This fall, Bethel is challenging all of our people to memorize Scripture as we teach through vital texts in our ongoing desire to know God.  In fact, that’s the series for Fall 2012: Knowing God. We’re breaking that up into sections that help us to understand God’s Word better so [...]

2Corinthians 5:20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. We’re taking a bit of a side-trip excursion from our cruise through the book of Acts.  The intent is to pause and examine some of [...]

1Corinthians 11:1 Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. In Scripture, discipleship is synonymous with leadership.  Leadership can rightly be distilled down to the following axiom:  Inspire by example.  No one has ever inspired as much as Jesus the Christ, the Son of the Living God.  Most of [...]

Acts 3:19-21 Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out, 20 that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, 21 whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about [...]

Acts 3:6 But Peter said, “I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you.  In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!” You may have seen the movie Avatar.  It was the biggest and most expensive movie ever made.  Some [...]

Acts 2:37 When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” Food / cooking shows are ridiculously popular these days.  One of the reasons is people love to see transformation and the process of “Before [...]

Acts 2:14 Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crowd: “Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say. Powerful preaching is still God’s plan for proclamation.  That doesn’t mean it’s [...]

Acts 2:1-4 When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place.  2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3 And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested [...]

Acts 1:6 (ESV) So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” Seems like a fair question to me.  If I had heard Jesus talking about the Kingdom for three years, and then seen Him in His resurrected glory [...]

Acts 1:1-2 In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach 2 until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. What would a doctor for your soul prescribe?  The [...]