Together 4 Good: Making Sense of Life and Faith

This episode includes further thoughts and insights about the nature of Stewardship from Pastor Gary.   How is stewardship linked to sacrifice and trust?  What does all this mean for our life of faith and relationship with God?  Listen in as Pastor Gary shares some additional insights into our life of generosity and giving. 

This sermon from Transfiguration Sunday was preached on 2/14/21.  We were pleased to welcome Vicky Daub as our guest preacher.  Vicky is a long time member of Bethany and a graduate of Luther Seminary.

Texts for this sermon: 

2 Kings 2:1-12

Mark 9:2-9

To see video of this sermon (and the image Vicky references) go to https://bethanydevos.tumblr.com/tagged/sermons 

As part of our ongoing exploration of Stewardship, Pastor Gary and Pastor Nate sit down to discuss their respective sermons from 1/31 and 2/7 as well as some further Stewardship themes that were not covered in their sermons.  

This episode is a recording of Pastor Gary's sermon from 2/7/21.  It's the second sermon in our series on Stewardship and is based on readings from 2 Corinthians 9:6-15 and Luke 13:18-19. 

As part of our ongoing discussion on Stewardship, Pastor Nate has a special podcast episode looking closely at 2 Kings 5:1-14.  Listen as Pastor Nate explains many of the subtle details of this strange story and how the overall theme connects to our life of faith and our understanding of how we can be good stewards of God’s gifts.   

Pastor Nate’s full sermon from 1/31.  This sermon was the first in a two-part Stewardship series and was also a special sermon for Confirmation Sunday.

The readings used are 1 Peter 2:4-10 and Matthew 25:14-30.

This episode is a follow-up conversation to the sermon from 1/24/21 on The Holy Trinity.  Pastor Gary and Pastor Nate talk through what it means to believe in a God that is 3 yet 1.  

This episode is an audio recording of Pastor Nate’s sermon from 1/24/21.  This sermon was part of our sermon series on “Epiphanies”.  In this sermon, that took place at 4 different moments during worship, Pastor Nate talks about the Holy Trinity and the 3 different persons in the Trinity and many epiphanies that he has had over the years about this theological concept.

The readings mentioned in the sermon are John 17:20-26 and Genesis 18:1-8.

To watch a video version of the sermon go to https://bethanydevos.tumblr.com/tagged/sermons 

In this episode, Pastor Nate and Pastor Gary discuss biblical interpretation.  This podcast is a follow-up to Pastor Gary’s sermon from this past Sunday (1/17).  

In this episode we feature Pastor Gary's sermon from Sunday 1/17/21.  Pastor Gary's sermon is a part of a 2-week sermon series called "Epiphanies for Epiphany".  This week, Pastor Gary discusses his relationship with Scripture throughout  his life and the many different "epiphanies" he has had while learning about how to read and interpret scripture.