Bethany Baptist Church, Lubbock, TX

Bro. Clint Rusk, a faithful member of Bethany Baptist Church, shares his testimony of how the Lord graciously brought him through an overpowering season of trial and testing.

As we look at our text tonight, we find ourselves again in the tension between sorrow and hope. Life in a broken world can feel like Babylon—overworked, overlooked, and overwhelmed. The pressures that bind us whisper, “You’re not getting free.” Yet right into that despair, God speaks a greater word: “Their Redeemer is strong.” When the load is too heavy for our hands to lift, He takes hold, and wh...

Because we have a God of more, we shouldn't settle by living for less.

God can use a little voice to give great hope.

Your might is no match for your leprosy.

Across our nation, countless people claim to believe in God, but belief alone is not the issue — the real question is whether that belief changes the way we live. Surveys and studies reveal a troubling gap between profession and practice, between what people say with their lips and how they live with their lives. We live in a culture where faith is often reduced to a label rather than a lifestyle,...

Every person here today has wondered about Heaven. What will it be like? Deep in the human heart is a longing for home, a recognition that this world, with all its brokenness, is not our final destination. “If I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical explanation is that I was made for another world.” —C.S. Lewis Revelation shows us that Christ’s thousand-y...

In this special service, we are blessed with the preaching of three teenage boys, each bringing their own message from the Word of God. Kw’jiay White: Don’t Quit on God (Job 1:20-22) Landon Jeskey: The Light That We Should Be (Matthew 5:14-16) Aidan Mason: Transformed to Know His Will (Romans 12:1-2)

Have you ever tried to do something that was simply beyond you? Something no amount of training, practice, or willpower could ever accomplish? Walking on water isn’t hard —it’s impossible. No matter how many hours you put in, you’d never take one step across the waves. And that’s exactly the picture God gives us of the Christian life. It’s not hard, it’s impossible. If it were hard, the answer wou...

Do you ever feel like your back is against the wall? Life is hard. How can we live in victory when the enemy keeps advancing and growing stronger? The battle is real, the struggle is intense, and sometimes it feels like there’s no way out. But do you want real, lasting victory in your life? That’s exactly the question John raises in this passage. When the world presses in and doubt, deceit, and wo...

The truth is, many of us spend too much of our Christian life either discouraged or fearful, and it keeps us from experiencing the victory God intends. But we are not called to live in defeat or to be paralyzed by anxiety—we are called to live with confidence and joy in Christ. Through Him we have courage to step out in faith, strength to endure trials, and boldness to serve even when the road is...

The book of Amos reveals that God’s people, at that time, were suffering from a terrible famine for the Word of God. They had abandoned God & His Word through their abundance, their moral corruption, and their religious corruption. The only true cure for such a famine is faith in God, fear of God, and a return to the daily study of God’s Word.

We live in a world that is constantly chasing after security and permanence. People build bigger houses, store away money, and chase achievements as if these things could anchor their lives forever. But the truth is unavoidable—everything in this life is temporary. Rich or poor, strong or weak, famous or forgotten, the same reality eventually comes to every door: death. The real question we must f...

Have you ever had one of those days when everything piles up at once—the bills are due, the car won’t start, someone at work is upset, and the phone won’t stop ringing? You think, I can’t take one more thing. That’s exactly where Baruch found himself. He groaned, “Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow.” He wasn’t suffering because he was doing wrong—he was weary because he was...

Are you a Christian snob? Before you dismiss the thought too quickly, consider this: “Who, outside of your present circle of friends, have you attempted to include in your life recently?” Deep down, most of us carry an invisible list of who we find appealing and who we’d rather avoid. We gravitate toward those who think like us, look like us, or live like us, and without realizing it, we quietly c...

Hell is the most denied and avoided doctrine in the Bible. People joke about it, soften it, or ignore it. But the fact is this: Jesus spoke more about Hell than He did about Heaven, because He knew how real and terrible it is. In our text, Jesus gives us the story of two men. Both die, but their destinies are radically reversed. The poor man, Lazarus, who had so little in this life, dies and is ca...

We’ve all had moments where we fool ourselves into thinking we’re listening, when in reality we’ve already tuned out. Maybe it’s sitting in a meeting at work—you nod along, but your mind is miles away. Or maybe it’s at home—someone is talking, but you’re already forming your own response instead of hearing their words. We look engaged, but our hearts are closed. And that’s exactly what happens in...

At least once a day—often more—we stand before a mirror to check how we look or see if something needs fixing. The mirror reveals what’s really there. Tonight, let’s look at something far greater than any bathroom mirror—something that can change how you see yourself, shape your character, and transform how others see you. The Word of God is a mirror the Holy Spirit uses to show us who we truly ar...