http://www.bethelcupertino.org/worship/sermons/ en Sermons from Bethel Lutheran Church, in Cupertino California. http://www.bethelcupertino.org/graphics/logoblue2.gif http://www.bethelcupertino.org/worship/sermons/ 144 160 Thu, 2 Feb 2012 20:30 PST webmaster@bethelcupertino.org (Webmaster) Sermon delivered by Pastor Randy Pabst. Mark’s introduction of Jesus is a capsule summary of his whole Gospel. The evangelist witnesses to Jesus as a powerful, holy force, a divine force that is set on collision course with evil and demons. For now, Jesus conquers and drives out demons, but who will win in the end? Where do we stand when it comes to confronting evil—both within our own selves and in the world? http://bethelcupertino.org/worship/sermons/sermon20120129.mp3 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:00 PST Sermon delivered by Pastor Randy Pabst. http://bethelcupertino.org/worship/sermons/sermon20120122.mp3 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:00 PST Sermon delivered by Pastor Gabi Schroeder. With this Sunday we enter the interlude between seasons. Christmas with its excitement and glitter is behind us, and the sober experience of Lent followed by the glory of Easter is in the future. This is Ordinary Time: we reflect on the very ordinary ways that God enters our lives, thus making them extraordinary. We are not unlike the ordinary people of today’s scripture lessons. We do not always look beneath the surface, so we often miss the extraordinary in what is ordinary, both in ourselves and others. http://bethelcupertino.org/worship/sermons/sermon20120115.mp3 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:30 PST Sermon delivered by Pastor Randy Pabst. The season of Epiphany (which means to reveal) begins with a Baptism—Jesus’ Baptism! As Jesus came up from the waters of the Jordan River everything changed—not just for him but for all of humanity and all time. Today, we renew our Baptismal promises as a way of renewing our response to all God has done and is doing on our behalf. And yes, once again we too are made NEW! http://bethelcupertino.org/worship/sermons/sermon20120108.mp3 Sun, 8 Jan 2012 09:00 PST Sermon delivered by Pastor Gabi Schroeder. These days of Christmas call us to celebrate, to re-order and re-frame our lives so that we can live differently, not because it’s the time of New Year resolutions, but because Jesus has come to live among us to show us the way. Through Jesus, God enters our hearts with a love that cannot be extinguished. God offers us a guide to faith and salvation that no economic collapse can erode or cheapen. God takes our puzzlement and our failure and redeems them with new insight. http://bethelcupertino.org/worship/sermons/sermon20120101.mp3 Sun, 1 Jan 2012 10:30 PST Sermon delivered by Pastor Randy Pabst. In Jesus, the “light” of God has come into the world to expose the darkness for what it is. But sometimes we like the dark for what it hides. By exposing such darkness the world can be turned up-side-down and the powerful laid low and the lowly lifted up. It is a world of justice and peace and a world where hope is realized in joy and wonder! Are we ready to experience such “light” in our lives?!? http://bethelcupertino.org/worship/sermons/sermon20111211.mp3 Sun, 11 Dec 2011 09:00 PST