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Pastor Sam Crabtree is Bethlehem's Executive Pastor and Lead Pastor for Life Training. Subscribe to RSS feed
Jul 30
According to The Advocates for Human Rights, human trafficking (including both sex trafficking and labor trafficking) is the second-largest and fastest-growing criminal industry in the world. In 2008, traffickers made $31 billion buying and selling...
Jul 29
And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.—John 8:32
Speaking from John 8:32, Tim Tomlinson, president of Bethlehem College and Seminary and newly (re)elected Bethlehem elder said, “In our day, ironically, people tend to believe that...
Jul 28
Today at the Minnesota state capitol, a noon rally was held to underscore the importance of a one-man one-woman marriage.
Read our denomination’s official resolutions on marriage, family, and homosexuality.
Jul 27
After receiving encouraging feedback in response to recent blog posts about troublesome speech, and especially “good luck,” I decided to offer a few excerpts from R.C. Sproul’s book Not a Chance.
“It is logically impossible to ascribe any power to chance...
Jul 26
I asked our two newest pastors, elected just yesterday, how they would like people to pray for them.
Vince Johnson
I need nothing more than the presence of God—I’m desperate for this! May I be able to say, “I have set the Lord always before me, because...
Jul 23
Recently while I was in the doctor’s waiting room I read portions of a sports article about the recruitment of football players. The writer was making a case that great (winning) teams don’t mainly recruit players who fill particular slots (blocker,...
Jul 22
Photos of people can be so helpful! Ask anyone involved with check-cashing or airport security. Or life in a large church. In a growing church, a photo directory can be an incredibly helpful tool for facilitating personal relationships. Bethlehem...
Jul 21
According to President Tim Tomlinson, Bethlehem College and Seminary now has received its 501c3 authorization, permitting operation as a tax-exempt organization.
What is the next step in official academic recognition? BCS has made formal application for...
Jul 20
A conference sponsored last year by Union University, in Jackson, Tennessee, heralded the 400th birthday of the Baptist movement. Do Baptists have a future? Here are some excerpts from the conference.
Timothy George: “We don’t want to elevate any human-...
Jul 19
Ponder this amazing sentence from the Action International newsletter of Derek & Kristin Dearth: “God can do us no wrong.”
In his holiness, it is impossible for God to behave inappropriately toward us. Ever.
Yet he is sovereignly and decisively...