Bethany Church of Canby

Chapter 1 is all about Paul’s CHARGE to Timothy and the people of God to protect the gospel from the distortions of false teachers which cause division and pride. We are charged to not only to celebrate the gospel, but so work it into our personal lives and churches that we overflow with praise as Paul did, due to God’s grace overflowing in his life. This morning we look at 3 elements of the CHARG...

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Nick Coleman | The Gospel

This week in Sanctification 2.0 we are going to consider how our identity and union with Christ in both his death and resurrection are integral to our change and growth. We will see that it is both by believing in repentant faith, and exercising grace fueled effort, that we can actually live as one who has died to sin and is resurrected with Christ. Your sanctification is certain! Let’s consider t...

When Jesus came to earth, he established a kingdom that transcends all earthly kingdoms. It is a kingdom that exists here and now, but will ultimately be fully realized when Jesus comes back again. We have been invited into that kingdom which is worth far more than anything that the kingdoms of this world have to offer.

To ask how we are sanctified is to ask how we change and grow more in obedience to be like Jesus. How does this process of change take place for the disciple of Jesus? Is it just try harder at obeying the commands of God, or is it a lackadaisical approach to change because we have been saved by grace? It is neither. Real change comes from the gospel being worked deep into the heart. This morning l...

Chapter 4 of the Gospel story is a look at the street view response of individuals to the gospel and a future forward look to the Google earth view, restoration of all things. This week we answer the question, how can I be made right, by looking at two sides of the gospel coin of repentance and faith. We will also look towards the end of time as we know it to see FOUR REALITIES about the coming re...

Chapter 3 of the Gospel story is the heart of the Gospel. This week we answer the question, what will make things right, by looking at Jesus Christ and his life, death and resurrection, and the redemption he brings not only to humanity, but to the entire cosmos. We will examine three concentric circles of gospel reconciliation: the personal, the corporate, and the creation.

We began our new series last week exploring the mountainous heights from where we began in the garden as image bearers given life, identity and purpose to shine God’s glory as royal priests on the globe. This morning we look and see just how great our fall was by examining what took place at the center of the garden and a horrific exchange that took place.

This morning we are beginning our new series on the Gospel. Throughout this series we are going to be looking at the Gospel on two levels. One is the personal street view level. The other is the cosmic Google Earth view. My hope is that by weaving the two together we will see that the Gospel is even more than we hoped for. Today we begin where it all started, with God. Let’s look at three foundati...

Through baptism we see the gospel rehearsed. Just as a person must be submerged into the water and then raised back up again, so also as believers we have been united with Christ and in that union we have died with Christ and been raised back up to newness of life in him. It is no longer you who live but Christ who lives through you.

Sometimes the Lord has to bring us to a point of absolute desperation before we give Him our undivided attention.  In today's scriptural text Christ's disciples had run out of human solutions and had only Jesus to lean upon for help.  God certainly delights in hearing a sinner's cry of desperation resulting from the realization of one's own inadequacy since it is the first step in t...

This morning amidst all the noise of this last year we want to narrow in and consider Jesus. What does it mean for our fears, our hopes, and our salvation when we consider that the place where he lay in his tomb was empty? Let’s look at four considerations from our text.

Hebrews 11:8-12 Hebrews 11:17-19 Romans 4:13-25 Galatians 3:1-9

This morning we look back on the life of Abraham as we consider his death. His was a life, much like ours, which consisted of a mixture of FAITH, FAILURE and the GRACE of God. This morning we want to look to Abraham, but then through him, even as he himself did, to the day when all the promises of the covenant would come to fruition in Abraham’s seed, Jesus Christ.

Nick Coleman | Stand Alone

This Sunday we look at one of the sweetest stories of God’s providence working in the lives of those he loves. We will walk through the story by looking at the faith of Abraham, his servant, and Rebekah, who all trusted in the Lord’s covenantal faithfulness and his kind provisions.

This Sunday we begin the transition to the end of the narrative arc for Abraham’s life with the death of Sarah. And while he mourns the death of the amazing woman of faith, he also looks past his own death to the future promises of God to be fulfilled even beyond the grave. And so should we because we are sojourners in life, but heirs in death.

After so much laughter and the long-fulfilled promise of a son, could God really be testing Abraham by asking him to sacrifice Isaac? In the midst of the obvious emotional turmoil, we see this father exercise otherworldly faith by surrendering the one who meant the most to him and he had been guaranteed to have. Could the test have been more for the benefit of Abraham and us than for God? Let’s fi...

Sometimes you just need a good laugh. Some say it is even the best medicine. But when it comes from receiving a long-awaited, fulfilled promise, that gives hope not only to the family, but the whole world, it is laughter upon laughter, grace upon grace. But there is grace as well not just for the insider family, but for those cast out as well. Let’s look this morning at grace so surprising that al...

This morning we will see Abraham brought back to his old temptation of trusting in his own schemes rather than God’s goodness, promises and His own power to get things done. We too doubt with similar questions when we chose sin over costly obedience. But much like with Abraham, God can graciously even use our sinful choices to accomplish His purposes. Let’s ask and answer two questions today.

Even with the coming judgment upon the wicked revealed to them, Lot and his family must be dragged to grace and safety because of their inordinate attachment to their earthly life. But what they find on the other side of rescue is that the infection of Sodom remains, and they need an even greater rescuing. Let’s look at four chapters of this epic story.

David Burnham Genesis, Life of Abraham - Continuing in our Genesis series this Sunday

In this strange encounter between Abraham, Sarah, and the heavenly visitors, we get to see an unusual display of intimate, fellowship-feasting and the omniscient annunciation of the promised child. After the week we have had in our nation we need to be reminded, “Is anything too hard for the Lord?” Let’s look at the feast and then the fulfillment.

From the birth of Ishmael, God allows 13 years of domestic turmoil to pass before renewing the covenant with Abram with new names and new hope. This morning we look at the covenant sign of circumcision by unpacking four new names that God reveals in this passage. Let’s find hope for the New Year in the eternal covenants of God