by BethelAdmin | Feb 10, 2020 | Sermons
Let’s go back over the last couple of weeks. Jesus has been baptized by John the Baptist in the River Jordan. John the Baptist has witnessed the Holy Spirit descending on Jesus and has told his followers that the Son of God is among them. Jesus then goes into the...
by BethelAdmin | Jan 19, 2020 | Sermons
When we ended last week, Jesus was twelve and sitting in the Temple with the rabbis while Mary and Joseph were frantically searching for him. That’s also where the gospel accounts of Jesus’ life before he began his public ministry stop, leaving roughly eighteen years...
by BethelAdmin | Jan 12, 2020 | Sermons
Lord, speak through me and, if necessary, in spite of me that your word may be heard this day. Amen. I like to read. In fact, I love to read … I have since I was a child. When I read a book … any kind of book … my mind begins to build its own full-length feature movie...
by BethelAdmin | Jan 5, 2020 | Sermons
Communal Prayer – Covenant Renewal In the spirit of our founder’s traditions, we spoke the following prayer in covenant renewal. I am not my own self-made, self-reliant human being. In truth, O God, I am Yours. Make me into what You will. Make me a...
by BethelAdmin | Dec 29, 2019 | Sermons
Lord, speak through me and, if necessary, in spite of me that your word may be heard this day. Amen. In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was with God. And the Word was God. John 1:1. It’s my favorite verse. The Word in John 1:1 is not words on a page, not...
by BethelAdmin | Dec 22, 2019 | Sermons
On this, the last Sunday of Advent and the Sunday before Christmas, we will forego a message and let the Scriptures speak for themselves as we remember the Nativity of Jesus. Titus 2:11-14 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all, training us to...
