Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Romans 6:1-5 “What then are we to say? Should we continue in sin in order that grace may abound? 2 By no means! How can we who died to sin go on living in it? 3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we have been buried with...
About a dozen people gathered in the basement kitchen of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hills Saturday.
For several hours the group dismantled the 1950s kitchen and removed walls ahead of a $155,000 remodeling project that will improve the outdated kitchen.
From now until April, the kitchen will be...
I greet you in the name of the one who came for you!
In the scripture, Matthew gives us the birth of Jesus in a sentence and names him Jesus.
“24 When Joseph awoke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he took her as his wife, 25 but had no marital relations with her until she...
“10 I rejoice in the Lord greatly that now at last you have revived your concern for me; indeed, you were concerned for me, but had no opportunity to show it. 11 Not that I am referring to being in need; for I have learned to be content with whatever I have. 12 I know what it is to have little, and...
John 12:44-46: “Then Jesus cried aloud: ‘Whoever believes in me believes not in me but in him who sent me. And whoever sees me sees him who sent me. I have come as light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in the darkness.”
Greetings! As I read this text, I was...
Isaiah 40:30-31
30 Even youths will faint and be weary, and the young will fall exhausted; 31 but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
I read this article from “God Says”...
The gem that I would like to begin with for this article is found in Philippians 2:3-4: “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.”
Each of you should look not only to...
Kristen Kuempel once wrote a devotional where she began like this: “So here I sit, feeling a great deal of responsibility to you, dear reader, to provide some sort of clarity around the concept of loving yourself. The mug sitting beside me has held hot coffee that turned into cold coffee, and hot...
Traditions: those steadfast ways of doing things that you can always count on. Yet traditions evolve and build on one another throughout the years.
Take, for example, Groundhog Day, which was this past Sunday, Feb. 2. Believe it or not, this rather silly ritual of using a groundhog in Pennsylvania...
More liturgical flavors of Christianity follow a church calendar that moves through seasons.
The church year begins with Advent, which we are in the midst of now.
Advent is a complex season. It is a season of increasing light in the midst of darkness.
Advent looks toward the end of all time while...