Aug 26, 2024

Scripture Reading: 1 Samuel 8:1-9

For almost 1,000 years, beginning with God's covenant with Abraham, there had been no king in Israel.  That is to say that there had been no human king.  God Himself had been their king (1 Sam 12:12). 

During the end of the life of Samuel, the last great judge, the people clamored for...

Aug 18, 2024

Scripture Reading: Nehemiah 1: 1-11

Bethel Baptist Church is privileged and delighted to host Reverend Ian Leslie while Pastor Cosand enjoys some well deserved rest and recreation.

Aug 12, 2024

Scripture Reading: 1 Corinthians 16:10-24

Shakespeare wrote: "Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel."  Solomon wrote: "Faithful are the wounds of a friend" (Prov 27:6) and "As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another" (Prov 27:17).  Our friends are crucial...

Aug 4, 2024

Scripture Reading: 1 Corinthians 16:12-18

"Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.  Let all that you do be done in love" (1 Cor 16:13,14).  The five commands here are not at all random.  They reflect some of the issues that Paul has written about in this letter.  So, these two verses form...