To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by doing so you will heap burning coals on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
What is one of the greatest resources younger women have?
Here's what Ken Currie, Lead Pastor for Outreach at Bethlehem, said in a recent sermon:
Values of Bethlehem College and Seminary
Bethlehem College and Seminary seeks to be …
Pastor Sam Crabtree is Bethlehem's Executive Pastor and Lead Pastor for Life Training.
GNFC: The Advocate
(Post 2 of 5: See introduction to this series.)
If we sin, we have an advocate with the Father: Jesus Christ, the righteous. In his image, Christians advocate for others who are in need ...
Guest post by Aaron Pikkarainen, Coordinator for the GNFC
Pastor Sam Crabtree is Bethlehem's Executive Pastor and Lead Pastor for Life Training.
A Word About Time for Words in These Times
A recent edition of Discipleship Journal reports ...
- Only 32% of the U.S. population has ever been in a bookstore.
- Each day people in the United States spend 4 hours watching TV, 3 hours listening to the radio, and 14 minutes reading magazines.
- And according to the Center for Media and Public Affairs, the average sound bite on a TV newscast in 1968 was 42 seconds long; now it is 8 seconds.
Pastor Sam Crabtree is Bethlehem's Executive Pastor and Lead Pastor for Life Training.
Friday Q & A #24
Do we as a church have a target ministry? Are we targeting a specific group of people (i.e., 20 something males)? Why or why not?
This question was answered by Vince Johnson, Pastor for Outreach, North Campus.
Pastor Sam Crabtree is Bethlehem's Executive Pastor and Lead Pastor for Life Training.
Successful Parenting: Is It Possible?
Many nights, after we’ve tucked our children into bed (or our young adults have tucked us in!), we wonder if we’ll ever get it right. How we long to enter the next day with the right answers to their problems, the peaceful solutions to their conflicts, the patient words to answer their challenge to our authority, and the perfect gospel presentation for their hope.
Ready, Set, Go!
One way to grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ is to participate in the disciple-making opportunities that will begin at Bethlehem on Wednesday, September 14 (Downtown Connection, North Connection, South Conn
Pastor Sam Crabtree is Bethlehem's Executive Pastor and Lead Pastor for Life Training.
Gospel and Discipleship
At a recent leadership team meeting, Ken Currie, Director of Campus Outreach Minneapolis & Lead Pastor for Outreach, drew our attention to parallel realities in 1 Corinthians 5:17–21 where law-satisfying good news is paired in tandem with proactive disciple-making. God works, and we work.
It can be mapped out like this:
Gospel
Pastor Sam Crabtree is Bethlehem's Executive Pastor and Lead Pastor for Life Training.
What Did God Do in and Through Campus Outreach This Summer?
From June 2 through August 4 of this year, 193 students from Campus Outreach Minneapolis lived together in two small hotels in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

