Bethany Church of Canby

This Sunday we see Jesus walk right into conflict again with the ruling leaders of the day on what they perceive is their turf, the temple. Through their conflict we will see that when we are driven by fear we struggle to not only accept Jesus as our ultimate authority, but we also resist his rightful claims on our everyday lives and the world he has created as well.

Jesus has entered the Passion Week in the Gospel of Mark and this Sunday we consider his use of a strange visible parable to challenge the contemporary corruption of the temple, which gave the appearance of fruit, but was empty and fruitless. This morning may he challenge us individually and corporately as we consider Jesus’ challenge- Are we producing real fruit through faith in Jesus, prayer, an...

Jesus clearly and unabashedly declares himself King. But as we look at the passage and surrounding area in Mark we will see that his Kingdom looks nothing like what those original crowds expected. Jesus came not to overthrow political systems but to save a world of hurting people from their sin.

We all love rags to riches stories, but how about humble to glory stories? This Sunday we scan the entirety of God’s saving purposes by looking at the image of a lopped off tree that blooms again to cover the whole earth with God’s reigning peace and perfect rule. Don’t you want to be there to see that day in the new Kingdom? This morning we look at FOUR BRANCHES of the NEW KINGDOM!

Pastor Jeff - Christmas Through the Eyes of Isaiah

This morning we look at the 2nd of 4 Servant Songs in the book of Isaiah by entering into a cosmic conversation between God the Father and The Servant. We will see that the Servant’s mission pointed Isaiah’s contemporaries to a future deliverance from a problem even greater than their Babylonian captivity – the problem of separation from God. We look at THREE CHORDS of the song today that point us...

Isaiah wrote to a people who would live in discouragement after a great defeat and exile. In many ways they are like us. They felt as if God could never redeem their past and that their future circumstances would never change. But God breaks through with a message of HOPE, a cry in the wilderness that Yahweh would save! We hear THREE VOICES of HOPE this morning, to kick off our advent season, that...

“And Jesus said to him, ‘Go your way; your faith has made you well...” Mark 10:52a

Our hearts, like James and John, wrestle with and resist the idea that true greatness comes from suffering servanthood. But it is in the discovery and embracing of the great ransom that Jesus paid for us that our anxious, skittish hearts find the true security out of which comes humble servanthood. Today we look at four clear principles of service.

How do you inherit eternal life? What must be accomplished, done or believed to enter God’s Kingdom? And what gets in the way? Each of us struggle as the rich young ruler did with building our own moral resume, but this Sunday Jesus lovingly challenges each of us to ask, “Is Jesus enough?” We look at three types of CURRENCY this morning.

Nick Coleman, Young Life– Area Director

This morning we will see that the Pharisees wanted to trap Jesus with a discussion on Moses’ permission to divorce while Jesus wanted to point them further back to God’s original design for marriage. We will attempt to cover both with grace and truth.

Our attention today will be focused on what God wants to be at the center of the Christian’s universe. We will learn what the Bible identifies as the key to living a new life in Christ, to live consistently with whom we are as new creatures in Christ.

There is a road that leads to greatness, but it challenges our internal and cultural GPS as it points us in a different direction to the road Jesus walked. This week we look at four trails that lead to the road of true greatness.

How do we handle failures and our shortcomings in life? This Sunday Jesus descends the glorious mountain of transfiguration to a dark demonic dispute to address our failures and shortcomings by showing us three absolute needs

This Sunday, after Peter’s confession that Jesus is the Messiah, Jesus reveals even more of his true identity in a glorious display of his divinity. The Father joins and affirms His Son and that glory and suffering go hand in hand. And we are encouraged to walk the same road. Let’s look at three points of clarity.

This Sunday we reach the turning point of Mark’s Gospel. Jesus speaks as plainly as possible so that the original disciples (and we, in turn) could make no mistakes about who he is and what he came to do. He MUST suffer, and we MUST see why.

Sometimes in life we have to see something over and over again before it sinks in and we see the light. This Sunday we will see in Jesus’ compassionate miracles and straight forward teaching that he keeps repeating and staying on point, until we see. We will look through four clear lenses this morning to see the Bread of Life.

Pastor Jeff - Fall Kick-Off At the end of the day, many of us know we need to grow as disciples of Jesus Christ but sometimes we just don’t know how. This Fall Kick Off, we look to our new theme as Paul calls the church to BE EQUIPPED, by answering two questions: HOW and WHY are we to be equippe

This morning we find more hope and encouragement for the oppressed and for the church as we look to God the Deliverer. He will deliver us from this present evil age. We will hear two calls to deliverance this morning, one for the oppressed and one for the church.

This Sunday we do the hard work of looking to God’s Word to answer three questions: Why this series now? What is oppression? And what is God’s heart for the oppressed? We will find hope in the fact that Jesus faced great oppression too and that God is a stronghold for the oppressed!

This morning we look at two scenarios in which Jesus responds to two people with exactly what the person needs. And the crowds who are present marvel in “astonishment beyond measure” saying, “He does all things well.” This Sunday we look to our God who does all things well to fix our ears and eyes on the one who deserves our astonished worship.

It is quite possible that Jesus’ inside out language from this passage is the most revolutionary message ever spoken by him. Why is it so much easier to focus on our external works of righteousness than on the state of our hearts? This Sunday we will seek Jesus’ answer by looking at three symptoms of legalism and their consequential results.

Whether it is your storm-tossed life, or the cultural storm the church finds herself in, Jesus has one clear message from this passage for us: He is the great I AM! And while following him into obedience may bring challenges, it brings even greater joy.

The feeding of the 5000 harkens back to Moses and the Israelites in the wilderness. However, someone greater than Moses is here, and he has not only the compassion but the power to feed the whole world! And he uses us in the process.