We begin this Advent season with a sermon series about getting ready for Christmas. The same things we do to prepare to have company at Christmas we can do spiritually to get ready for Jesus. Oh and we play Family Feud too!

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As the title states, I am not really sure we want what Jesus offers. If that sounds unbelievable, listen in and decide for yourselves. Is it possible that Jesus knows what we need more than we do? I think so.

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Today’s message is a companion to last week’s message regarding loving your enemy. We are hard wired to judge others. Maybe we need a software update. Jesus gives us a reason to pause and evaluate. This is not about salvation but an important lesson in living out our faith.

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It is the Sunday before Election Day and the divisiveness is at an all time high. We need to hear from Jesus and what he has to say about hate and the practical repsonse to what is ailing us as a nation and as individuals. Click here to see the sermon slides: https://wp.me/a4Hszx-pM

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This is the podcast page for Ben Bergren. He is the Lead Pastor of Bethel Lutheran Church of Cupertino, CA. Ben teaches with relevance and passion. Listen in each week as he teaches from the Bible.

What does sharing God’s love look like in the 21st century? Just ask Rachel (my wife). Seriously. Ask my wife. She exemplifies this in a story I share about her in this message. The slides can be by clicking on this link: https://benbergren.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/John-13-Love-in-the-21st-Century.pdf

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This is the podcast page for Ben Bergren. He is the Lead Pastor of Bethel Lutheran Church of Cupertino, CA. Ben teaches with relevance and passion. Listen in each week as he teaches from the Bible.

This is the podcast page for Ben Bergren. He is the Lead Pastor of Bethel Lutheran Church of Cupertino, CA. Ben teaches with relevance and passion. Listen in each week as he teaches from the Bible.

This is the podcast page for Ben Bergren. He is the Lead Pastor of Bethel Lutheran Church of Cupertino, CA. Ben teaches with relevance and passion. Listen in each week as he teaches from the Bible.

We begin a new sermon series looking at Paul’s letter to the church in Philippi. Paul has an overwhelming joy in the face of grim circumstance. We have something to learn from this letter over the next 4 weeks.   The post Sermon: More Than Happy: The Joy of Connection appeared first on Ben Bergren.