Pastor Sam Crabtree is Bethlehem's Executive Pastor and Lead Pastor for Life Training.
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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...
Jun 7
Sam Crabtree
This post is the first of three in this series.
Golden Principle One(from my journal)
It is in the sight of God that we have been speaking in Christ, and all for your upbuilding, beloved.—2 Corinthians 12:19
Remember that all things are done...
Jun 6
Sam Crabtree
In his Scientific American article “God’s Utility Function” (November 1985, p. 85), Richard Dawkins alleges that everything is an amoral, evolutionary accident, saying, “In a universe of electrons and selfish genes, blind physical forces and genetic...
Jun 3
Sam Crabtree
I’m a 40-year-old man with career discontentment despite a thriving youth business/ministry. When is discontentment sinful, and when is it from the Holy Spirit?
Here’s a response from Bud Burk, Pastor for Child & Youth Discipleship, Downtown....
Jun 2
Sam Crabtree
On this day 319 years ago—regrettably—the Salem witch trials were swinging into high gear. We can learn a few lessons from the sloppy trials of more than 100 defendants and the execution of 19 citizens.
Not all confessions confess the truth....
Jun 1
Sam Crabtree
One of the outcomes of six weeks of 6:30am prayer gatherings on Thursdays is that the elders plan to continue the pattern monthly (on first Thursdays) through the end of the year.
Part of our effort is to listen to God as he speaks through...
May 31
Sam Crabtree
We meet all day today to refine our philosophy of discipleship which will shape other decisions such as how to think about counseling at Bethlehem, how to structure staffing, and how to help our people steward their households.
The Leadership Team...
