Sermons from Bethany Baptist Church in the McKinley Park neighborhood of Chicago. A Community Growing in Grace.
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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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Podcast by Bethany Grace Community Church
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Bonnie Violet is a trans femme genderqueer spiritual drag artist and digital chaplain. YouTuber & Host of a queer chaplain podcast with such series as Drag & Spirituality, TranSpirit & Faith Leaders. Co-host of Splintered Grace with her conservative christian aunt & At the CCC recovery podcast. Creator & Founder of Allies Linked for the Prevention of HIV & AIDS (a.l.p.ha.) & the annual Drag & Spirituality Summit. Bonnie Violet shares her experience strength and hope with HIV for 24 years, re ...
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042824_who_is_the_greatest_darnell_lewis_mark_9_33-37.mp3File Size: 53014 kbFile Type: mp3Download FileBy Bethany - McKinley Park, Chicago
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Nicodemus, a Jewish religious leader, came to Jesus by night. Nicodemus was curious about Jesus and who he was and where he came from. But Jesus did not give him easy answers. Jesus spoke about water and Spirit and being “born again.” What did this all mean for Nicodemus, for the people of Israel, and for us today? John 3:1-21 (ESV) Now there was a…
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Jesus’ first disciples heard of this rabbi from John the Baptizer and were instantly drawn to Jesus. Their response to Jesus’ call was to bring others to Jesus. What have you heard about Jesus? What has drawn you to Jesus? How is Jesus inviting you to tell others to “Come and see”?By Pastor Anthony Celia
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041424_making_disciple_and_communion_brian_dye_matt_28_16-20.mp3File Size: 73708 kbFile Type: mp3Download FileBy Bethany - McKinley Park, Chicago
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040724_sermon_tommy_lee_i_kings_18_1-2_17-22.mp3File Size: 68952 kbFile Type: mp3Download FileBy Bethany - McKinley Park, Chicago
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032424_a_death_in_the_family_tommy_lee_i_kings_17_17-24.mp3File Size: 60277 kbFile Type: mp3Download FileBy Bethany - McKinley Park, Chicago
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John first met Jesus when they were both in their mothers’ wombs. Yet, in the first chapter of John’s Gospel John the Baptizer has to come to grips with who he is and what his calling is in light of who Jesus is and what his calling is. Who are we as the people of God and what is our calling as we confess with John, “I have seen and have borne witn…
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How and why does God reveal himself to us? Is it through nature? Through dreams? Through an ancient book filled with wild and crazy stories? All of those questions could be answered with a maybe. But the Gospel of John gives us a clear and concise answer to how and why God reveals himself to us. The answer is Jesus; that we may meet him and come to…
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033124_easter_service_sermon_martell_hixson_acts_1_1-8.mp3File Size: 65327 kbFile Type: mp3Download FileBy Bethany - McKinley Park, Chicago
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031724_sermonkensen_lam_luke_8_1-15.mp3File Size: 68277 kbFile Type: mp3Download FileBy Bethany - McKinley Park, Chicago
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031024_sermon_charles_butler.mp3File Size: 60225 kbFile Type: mp3Download FileBy Bethany - McKinley Park, Chicago
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Last Sunday we got an image of how Satan messes with the harvest. In this parable he isn’t snatching the seed before he takes root he is sowing seeds of destruction – weeds. Many times we wonder why God just doesn't just get rid of it all but to pull the weed is to pull out the wheat. So evil and good co-exist and grow together until the end when e…
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Authentic Selves Book Brunch Panel Discussion at Boise Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
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Here is the link to the full program. https://youtu.be/4vhIQ2v3q7E?si=9J1oE4CafoaKWona PANEL DISCUSSION Joey Morelli, author of Authentic Selves Liliana Rauer Bonnie Violet BIG Thank you to my Patreon members who contribute on a monthly basis to support the work of this podcast and the overall work of a queer chaplain. To learn more about how to co…
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Knowing Christ means we are in an all out war against the devil. We fight against sin and seek faithfulness not because we believe we can save ourselves but because Christ has saved us and we want to live faithfully and push back against anything and everything that would try to pull us away. 1 John 3:7-10 (ESV) Little children, let no one deceive …
