Stepping into the Future
Bethany has seen a lot of change over all its years of ministry. Staff have come and gone for various reasons but in everything we always remember who we are and how far we have come. Even more so, we remember who He is and what He’s done. Reme...
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Navigating Change | Holding On and Letting Go
Change often involves releasing what was in order to embrace what God is doing now. Change is about moving forward with integrity and trust. Often we are not in control of change. We might initiate something or move forward but how everything u...
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Navigating Change | Strong and Courageous
In every new season we have the same God. Starting a new school year, going to a new school, changes at work. In the middle of all the change it can feel like a storm. In this the words of Christ ring true: “Take heart; it is I. Do not be a...
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Esther | Remember and Rejoice
The Feast of Purim is established to remember God’s deliverance. The story ends with joy and peace for God's people. Christians also are a remembering people — not in ritual for its own sake, but to proclaim the Gospel of God's faithfulness. We...
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Esther | Deliverance Belongs to the Lord
The Jews are saved, Haman is defeated, and the people rejoice. Mordecai is elevated, and Esther’s people are delivered.God delivers His people by grace, through hidden means. This foreshadows the greater deliverance in Christ. Es...
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Esther | Courage in the Face of Death
Esther approaches the king, risking her life. Meanwhile, God begins to unravel Haman’s power and protect His people. This is not a story of self-salvation but of faith acting in love. Esther’s courage flows from her trust in God’s providence, n...
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Esther: Raised Up For A Reason
Mordecai uncovers a plot, and Haman's plan to destroy the Jews is revealed. Esther hesitates, but Mordecai challenges her with the famous words: “Who knows but that you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” God works through the ev...
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Esther: When God Seems Absent
God is never named in the book of Esther — and yet He is all over it. Esther becomes queen through a series of unlikely events. God's hidden work through the ordinary, even in secular settings. God's grace is not always spectacular but always p...
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By My Spirit | The Spirit Builds the Church
The work of the Spirit doesn’t end with individual empowerment — it creates a Spirit-filled, united, and mission-driven Church. The Spirit gives diverse gifts for one shared purpose, binds believers together in unity, and equips us to be Christ...
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By My Spirit | The Voice of the Spirit
The Holy Spirit is not silent — He speaks, convicts, and guides. This spirit invites us to cultivate listening hearts, discerning the Spirit’s voice through Scripture, prayer, and community. Explore the Spirit’s ongoing role in shaping our dail...
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By My Spirit | The Promise of the Spirit
Ezekiel 36:26–27, Acts 1:4–8, John 14:15–17, 25–27 The Spirit didn’t arrive unexpectedly — He was promised by Jesus and foretold by the prophets.The Holy Spirit is the living fulfillment of God’s plan to dwell within Hi...
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By My Spirit | The Power of The Spirit
On Pentecost, the Spirit is poured out with power, transforming the fearful into the bold. The Spirit is not just a gentle helper — but the fire and breath of God that equips the Church for its mission. Acts 2:1–13 ESV...
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What If Jesus Was Serious
When Jesus finished his Sermon on the Mount, the people were astonished with what they had just heard. What if Jesus’ words were meant to do more than shock us? What if Jesus’ words are actually meant to be taken seriously and applied to our da...
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What if Jesus Was Serious About Prayer
Jesus said, “When you pray.” This means Jesus assumed that his followers would be people shaped by prayer. Many Christians see prayer as only asking God to do things for them. But what if Jesus invited his disciples to pray, not so much for oth...
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What if Jesus Was Serious About Loving Our Enemies
“You have heard it said” is a phrase Jesus uses throughout his Sermon on the Mount. With those five words, Jesus was challenging his hearers' entire worldview. And he is doing the same thing for us today. We live in a divided world, inside and ...
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What if Jesus Was Serious About Righteousness?
Anger. Lust. Divorce. Religious people tend to be pretty good at making it look like they don’t struggle with these things to a watching world, and Jesus knows that. But Jesus cares much more than only about our behavior. According to Jesus rig...
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What if Jesus Was Serious About Using Us?
Most Christians think God cannot use them. That they are not good enough or know enough… surely God wants to use someone else to do his work in the world. But what if Jesus has chosen you, YES YOU, to partner with him in his kingdom work? What ...
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What if Jesus Was Serious About Who Is Blessed?
Author Sky Jethani writes, “The beginning of the Sermon on the Mount is not a to-do list; it is a good news list. Jesus is describing who has the most to gain by the arrival of His Kingdom. He is not prescribing what you must do to enter it.” W...
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Prepare Thyself! | The Power of a Promise
Promises are powerful but only when they are kept. On that first Easter Sunday Jesus' tomb was empty, proving that his promise to deal with evil once and for all was not an empty promise. Join us on Easter Sunday as we celebrate the victory of ...
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Prepare Thyself! | Palm Sunday - Back to the Beginning
Our Lenten journey has been an in medias res, or Latin for in the middle of things. We started in the middle of the story with the Passover and ended last week with Jesus’ crucifixion. And today we are going back to the beginn...
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Prepare Thyself | That Day, and Today
Our reading this week is Luke’s account of Jesus’ crucifixion. You may be thinking, “But wait, it isn’t Good Friday yet!” This is true. But the cross of Christ is central to the life of the Christian and is at the heart of our preparation for E...
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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 evi...
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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 ...
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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...
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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. A...
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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 f...
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