Jul 28, 2024
Scripture Reading: John 3:1-15
This Sunday Bethel Baptist Church had the pleasure and privilege of hosting Joel and Misti Diffenderfer at morning worship. Joel and Misti are a missionary couple called to be church planters in Japan. To learn more about their mission, visit www.diffnotes.com. You may also reach them...
Jul 21, 2024
Scripture Reading: 1 Corinthians 16:5-11
As Paul writes about his plans to visit his friends in Corinth, he drops a phrase into his sentence which reveals something of his perspective of life. The phrase is "if the Lord permits." "For I do not want to see you now just in passing. I hope to spend some time with you, if...
Jul 14, 2024
NOT UNDER COMPULSION
Scripture Reading: 1 Corinthians 16:1-4; 2 Corinthians 9:6-9
It is an important element of living … in the Old Testament nation of Israel and in the New Testament church … that God calls on His people to give some of their money to His earthly work. The Bible gives us principles to govern...
Jul 7, 2024
Scripture Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:35-58
Some Corinthian teachers had denied the reality of resurrection. They had, no doubt, reasoned from seeing what death did to a body that resurrection was impossible.
Paul calls such people 'fools' and then proceeds to cite illustrations of the possibility of...
Jul 1, 2024
Scripture Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:22-28 Daniel 7:9,10,13,14 Revelation 20:1-5
There is a sequence of events in 1 Corinthians 15:22-25. First, Christ is raised from the dead (1 Cor 15:20). "Then, at his coming," those who belong to Christ will be raised from the dead (1 Cor 15:23). "Then comes the end, when...