BLC Chapel Sermons
BLC Chapel Sermons
Bethany Lutheran College
These sermons, devotions, and homilies were delivered as part of chapel services held at Bethany Lutheran College, Mankato, MN. Chapel at BLC is held weekdays while school is in session for growth in our Christian faith. Additional podcasts, service information, videos and more are available on our Chapelcast web site, filterable by preacher or music leader. Bethany is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod (ELS), a confessional Lutheran church body.
Sermon from BLC Ash Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Chaplain Don Moldstad was preacher for this service. Psalm 32:1-5: Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not [b]impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit. 3 When I kept silent, my bones grew old Through my groaning all the day long. 4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. Selah 5 I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah
Feb 14, 2024
16 min
Sermon from BLC Chapel - Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Rev. Prof. Mark DeGarmeaux was preacher for this service. Isaiah 53:6-9: All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so He opened not His mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment, and who will declare His generation? For He was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgressions of My people He was stricken. And they made His grave with the wicked— but with the rich at His death, Because He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.
Feb 14, 2024
7 min
Sermon from BLC Chapel - Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Pastor Ken Mellon was preacher for this service. John 12:23-28: Jesus answered them, saying, “The hour has come that the Son of Man should be glorified. Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain. He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor. Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour. Father, glorify Your name.” Then a voice came from heaven, saying, “I have both glorified it and will glorify it again.”
Feb 13, 2024
11 min
Sermon from BLC Chapel - Monday, February 12, 2024
Prof. Tom Rank was preacher for this service. Matthew 3:13-17: Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. And John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?” But Jesus answered and said to him, “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him. When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
Feb 12, 2024
9 min
Sermon from BLC Chapel - Friday, February 9, 2024
Chaplain Don Moldstad was preacher for this service. Hebrews 11:1-3: Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
Feb 9, 2024
13 min
Sermon from BLC Chapel - Thursday, February 8, 2024
Rev. Shawn Stafford was preacher for this service. Luke 11:27-28: And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!” But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the Word of God and keep it!”
Feb 8, 2024
10 min
Sermon from BLC Vespers - Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Chaplain Don Moldstad was preacher for this service. Revelation 22:18-21: For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming quickly.” Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus! The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
Feb 7, 2024
12 min
Sermon from BLC Chapel - Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Chaplain Don Moldstad was preacher for this service. Luke 8:11-15: “Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. Those by the wayside are the ones who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. But the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away. Now the ones that fell among thorns are those who, when they have heard, go out and are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity. But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience.”
Feb 7, 2024
10 min
Sermon from BLC Chapel - Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Rev. Prof. Brian Klebig was preacher for this service. 2 Peter 1:20-21: ... knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
Feb 6, 2024
15 min
Sermon from BLC Chapel - Monday, February 5, 2024
Rev. Alex Ring was preacher for this service. Luke 8:1-3: Now it came to pass, afterward, that He went through every city and village, preaching and bringing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with Him, and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities—Mary called Magdalene, out of whom had come seven demons, and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others who provided for Him from their substance.
Feb 5, 2024
16 min
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