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Evil is not just a struggle with greed or lust; this is a spiritual struggle with spiritual forces at play. Satan comes to steal, kill, and destroy, to undo what God has done. We see this with Job and we see this in so many ways in our own lives. However, no matter what Satan throws at us: loss, death, pain, etc. we know it is all temporary because…
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Satan is a creature and ultimately has no power. He is powerless in the presence of Christ but he isn’t something to be toyed with or underestimated. The name of Christ isn’t something to be used for fame, recognition, or some demonstration of “magic”. Acts 19: 11-20 (ESV) The Sons of Sceva And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of P…
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021824_sermon_brian_dye_matthew_16_13-20.mp3File Size: 59326 kbFile Type: mp3Download FileBy Bethany - McKinley Park, Chicago
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Evil is not just a struggle with greed or lust; this is a spiritual struggle with spiritual forces at play. Satan comes to steal, kill, and destroy, to undo what God has done. We see this with Job and we see this in so many ways in our own lives. However, no matter what Satan throws at us: loss, death, pain, etc. we know it is all temporary because…
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021124_the_platinum_rule_kensen_lam_lk6_27-42.mp3File Size: 63867 kbFile Type: mp3Download FileBy Bethany - McKinley Park, Chicago
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The last character we are looking at is Jesus. Jesus’ entire life was one of surrender to his Father’s will (John 5:19). As we get ready to enter into the season of Lent we are focusing on Jesus’ act of giving up control and how through his faithfulness to his Father’s will he brought life to all people. Jesus went to the cross for us. And because …
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020424_sermon_darnell_lewis.mp3File Size: 40331 kbFile Type: mp3Download FileBy Bethany - McKinley Park, Chicago
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Before meeting Jesus, Paul had placed his identity before God and other people in things like his heritage, his religious activity, and career accolades. As people living 2,000 years later, we often fall into the same trap. What enabled Paul to let go of these things to the point that he could call them rubbish?! Join us as we begin to discover how…
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012824_go_and_do_tommy_lee_i_kings_17_8-16.mp3File Size: 80428 kbFile Type: mp3Download FileBy Bethany - McKinley Park, Chicago
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Mary and Martha | Learning to Let Go of the Hustle
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This is a fairly well-known Bible story that is used to teach us to focus on Jesus. But we don’t often address what is going on in our hearts that makes it so difficult for us to “choose the good portion” which is Jesus. Maybe we have placed our worth in the hustle and maybe Jesus is asking us to surrender the hustle of life to him as we follow him…
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One Memory That Really got me Thinking (Alex) an exert from "transmission" a spiritual autobiography
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"You see of late I have been really challenged with feeling loved, supported and cared for by my family and I think in feel so deeply like this in this moment and time, a moment and time that I feel like I need them more than I have ever needed them, it paints over all the ways my family has shown up for me of the years. It doesn’t allow me to expe…
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012124_hes_got_the_whole_world_in_his_hands_ernest_gray_col_1_15-17.mp3File Size: 49451 kbFile Type: mp3Download FileBy Bethany - McKinley Park, Chicago
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King David | Learning to Let Go of Past Sin
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King David was a man after God’s own heart. Yet, David had committed adultery and murder which had negative consequences ripple throughout his life and throughout the generations of descendants to come. How did King David continue to move forward after his great moral failures? How do we learn to let go of our past sins as we move forward in life? …
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I have been contemplating it for years and now is the time. I started writing my book last night, here is a bit of the intro from my soon to be book titled "transmission" a spiritual autobiography. xoxo BIG Thank you to my Patreon members who contribute on a monthly basis to support the work of this podcast and the overall work of a queer chaplain.…
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Moses: Learning To Let Go of What You Think Is Owed To You
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Moses had been called by Yahweh to lead his people out of slavery into the Promised Land. Moses spent his life anticipating that day he would set his feet on the land Yahweh had promised him. Yet, with an outburst burst of frustration that dream was taken away. Nothing was guaranteed to Moses and yet we will see how Yahweh used Moses' disobedience …
