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Faces of Christ

Faces of Christ

Can we see God in humiliation? Can we see God in human brokenness?

Posted on 5 April 20185 April 2018 by Pastor KenPosted in SermonsTagged ELCA, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Faces of Christ, Holy Week, Lutheran, Maundy Thursday. Leave a comment

Giving Up

Giving Up

I don’t have to tell you that we have a hard time giving things up. It’s human nature. And it’s everywhere in the story of Christ’s death.

Posted on 5 April 2018 by Pastor KenPosted in SermonsTagged ELCA, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, giving up, Holy Week, Lutheran, Palm Sunday, Passion Sunday. Leave a comment

What We Have Left Undone

What We Have Left Undone

And this is not something we want to hear. It means that we, too, are responsible for our communal sins, even if we as individuals haven’t committed them.

Posted on 15 February 2018 by Pastor KenPosted in SermonsTagged Ash Wednesday, confession, Douglas High School Shooting, ELCA, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, forgiveness, Lent, Lutheran, sin. Leave a comment

That’s Christmas to Me

That’s Christmas to Me

If this were just an isolated incident, I’d think God might have made a miscalculation. But it’s a pattern that’s repeated over and over and over in the Biblical narrative—who matters to God is largely seperate from who matters to human beings.

Posted on 7 January 2018 by Pastor KenPosted in SermonsTagged Christmas, ELCA, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Incarnation, Lutheran, Pentatonix, Virgin Mary. 1 Comment

A Tale of Two Vineyards

A Tale of Two Vineyards

Even God’s plans don’t go according to plan.

Posted on 8 October 201715 November 2017 by Pastor KenPosted in SermonsTagged ELCA, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Isaiah 5, Las Vegas, Lutheran, Matthew 21, Rhohingya, vineyard. Leave a comment

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The Reverend Ken Ranos is pastor at Bethlehem Lutheran Church (ELCA) in Indianapolis, IN. Born and raised in Chicago, IL, he graduated from Capital University with a B.A. in Music and a B.A. in Religion; and from Trinity Lutheran Seminary with his M.Div. He’s a die-hard Chicago Blackhawks fan, a self-proclaimed nerd and geek, gamer, and liberation theologian.

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