Bethany Lutheran Church

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  • Advent 4 – Remembering Love – Why Jesus?

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    Pastor Susan

    But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved Ephesians 2:4-5 This coming Sunday in Worship, when we light the fourth candle for the fourth week in Advent,…

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  • Wrestling with God

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    Pastor Susan

    Then the man said, “You shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with humans, and have prevailed.” ~Genesis 32:28 Genesis 32:22-31 is one of my favorite stories from Scripture – mainly because I like Jacob, I find myself wrestling with God often. When I was younger, I…

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