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Above is the audio from a recent message I preached at Bethel from 1 Samuel chapter 2 – Hannah’s song of praise to God.
Disclaimer: I’m biased.
I see two ways to staying fresh and relevant in the pulpit. I like one way, the other annoys me. You might disagree (you can be wrong if you want to be), but I think one hundred years from now we’ll see the importance of this issue.
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We’ve been recording messages and distributing them in mp3 format for quite some time now. Our old site (no longer in use, but holds archives) is BibleJourney.org and we now post sermons at Bethel’s site and distribute them via podcast.
There are a lot of ways to do this, and many may be more efficient or better from a technical standpoint, but this is the method we’ve found to be easy-to-follow and reliable.
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I know, it’s been a long time coming, but we’re finally and officially podcasting our weekend messages at Bethel. We’re listed in the iTunes Store directory or you can just use this link. Help us spread the word around northwest Arkansas… or maybe the whole world?
Message Based on The Life of Paul, Acts 9
Change is a tough word. It’s all around us in technology, nature, and culture. Yet I think we fail to understand the most powerful change of all which happens in a human soul that meets and trusts Jesus.
Paul had things going for him quite well. He had ascended to power and prestige. He had the authority of the Roman government to go and arrest Christians for treason and heresy, but Jesus confronted him.
The four things God did in Paul’s life, He does in ours as well…
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Jonathan Edwards preached his sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God on at least two occasions and used a verse as his text from which I preached this morning. I wanted to go back and revisit it since I mentioned it in my message, and even wanted to read excerpts. You can read a full manuscript here and some history about Edwards and his message here.
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From Journey Through the Word: The Book of Numbers
Based on Numbers 20
ONE GREAT TRUTH: A single moment can be extremely powerful, especially when we’re making a disobedient and destructive choice.
(sorry, no audio, just some brief notes…)
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From the Series JOURNEY THROUGH THE WORD: The Book of Numbers
Based on Numbers 15-18
ONE GREAT TRUTH: The whole human race is lost, wandering apart from God, as the consequence of sin, but God is on a search and rescue mission for all of us!
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ONE GREAT TRUTH: There are NO throw-away lives!
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Larry Barker, Director of Operations for North America with the Baptist Missionary Association of America was our guest speaker for the evening service. Hear the audio below…
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