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Introduction Of all the holidays that Americans decorate for, Christmas is far and away decorated with some kind of lights . And we use a lot of lights—according to one industry website, Pennsylvanians are estimated to use as much as 67 million megawatts of electricity for Christmas lights in the 45-day…

Celebrate Christmas like a Christian--grounded in the truth of Christ's incarnation

Celebrate Christmas like a Christian--grounded in the truth of Christ's incarnation

Introduction A couple of weeks ago I finally came to the end of my training for my new position at the University. The administration spent several weeks giving us all kinds of policies and resources and systems access and authorizations for sensitive information—all the tools that we would need to do…

Introduction This past April 19th saw the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the American War for Independence, when “the shot heard round the world” was fired at Battle of Concord. British troops, acting on intelligence they had received about a supply of arms and ammunition, were met at the Old…

Introduction Over the past several weeks, we have been studying through the Apostle Paul’s instructions for a Christian household. We have been calling this series in Ephesians “God’s Blueprint for Living”—God’s instructions for what it means to live in the household He is building with Jesus Christ…

Introduction Over the past several weeks, we have been studying through the Apostle Paul’s instructions for a Christian household. We have been calling this series in Ephesians “God’s Blueprint for Living”—God’s instructions for what it means to live in the household He is building with Jesus Christ…

The freedom that comes from slavery to Christ liberates us from any bondage this world can impose on us

Introduction We never tire of pointing out how greatly blessed we are at Bethel to have so many kids running around—I’ve heard it said by others—and I agree—that one of my favorite sounds in the world is the sound of little ones during quiet parts of the worship service. I’ve had conversations more than…

INTRODUCTION So kids—how many of you remember having Junior Church? When we used to dismiss anyone third grade and under and have them go downstairs for a Bible lesson and game or craft? Have you ever wondered why we stopped doing that? One of the main reasons is because of passages like the one we are…