Apr 27
Pam Larson
We've all had the experience of being new ... new to a community, neighborhood, or church. At the Bethlehem Women's Ministry Spring Conference scheduled for this weekend, you will have the opportunity to interact with almost 700 other women! ...
Apr 27
Sam Crabtree
According to the mailer inserted in my retirement fund update (an old-age benefit offered to all of Bethlehem’s staff, for which I thank the elders and the church), “The world has changed. General Motors, the quintessential American auto company,...
Apr 26
Marcus Leman
Curious about the beliefs within Islam? Want to know where or how to start a relationship with your Muslim neighbor? Leading a small-group and want to equip them with practical training for sharing the gospel with Muslims?
The Bridges One-Day...
Apr 26
Sam Crabtree
When Jesus rose from the dead, the “righteousness that God’s righteousness requires him to require” was met. Therefore the demands of the law were met. As Robert Farrar Capon (in Between Noon and Three) put it: “The name of the game from now on is...
Apr 25
Sam Crabtree
“We can say that the story of the resurrection means simply that the teachings of Jesus are immortal like the plays of Shakespeare or the music of Beethoven and that their wisdom and truth will live on forever.
“Or we can say that the resurrection...
Apr 22
Sam Crabtree
The Science Museum of Minnesota is featuring items from King Tut’s tomb, which points up a dramatic contrast between two famous middle eastern tombs: King Tut and King Jesus.
King Tutankhamen, who ruled in Egypt during the 14th century before Christ...
Apr 21
Sam Crabtree
It costs God nothing, so far as we know, to create nice things; but to convert rebellious wills cost him crucifixion.—C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
Apr 20
Sam Crabtree
The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.—Genesis 2:15
Members of Bethlehem who attended the strategy meeting last Sunday night exercised God-given dominion over Bethlehem’s portion of the garden, taking...
Apr 20
Marcus Leman
There is a freedom found in being children of God (Rom 8:21; Gal 5:1) which is often not reflected in the world around us. As we look to celebrate our freedom from sin and death this weekend, read this story of true freedom being experienced amid...
Apr 20
Sam Crabtree
Our doorbell rang. When I answered the door, it was our 4-year-old neighbor boy wondering if we would like to buy some flowers he was holding.
He had picked the flowers himself. They were lovely.
He had picked them from our yard! He was offering to...