Bethel Lutheran Church, St. Paul, MN

Commitment Sunday / Central Lutheran School Sunday, October 17, 2010

There is one thing that is central to the church - Jesus.  It is what causes us to make a commitment to the ministry of Jesus with a congregation at any given place.  It causes us to establish schools like Central Lutheran whe...

Stewardship Sunday, October 10, 2010

The world is changing at a rate never before seen in history.  The Christian church in America is shrinking.  The economy is struggling and the world seems to drift further into immorality.  In the midst of all this change, what remains the same?  The word...

Sunday, October 3, 2010

The prophet Isaiah didn't mince words.  When he wanted the people to know that they had completely blinded themselves to the fact that they were worshiping pretend gods, he told them they had made a "deal with death."  Everybody faces denial.  Sometimes it's something we...

Sunday, September 26, 2010

There are few things in this world that display the grandeur of a mountaintop.  There is something distinctly spiritual or even divine about that mountaintop.  At least, that's the way it was viewed back in Isaiah's time and before.  The mountaintop was the "abode for...

Sunday, September 19, 2010

The prophet Isaiah had a rough job.  God got him all riled up with this great display of his power, asked who he should send and Isaiah said, "Here am I, send me!"  Then God told him what he was sent to do.  Not the most attractive job description!  But God worked am...