Bethel Lutheran Church Sermons

Prayer

God of all mercy, by Your power to heal and to forgive, graciously cleanse us from all sin and make us strong; through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.

Readings
Numbers 21:4-9 (Impatience punished by serpents.)
Ephesians 2:1-10 (Saved by grace through faith.)
John 3:14-21 (Faith reaches for life.)

Sermon

It doesn’t take long in a newspaper to figure out that this world is beyond figuring out.  Jesus speaks about darkness, and how by nature we are creatures of darkness who choose to do wrong.  Our world minimizes this.  It says people were just misguided.

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