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 Tue, 15 May 2012 19:20:00 PDT webmaster@bethelcupertino.org (Webmaster) Sermon delivered by Pastor Gabi Schroeder. Reflecting on motherly love can teach us a great deal about God’s love for us. Likewise, reflecting on the grateful response of children to their mother’s love can give us insights about the most appropriate response of humans to God’s love. http://bethelcupertino.org/worship/sermons/sermon20120513.mp3 Sun, 13 May 2012 10:30 PDT Sermon delivered by Pastor Gabi Schroeder. Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch invite us to join them on a journey in which both of them are changed. Both willingly follow God’s lead. In the end, God’s Holy Spirit transforms and enlarges the way both men look at God, the world, and themselves. Where will God’s Spirit lead us… and are we willing to follow God’s loving, gracious lead? http://bethelcupertino.org/worship/sermons/sermon20120506.mp3 Sun, 6 May 2012 09:00 PDT Sermon delivered by Pastor Gabi Schroeder. Christ is our shepherd who leads and guides us and keeps us safe from harm. As human shepherds lead their flock to green pastures and guide them to live productive lives, Christ leads us to green pastures of service. This Sunday, we will reflect on some very important instruments that God has given us for service—our hands—and how we can use our hands to hurt or heal, to destroy or to build up. We then will go out asking God to bless us to be a blessing for others. http://bethelcupertino.org/worship/sermons/sermon20120429.mp3 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 09:00 PDT Sermon delivered by Pastor Randy Pabst. It is the only place in the Gospels that this story of Jesus’ appearance to the disciples in Jerusalem where Jesus invites all of them to touch his wounds. It is, of course, an invitation to know that he truly is who he looks to be! So, today’s question is, “How are we also invited to touch Jesus’ wounds?” It is an experience that will change us and, like those disciples, truly reveal what it means to be followers of the Risen Christ! http://bethelcupertino.org/worship/sermons/sermon20120422.mp3 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 09:00 PDT Sermon delivered by Pastor Randy Pabst. Peace! We all want peace in our lives; but what kind of peace? Is it a peace that is the absence of conflict or do we seek something deeper? Jesus’ words of peace to those early disciples was a peace that was born out of a simple reality—the reality of forgiveness. Yes, we all seek peace—but do we also seek forgiveness? Today we are confronted by God’s peace in a way no one expected but that came anyway. So too for us… http://bethelcupertino.org/worship/sermons/sermon20120415.mp3 Sun, 15 Apr 2012 10:30 PDT Sermon delivered by Pastor Randy Pabst. “He Is Not Here!“ They may be the most important words spoken at the empty tomb. “He is not here … he is going ahead of you …” Easter is Jesus going ahead of us—even unto death—so that God’s Love can be made real for us all. Yes, He is risen. He is risen indeed! http://bethelcupertino.org/worship/sermons/sermon20120408.mp3 Sun, 8 Apr 2012 09:00 PDT