Bethany Baptist Church, Lubbock, TX

Most of us are dangerously comfortable with the word “later.” We delay car repairs, phone calls, and bills, often laughing off the procrastination until the cost of that delay finally catches up to us. While “later” might be a minor nuisance in our daily schedules, Hebrews 6 warns us that it is a spiritual tragedy when applied to the things of God. This passage is written to interrupt the assumpti...

For years, a missionary was blocked from entering a remote village by government restrictions and hostility. When the door finally opened and he shared the gospel, an elderly man asked through tears, “Why did you wait so long? We have believed these things for years; we just didn’t know the name of the God who loved us.” This haunting question reminds us that missions is not merely about opportuni...

One of the dangers of being in church for a long time is that we can become very familiar with spiritual language without being personally affected by it. Words like missions, evangelism, the Great Commission, and the nations can slowly become part of our vocabulary rather than a call to action. We talk about missions, we support missions, and we pray for missionaries—but sometimes we forget that...

The author of Hebrews pauses his discussion of Christ as our great High Priest to confront a serious problem, spiritual immaturity. That matters, because it shows us that you can be around deep truth, sound doctrine, and faithful preaching and still be stuck. You can be saved and still be childish, in church and yet not growing. And that is a quiet tragedy. In this passage, we will see three marks...

Preaching from the book of Daniel, missionary to Italy, David Story, warns of the dangers of bowing down to Apathy, Compromise, and our fiery Trials.

Dr. Mark Rasmussen discusses three ways each of us can be a friend to the saints, sinners, and the Savior.

Most believers do not fall because they stop believing in God, but because they stop clinging to Him. They do not deny Christ or abandon the Gospel. They simply loosen their grip. Seasons of weakness, guilt, temptation, and discouragement can make obedience feel impossible and change feel out of reach. Hebrews asks a question we cannot avoid. What do you do when you discover again that you are not...

If the question “How is your prayer life?” was asked, most of us would answer carefully. We might say it could be better, or avoid the question altogether. Prayer is one area where we can look active on the outside while being unhealthy on the inside. We can pray while angry, bitter, proud, or distracted. That is why Scripture never treats prayer as neutral. When Paul addresses prayer in 1 Timothy...

Patience doesn’t come naturally to most of us. We’ve all felt it. Those moments when waiting stretches our nerves thin and frustration takes over. Whether it’s traffic, lines, decisions, people, or even waiting on God, every day gives us opportunities to practice patience. Waiting is unavoidable; the real question is how we will wait. In our passage, James speaks to believers whose patience is wea...

If we are honest, many of us can point to moments when God’s Word stopped us in our tracks — when a familiar verse or a sermon suddenly made it clear that God Himself was speaking. Today, we come to one of the clearest passages on the power of Scripture. Though these verses are well known, familiarity can dull their edge. Writing to people who knew God’s Word yet, were tempted to harden their hear...

Prayer is not the most visible work of the church, but it is the most vital. It rarely draws attention or impresses the world, yet nothing of eternal value moves forward without it. Scripture and church history remind us that God’s work is never accomplished by human strength or strategy, but through dependent prayer. That is why when Paul instructs Timothy on the life of the church, he places pra...

Appreciating the importance of the Holy Spirit and responding to His conviction is an essential component in this lesson. Our constant prayer should be for the Holy Spirit to give us victory over the flesh, to grant us power to witness, and to enable us to reach our full potential in Christ. The ministry and presence of the Holy Spirit must become a daily reality in our lives!

“For the love of money is the root of all evil...” (1 Timothy 6:10). Money itself is not the problem. The issue is when the heart bends toward it, trusts in it, and worships it. James is not condemning wealth itself, nor is he addressing every person who has been financially blessed. His warning is aimed at those who place their trust in riches rather than in God, who use people instead of serving...

All our needs can be met through the power & love of Jesus by simply trusting Him.

Bro. Frank Wood shows from the Bible how each of us, through Christ alone, can—Accomplish, Endure, & Be—all things pleasing to Him.

Appreciating the importance of the Holy Spirit and responding to His conviction is an essential component in this lesson. Our constant prayer should be for the Holy Spirit to give us victory over the flesh, to grant us power to witness, and to enable us to reach our full potential in Christ. The ministry and presence of the Holy Spirit must become a daily reality in our lives!

Bro. Jeremy Gilbert reveals to us the failure in our fruitless errands and activities, when all the while, we should be seeking the divine appointments our Lord has prepared for us.