Welcome to Bethlehem

The Word of the Cross is the Power of God

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Rev. Keith F. Witte, Pastor

“Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church & School is community of sinners trusting in the forgiveness given by the crucified and risen Christ, offering peace, joy, stability, and purpose to a despairing and chaotic wo9rld by sharing this gospel through our words and deeds.”

LUTHERAN BIBLE TRANSLATORS: Pray for Chris Pluger and his family in Ethiopia due to ongoing civil unrest in that country has endangered all foreign residents.

Saturday, March 7, 2026
Commemoration of Perpetua and Felicitas, Martyrs
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Daily Readings: Genesis 27:1-29; Mark 8:22-38
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First Sunday in Lent

The Word of the Gospel Opens the Eyes of Faith and Fixes Them on Christ Jesus

The Lord called Abram (Abraham) to leave his home and go to a land that God would show him. He also promised to make of Abram “a great nation” to bless him and make his name great as a blessing to “all families of the earth” (Genesis 12:2-3). “Abram went, as the LORD had told him” (Genesis 12:4), and in Canaan “he built an altar to the LORD and called upon the name of the LORD” (Genesis 12:8). He “believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness” (Romans 4:3). Here the grace of God is manifested , that He justifies the ungodly” (Romans 4:5), not by works of the Law, but through faith in His promises. He removes all of our sins and lawless deeds through Jesus Christ, the offspring of Abraham in whom all the LORD’s promises are realized. This forgiveness of sins in the Word of the Gospel, the voice of the Holy Spirit, which “gives life to the dead” (Romans 4:17). It opens the eyes of faith to behold Christ Jesus, the Son of Man lifted up on the cross, “that whosoever believes in Him may have eternal life” (John 3:14-15)
Genesis 12:1-9; Romans $:1-17; John 3:1-17
English Standard Version (ESV)

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Bethlehem Lutheran Church

Welcome to Bethlehem

The Word of the Cross is the Power of God

Rev. Keith F. Witte, Pastor

Second Sunday in Lent

Commemoration of Perpetua and Felicitas, Martyrs

Third Sunday in Lent

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