Bethany Baptist Church, Lubbock, TX

If you look around our culture today, exhaustion is everywhere. We sleep less, talk about being tired more, and even our devices remind us to breathe, move, and rest. We take vacations only to come home needing another one. We know how to entertain ourselves and distract ourselves, but we don’t know how to rest. The truth is, the rest we’re longing for can’t be found in a weekend away, a full nigh...

When the first major battle of the Civil War was fought at Bull Run, many politicians and socialites from Washington, D.C., treated it like a picnic. Certain the battle would be quick and painless, they packed baskets and watched from the hills—until the smoke, chaos, and terror of real war sent them running for their lives, leaving their comforts behind. They had mistaken a war for entertainment....

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. Cambrin Collins warns against the danger of truth—through cunning subtility—being used to distract from truth.

Bro. Mike Gilbert consummately answers the question: What does the Bible really teach about Christmas?

Liberal denominations have compromised their position on the uniqueness of God's Son. In addition, Jesus Himself warned that false teachers would come into the world proclaiming that they are Christ, and many have done so. Further, cults teach a variety of heretical teachings under the guise of belief in the Christ of the Bible. These are days for Christ's followers to know what they believe about...

Humanity has always been obsessed with knowing the future. From horoscopes to psychics, people crave certainty, guarantees, and control—and Christians are not immune. Dwight Pentecost observed that prophecy drew crowds, while holiness and daily obedience did not, yet nearly every New Testament passage on Christ’s return ends with the same call: be ready, live holy, walk with God. James addresses t...

Warnings are one of the clearest expressions of God’s mercy. He speaks not to burden us, but to protect us. Yet one of humanity’s most persistent failures is that we often hear God’s warnings without truly responding to them. We delay, we assume there will be another chance, and over time the heart quietly begins to harden. Hebrews 3 confronts this danger head- on, calling God’s people—those who w...

Most Christians hear the word grace and think immediately of salvation. We think of the grace that found us when we were lost, the grace that forgave our sin, the grace that lifted us out of the pit and set our feet upon the Rock. We rejoice that “by grace are ye saved through faith.” And praise the Lord—that is gloriously true. But James wants us to know something else—something deeper. Grace is...

When life breaks down, we often stare at our problems, analyze them, and worry over them—yet nothing changes. Like the driver who didn’t know how to fix his engine until Henry Ford stepped in, we forget to go to the One who made us. That’s the heart of our text this morning: stop looking everywhere else—consider Jesus. In a world chasing hope in a hundred places, true peace is found only when we f...

Having an understanding of the character and personality of the God of the Bible is vitally important to being grounded in the faith. It is not uncommon to hear something like, "All religions worship the same God—they just call Him by different names." While this statement may be uttered by sincere lips, it is absolutely incorrect. God's people should strive to understand that the God we worship a...

Conflict is something we all know too well. We see it in the world—wars, political division, arguments at work or school—but it doesn’t stay “out there.” It comes into our homes, our marriages, our families, and even our churches. The real issue isn’t Washington, D.C.; it’s the human heart. James tells us that conflict begins with our desires. We want what we want, and when someone blocks our way,...

When we consider the greatness of God—His power in creation, His glory displayed in the heavens, His command over the stars—it’s hard not to wonder, “Why would a God so vast care about someone like me?” Yet Scripture assures us that He does. The writer of Hebrews takes this truth even further, showing that the God who crafted galaxies also stepped into our world through His Son, Jesus Christ. In t...

There are moments in the Christian life when truth does more than inform the mind—it ignites the heart. This passage is one of those moments. Before Paul ever lifts his voice in praise, he walks us through the depths of his past and the heights of God’s mercy. He remembers who he was, he remembers what Christ has done, and the weight of that grace erupts into worship. His words are not polished th...

As Christians, we want to not only understand the process of receiving the Scriptures, but also strengthen our confidence in the Bible. If we truly understand the great lengths to which God went in order to communicate His Truth to mankind, we will respond by: 1. Giving His Word our attention through reading, memorizing, meditating, and placing a high priority on its teaching and preaching. 2. Giv...

Bro. Mike Gilbert gives five biblical examples of how God works in the lives of His children, even after they depart His path and go their own way. First is Abraham & Pharaoh; then Abraham & Abimelech; then Jacob & Laban; then the disciples of the Lord & Saul, their persecutor; and finally, the righteous & the unrighteous gentiles of the tribulation period.