From the Pulpit @ Bethlehem

Every Sunday, the congregation of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Palestine, Texas gathers to hear God's Word proclaimed. Now, those sermons come to you — wherever you are.From the Pulpit @ Bethlehem brings you the weekly message straight from our Sunday morning worship service. Rooted in Scripture and grounded in the Lutheran confessional tradition, each episode offers teaching that is faithful to God's Word and relevant to everyday life. Whether you are a member catching up on a missed Sunday, a friend exploring the faith, or simply someone hungry for solid Biblical preaching, this podcast is

From the Pulpit @ Bethlehem is a religion podcast hosted by Bethlehem Lutheran Church, with 14 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Bethlehem Lutheran Church hosts From the Pulpit @ Bethlehem, a religion show with 14 episodes published.

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  "Mercy - The Only Way Out" | Romans 11:13-15, 28-32 | Pastor Oehlerts

  Aug 18, 202620 min

  On his family's Minnesota farm, a teenage Gary Oehlerts watched his father crawl up to a badger den for a curious peek and end up with both hands snapped tight in steel traps, completely unable to free himself. In this episode, Pastor Oehlerts uses that unforgettable picture to unlock one striking verse: God has bound all people over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all. Sin is a trap with no release mechanism, and no amount of human strength can open its jaws. Mercy is the only way out. This episode draws from Romans 11:1-2a, 13-15, and 28-32, with the appointed readings from Isaiah 56:1, 6-8 and the Holy Gospel from St. Matthew 15:21-28, and the sermon also returns to the fall in the garden in Genesis 2:15-17. Key themes include the mercy of God, the trap of sin, original sin and the fall, the law that binds and the gospel that frees, rescue through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and sharing that rescue with those still trapped. Bethlehem Lutheran Church is a Bible-centered, mission-focused congregation of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS), located in Palestine, Texas. We invite you to join us in person at 1515 South Loop 256, Palestine, TX 75801 (across from Palestine High School). Sunday School begins at 9:00 AM Divine Worship at 10:15 AM. Learn more at belctx.org or call (903) 729-6362. Soli Deo Gloria. To God alone be the glory.

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  "How are they too . . . ?" | Romans 10:5-17 | Pastor Mengsteab

  Aug 11, 202632 min

  Mengsteab found a giant cardboard foot taped to his office door. On the back were the words "How beautiful are the feet who bring good tidings." In this episode he unpacks the question at the heart of Romans 10: how are they to call on him in whom they have not believed, and how are they to hear without someone preaching? His answer is as personal as it is urgent. Someone has to go for someone to know, and the going begins not in Africa or Asia but right here in Palestine, Texas. This episode draws from Romans 10:5-17, with the appointed readings from Job 38:4-18 and the Holy Gospel from St. Matthew 14:22-33, and the sermon also visits Paul's conversion in Acts 9:1-19, the Great Commission of Matthew 28:19-20, and the great multitude of Revelation 7:9-17. Key themes include evangelism and missions, faith that comes by hearing, the priesthood of all believers, overcoming the fear of rejection, reaching the unchurched, and the promise of a heaven gathered from every nation and language. --- Bethlehem Lutheran Church is a Bible-centered, mission-focused congregation of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS), located in Palestine, Texas. We invite you to join us in person at 1515 South Loop 256, Palestine, TX 75801 (across from Palestine High School). Sunday School begins at 9:00 AM and Divine Worship at 10:15 AM. Learn more at belctx.org or call (903) 729-6362. Soli Deo Gloria. To God alone be the glory.

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  "God's Plan for Our Lives" | Romans 9:1-13 | Pastor Mengsteab

  Aug 3, 202625 min

  What does it mean to truly belong to God? In this sermon on Romans 9, Pastor Mengsteab follows the Apostle Paul's aching love for his own people and uncovers a startling truth: the true Israel is not defined by bloodline but by faith. Through the surprising story of Jacob and Esau, we see that our place in God's family rests entirely on His grace and His call, never on our own works, and that the same Savior who bore the cross for Paul bears it for us. This episode centers on the Epistle reading, Romans 9:1-13, with the sermon also drawing on Romans 7, Hebrews 11, and the Great Commission of Matthew 28:19-20. The Sunday lectionary readings were the Old Testament from Isaiah 55:1-5, the Epistle from Romans 9:1-13, and the Holy Gospel from Matthew 14:13-21. Along the way the message explores God's election by grace, the difference between the children of the flesh and the children of the promise, a heart of evangelism that presses on despite rejection, the comfort of being declared righteous from the cross, and the assurance that adopts believers of every nation into the Israel of God. Bethlehem Lutheran Church is a Bible-centered, mission-focused congregation of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS), located in Palestine, Texas. We invite you to join us in person at 1515 South Loop 256, Palestine, TX 75801 (across from Palestine High School). Sunday School begins at 9:00 AM, Divine Worship at 10:15 AM Learn more at belctx.org or call (903) 729-6362. Soli Deo Gloria. To God alone be the glory.

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  "Predestined for Glory" | Romans 8:28-39 | Pastor Huebel

  Jul 27, 202626 min

  Predestination is one of the most misunderstood teachings in the Church, and for many it stirs up fear instead of the comfort God intends. In this sermon, Pastor Huebel clears away the confusion by showing that your salvation was decided in eternity, before you were ever born, resting on God's grace alone and never on a decision of your own. If God chose you before the foundation of the world, then nothing in all creation can separate you from His love. This episode draws primarily from Romans 8:28-39, with supporting references to Ephesians 1, John 1, Jeremiah 1, Psalm 139, and Psalm 138. Along the way the sermon explores predestination and election, salvation by grace alone, the bondage of the will, the errors of free-will theology and double predestination, the assurance that nothing can separate us from Christ, and the comfort God's eternal plan brings in the midst of suffering. --- Bethlehem Lutheran Church is a Bible-centered, mission-focused congregation of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS), located in Palestine, Texas. We invite you to join us in person at 1515 South Loop 256, Palestine, TX 75801 (across from Palestine High School). Sunday School begins at 9:00 AM, Divine Worship at 10:15 AM, and Wednesday Bible Study at 6:00 PM. Learn more at belctx.org or call (903) 729-6362. Soli Deo Gloria. To God alone be the glory.

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  "The Good Seed" | Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 | Pastor Loeschen

  Jul 20, 202617 min

  In this episode, Pastor Loeschen turns to Jesus' Parable of the Weeds to ask what it means to live as good seed in a field where weeds grow right alongside us. He traces the patient wisdom of the master who lets wheat and weeds grow together until the harvest, and calls us away from judging our neighbors and toward the quieter work of sowing God's word wherever we go, trusting God alone with the final separating and the final judgment. This episode draws from Matthew 13:24-30 and 36-43, the Parable of the Weeds and its explanation to the disciples. Themes explored include the patience of God amid good and evil growing together, resisting the urge to judge others, sowing the word of God in everyday life, salvation by grace through faith alone, and the hope of the final harvest in heaven. Bethlehem Lutheran Church is a Bible-centered, mission-focused congregation of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS), located in Palestine, Texas. We invite you to join us in person at 1515 South Loop 256, Palestine, TX 75801 (across from Palestine High School). Sunday School begins at 9:00 AM, Divine Worship at 10:15 AM, and Wednesday Bible Study at 6:00 PM. Learn more at belctx.org or call (903) 729-6362. Soli Deo Gloria. To God alone be the glory.

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