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Abram and Sarai had given up their dream of having a child. But then Abram received a promise from God that was meant to encourage them to walk in faithfulness to God’s plan. Yet, they took matters into their own hands and things quickly went south. We will often do whatever it takes to make sure our dreams become reality. But what if in this new y…
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TW: SA, METH, RECOVERY Reflecting a bit on the role of darkness in life and what to do with it. Wrestle it, embrace it, learn from it, extinguish it, or ... I didn't initially think I would be discussing my experience with meth but it was one of the first times I allowed myself to live in the darkness that I had been trying so hard to avoid. BIG Th…
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"When I stopped chasing the glitter and spent some time in the dark." - Bonnie Violet Audio Journal entry for January 5, 2024, reflection on glitter ie light, sparkle, passion, purpose, femininity, soft strength & the dark ie fear, scarcity, depression, unworthy, death, isolation, loneliness Would love to hear what you think about this entry? Do yo…
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123123_sermom_joe_crawford_john_1_43-51.mp3File Size: 82487 kbFile Type: mp3Download FileBy Bethany - McKinley Park, Chicago
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We have all been formed by a world that tells us we can have whatever we want whenever we want it. Yet, many of us are left feeling empty and unsatisfied with the status quo. According to Jesus the way to true life is not through self-fulfillment but through self-denial as he calls us to pick up our cross and follow him. This week we kick off a new…
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By Pastor Martin Danner
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By Pastor Martin Danner
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121723_sermon_chelton_carter_eph_4_17-24.mp3File Size: 56894 kbFile Type: mp3Download FileBy Bethany - McKinley Park, Chicago
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Just like the people of ancient Israel we too wait for the coming of Christ. The season of Advent fixes our gaze into the future as we wait for Christ’s victorious second coming when he will make all things new, where everything sad will become untrue. Isaiah 65:17-25 (ESV) “For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things sh…
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The Coming of Christ In the Incarnation: Remember!
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We live our lives in AD, in the year of the Lord. But as we begin the season of Advent we intentionally step back into BC, the time before Christ, with our brothers and sisters in the Old Testament. As we do this we seek to take on their posture as we remember what it would have been like to long for the first coming of the Messiah, the redeemer of…
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112623_sermon_brian_dye_john_1_35-42.mp3File Size: 56235 kbFile Type: mp3Download FileBy Bethany - McKinley Park, Chicago
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We don’t talk much about speaking in tongues and it certainly isn’t something you see practiced but at the root of all worship practices and works of the spirit is a sense of good order that brings us together and make it clear to everyone what God is doing in our midst. 1 Corinthians 14:1-12 (ESV) Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gi…
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Thanks for Grace (Thanksgiving Eve Service)
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By Pastor Martin Danner
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111923_sermon_brian_dye_john_13_1-17.mp3File Size: 74884 kbFile Type: mp3Download FileBy Bethany - McKinley Park, Chicago
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There are a lot of clanging cymbals and gongs in this world and we easily add to the noise. However, things done with love and in love are enduring and powerful. 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 (ESV) If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all my…
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102923_sermon_d_brumbuagh_eph__1_.mp3File Size: 81871 kbFile Type: mp3Download FileBy Bethany - McKinley Park, Chicago
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111223_sermon_victor_lorea_gods_children_eph_4_25-32_5_2.mp3File Size: 65345 kbFile Type: mp3Download FileBy Bethany - McKinley Park, Chicago
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110523_sermon_roy_patterson.mp3File Size: 73511 kbFile Type: mp3Download FileBy Bethany - McKinley Park, Chicago
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There are many spiritual gifts given to bring unity and togetherness to the body of Christ. The most important being faith given by the Holy Spirit. From that faith flows so many wonderful things that help us grow together! 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 (ESV) Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed. You know that when y…
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