Pastor Sam Crabtree is Bethlehem's Executive Pastor and Lead Pastor for Life Training.
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Dec 14
Bryan DeWire
We asked Pastor Jon Grano to answer the following question.
What are 3 main ways we can pray for Bethlehem's Operations ministry?
Please pray for:
Smooth (uneventful) transition in early 2013 from our current IT Exchange Server to Google Apps for...
Dec 13
Sam Crabtree
I just finished reading Justin Buzzard’s book, Date Your Wife. Let me save you the time of reading it by summarizing it for you here: date your wife. To quote Buzzard, “It’s harder and easier than you think.”
Here are four excerpts:
“Jesus [is] the...
Dec 12
Bryan DeWire
The highly anticipated vote for Jason Meyer as Pastor for Vision and Preaching is coming up this Sunday, December 16. To help you prepare for the vote, we want to remind you of Pastor Jason’s candidating page (which links you to a lot of other...
Dec 12
Sam Crabtree
The Desiring God website receives millions of hits each year. What are the top five search terms that visitors are looking for? They are (in order) …
MarriageHomosexualityTULIPPrayerDon’t Waste Your Life
Dec 11
Sam Crabtree
Desiring God is a book, a seminar, and an organization all related to the action of preferring the Lord. In defining what the organization is, here is what Desiring God Communications Director Josh Etter told the board at their recent board meeting...
Dec 10
Sam Crabtree
Vicki Crabtree on her computer at home. The flowers are from someone who loves her.
Dec 7
Bryan DeWire
We asked Pastor Ken Currie to answer the following question.
What are 3 main ways we can pray for Bethlehem's Outreach ministry?
Pray that all of our members would embrace the call to spread the fragrance of Christ everywhere in word and deed (2...
Dec 6
Sam Crabtree
At the end of the calendar year, churches and nonprofits typically handle a surge in contributions. How does Bethlehem ensure the monies are not embezzled?
Bethlehem has put in place many layers of checks & balances to ensure integrity in the...
Dec 5
Sam Crabtree
“The Great Designer is incomparable and unapproachable in the infinite prodigality and beauty of his works.”
That’s a statement by Wilson Bentley (1865–1931). Who’s he? He pioneered photographic documentation and study of individual snowflakes. He...
Dec 4
Sam Crabtree
1. The Gift of God’s SonJesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”—John 4:10
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