Bethany Christian Church Podcasts

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Study Deeply

“Study Deeply” Romans 10:17 November 03, 2019 Maybe you have had a time in your life where you really needed to hear from God. “‘Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?’” -Luke 24:32 When we are in our darkest hours, and even when we are at our highest points we need to hear from God. Faith is our response or acting based on our belief that God is who he says he is and will do all that he says he has and will do. Our act...

Pray Fervently

“Pray Fervently” Psalm 46 October 27, 2019 What if God would decide to use a group of people like us to accomplish His purpose? “. . . to produce well-educated Native American Christian leaders who will positively affect their communities and culture.” “Mission Creep” - when other agendas and causes creep in to take over the primary focus. Trying to affect change by discipling individuals and families who will disciple others take a long time. “All authority in heaven and on earth has b...

Training Not Trying

“Training Not Trying” 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 October 20, 2019 I do not want to be the person I am right now tomorrow . . . I do not want to be the person I am right now tomorrow; I want to be a better version of who I am. It’s not just about me, it’s also about how my life affects the life of others. Maybe if I try harder? We have to enter into a life of training. “I had never practiced. Practiced until it became the second nature, the first skin. Practice is the hardest part of learni...

Training, Not Trying

The End of the Story

Church:It's not a Place, It's a People

I Paul...

You Before Me

You Don't Have to Be My Twin to be My Sister/Brother

Lessons from a King

Go Out There and Love Somebody

Submit to the Authorities

Time Out

Drinking from the Fire Hose (Pt2)

Drinking from the Fire Hose (Pt1)

Practice. Practice. Practice.

Live Drastically Different Lives

Life is Wild...God is Good

We are Living in the Story

The Kindness and Sternness of God

Wise Counsel

By Faith

A Little Story in the Bigger Story

Jesus and Loss (Death)

Jesus and His (Bigger) Family

Jesus and His Mother

Jesus and His Siblings

The Book of Romans and the United States

The Valley of Dry Bones and the Promise of Resurrection

Easter: Stories and Songs

And We Know

Enjoy the View

Working In Us

Who We Are (Part 2)

Who We Are (Part 1)

The Purpose of the Law

The New Way of the Spirit

Ouch

In On One Side and Out On the Other

Too Good & Too Bad to be True

My Crazy Family

Ancestry.com

Bonnie and the Book of Romans

Just Keep...

“Just Keep . . .” Galatians 6:9 December 30, 2018 Let us not grow weary in doing good. “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” -Galatians 6:9 Part of what “good” means in Galatians is described in the Fruit of the Spirit. “Do not grow weary” means you are already doing good. Paul says “do not grow weary” because it is sometimes hard to just keep going. Sometimes it hurts. Sometimes it is counter culture. Sometimes I...

God Reveals Love

“God Reveals Love” Ephesians 3:14-20 December 23, 2018 Hope: living with the expectation and promise of something better. Peace: the one all-encompassing word which describes the something better. Joy: the action and attitude with which we live because of the promise and presence of something better. Love: the foundation/reason for God’s action. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did...

God Reveals Joy

“God Reveals Joy” Isaiah 35:10; Luke 2:8-14 December 16, 2018 Our Mission: "Recover and Maintain Focus” Creation Godlessness and Wickedness God Gave Them Over God Reveals Hope The Coming of Jesus The King Is in Place God’s Patience Jesus Revealed and Return Judgment and Destruction Return and Renewal We live here: The Prince of Peace has come. “And the ransomed of the Lord will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy wi...

God Reveals Peace

“God Reveals Peace” Zechariah 6:12-13 December 9, 2018 “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” -Isaiah 9:6 “Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, ‘Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.’” -Luke 2:13-14 Peace: “everything is okay” Peace: “not t...

God Reveals Hope

"God Reveals Hope" Isaiah 11:1, 10 "A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit." -Isaiah 11:1 "In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him and his resting place will be glorious." -Isaiah 11:10 Jesse is David's father Stump of Jesse = family tree "See, the Lord, the Lord Almighty, will lop off the boughs with great power. The lofty trees will be felled, the tall ones will be brought l...

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