Sermons By Alan Bentrup
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Podcast by Alan Bentrup
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You’re Children of God, Now Act Like It! (A Sermon for Easter 3B)
15/04/2018 Duración: 10minYou are God’s own beloved child. Become what you already are. Live into your new identity. See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called the children of God! And that is what we are! Now, act like it!
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God is (Revealing, Healing, Purifying) Light (A Sermon for Easter 2B)
08/04/2018 Duración: 17minGod is light. And walking in that light, being people of that light, will begin to change us. Because the light reveals, heals, and purifies.
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Nobody Ever Gets to Stay (A Sermon for for the Feast of the Resurrection - 2018)
01/04/2018 Duración: 12minYou can’t stay here, because nobody ever gets to stay. So go out and share your story, share THE story. Shout it into the darkness. Cry out into the emptiness. Tell the world that you have experienced the risen Lord… and he is alive and he has transformed your life… and he is still making all things new. Nobody ever gets to stay. So go.
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Nobody Dies Alone (A Sermon for Lent 5B)
18/03/2018 Duración: 17minI suspect the Greeks in today’s gospel didn’t go expecting to talk about death when they showed up to worship. They just wanted to see Jesus. But Jesus talked about death. A lot.
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The Hardest Commandment (A Sermon for Lent 3B)
04/03/2018 Duración: 13minSabbath is taking time for God. It's more than not going to work, not working at home, not sitting at the computer, not working around the house—it's reminding ourselves of God's central place in our lives and being grateful. It’s also reminding ourselves that we aren’t the center of the universe and that work can go on without us.
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Luke, Jesus, and the Hebrew Bible
01/03/2018 Duración: 55minA Lenten presentation for St. Stephen's in Huntsville, Texas, looking at how Luke connects the story of Jesus with the story of Israel.
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Resurrection Over Survival (A Sermon for Lent 2B)
25/02/2018 Duración: 12minThe way of Christ, self-denial, reminds us that our life is not our own. It belongs to God. It reminds us that we are not in control, God is. Our life is not about us. It is about God There is great freedom in knowing these things. We are free to be fully alive. Through self denial our falling down becomes rising up. Losing is saving. Death is resurrection.
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Transforming the Ordinary (A Sermon for Epiphany 3B)
21/01/2018 Duración: 13minCasting and mending are realities of life. They are also the circumstances in which Jesus comes to us, the context in which we hear the call to new life, and the place where we are changed and the ordinary is transformed.
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Beloved Children of God (A Sermon for Epiphany 1B, 2018)
07/01/2018 Duración: 12minTake a moment to remember the last baptism you witnessed. Perhaps you can recall the proud parents and godparents, dressed in their Sunday best, standing around the baptismal font. In their arms they hold their young, freshly-bathed child, hoping that she won’t create a fuss. Before them stands the minister or priest, neatly dressed in suit and tie, or robe, or colorful vestments. The font stands ready. The congregation looks on with curiosity and pleasure, wondering how the child will respond to what is about to happen. The atmosphere is peaceful and serene. It is a family occasion, a beautiful moment that will long be remembered.
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Just The Beginning (A Sermon for Advent 2A - 2018)
10/12/2017 Duración: 11minMatthew begins with a genealogy linking Jesus back to Abraham. Luke begins with a short address about his research methodology. John begins with a mysterious poem about creation. But Mark just hits the ground running and never looks back. “The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.”
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Join the Team (A Sermon for All Saint’s Day)
05/11/2017 Duración: 09minBaseball has the power to unite us across differences that are so often used to divide. That sounds an awful lot like the Christian faith to me, doesn’t it?
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Practice Loving Your Neighbor (A Sermon for Proper 25A)
29/10/2017 Duración: 12minSo why should we read Leviticus? I believe that underneath all the rules about sacrifice and purity, all the strange regulations about food and clothes, there is a vision of holiness and harmony with God that is life-giving and has the potential to speak a healing word to our fractured and alienated condition.
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Minted in Christ (A Sermon for Proper 24A)
22/10/2017 Duración: 14minGod’s motive was freedom from bondage and a new opportunity to rebuild the community. Cyrus’ motive was expanding his territory by military might and increasing the kingdom over which he reigned. How could God rely on someone like that to further God’s intention?
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Turn and Live (A Sermon for Proper 21A)
30/09/2017 Duración: 15minTurn and Live (A Sermon for Proper 21A) by Alan Bentrup
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Generosity Over Jealousy (A Sermon for Proper 20A)
24/09/2017 Duración: 15minWe all know somebody who never earned nor deserved what they got, right? They didn’t really deserve that job, promotion, raise, recognition, happiness, or success. We worked longer or tried harder, but that didn’t make any difference. More often than not, we view the world, ourselves, and others through the lens of fairness rather than grace. We view ourselves in comparison to others. That’s the exact opposite of how God views the world.
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How Often Should I Forgive? (A Sermon for Proper 19A)
17/09/2017 Duración: 14minForgiveness, for Jesus, is not a quantifiable event. It is a quality; a way of being, a way of living, a way of loving, a way of relating, a way of thinking and seeing. It is nothing less than the way of Christ.
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Mary, Moana, and the Gospel (A Sermon for St. Mary's Day 2017)
20/08/2017 Duración: 18minMary, Moana, and the Gospel (A Sermon for St. Mary's Day 2017)
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Transformed for a Purpose (A Sermon for the Feast of the Transfiguration)
05/08/2017 Duración: 11min“Is it real?” That’s one of my boys’ favorite questions. When they encounter something new or different that is what they want to know. Reality for them is something that can be seen, tasted, touched, smelled, and heard. Reality was determined by, and limited to, the five physical senses.
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Be Transformed - A Sermon for VBS Sunday
23/07/2017 Duración: 12minBe Transformed - A Sermon for VBS Sunday by Alan Bentrup