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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

Take Heart

Take Heart

And it's important to call white supremacy out for what it is: evil. It's important to call it out as absolutely antithetical to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Posted on 13 August 2017 by Pastor KenPosted in Church, SermonsTagged Charlottesville, ELCA, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Lutheran, Matthew 14, racism, sin, white supremacy. 2 Comments

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Ken Ranos is the pastor at Bethlehem Evangelical 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 student of liberation theology.

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