Pastor Sam Crabtree is Bethlehem's Executive Pastor and Lead Pastor for Life Training.
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Jun 17
Sam Crabtree
My father, Jim Harrison, never complains as he volunteers to help someone in need. He joyfully gives rides—acts as personal airport shuttle driver, gets people to Bible study—helps with legal forms, advocates for people who don’t know “the system,”...
Jun 16
Sam Crabtree
As Alzheimer’s robs my father of the present, the grace of the Lord is still evident in him. He has spent his life serving the Lord in pastoral ministry with gentleness and wisdom. And now, although conversations can now be challenging, many of the...
Jun 16
Sam Crabtree
My dad is a student of the Word and a very humble man. Until recently (age 89) he read his Bible three times a day. (“I eat 3 times a day, don’t I?” he would say.)
His natural gifts do not include unusually smooth public speaking. He is not the...
Jun 15
Sam Crabtree
My parents were divorced and I lived far from my dad when he became a believer, when I was 12 years old. Since that very day, he has prayed for my sister and me, then our husbands, and now his 14 grandchildren—by first and middle names—asking our...
Jun 15
Sam Crabtree
Earlier this Spring, I wrote a blog post inviting women to tell me commendable things about their fathers. For the next few days, we will be posting some of the responses.
One Christmas in Hong Kong, where I was growing up, my parents went out to...
Jun 14
Sam Crabtree
Speaking to more than 400 people gathered last week for hot dogs, sunny weather, singing, and a very brief interactive message on the sinlessness of Jesus, I said ...
“A Holy God requires perfect righteousness. It only takes one hole in your...
Jun 13
Sam Crabtree
I was recently asked by a man who was a member of an employee union what I thought he should do about an invitation to leave the union and join the management where he worked. My responses included the following:
Competence is in demand. A diligent...
Jun 10
Sam Crabtree
What do you see 1 Corinthians 7:14 saying (especially in light of the paedobaptist argument of God’s covenant covering believers’ children)? It doesn’t say that they are merely blessed, but holy.
For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of...
Jun 9
Sam Crabtree
This post is the second of three in this series.
Golden Principal Three(from my journal)
Build up. The main work is the work of building up, not tearing down. We don’t mainly damn, but bless (readily acknowledging that it can be a blessing to the...
Jun 8
Sam Crabtree
This post is the second of three in this series.
Golden Principal Three(from my journal)
Speak in Christ. It is his word, not ours, that governs. Christ and his word are the sure foundation, the authorization for everything to be done and...
