Bethany Church - La Crosse, WI

How did the Word of God spread in the beginning of the Church? Through the prayerful selection of gifted people.  Pastor Steve continues our study of the early church and the lessons we can learn from them for today.  -- Learn more about Bethany at our  Website Watch sermons & podcasts on our YouTube Channel

What are "spiritual gifts" and how do I know what gifts I have? In this week's After The Sermon, join Tami, Pastor David, and Pastor Steve as they dive deeper into Pastor Steve's sermon about spiritual gifts, and how we should be using them. -- Learn more about Bethany at our  Website Watch sermons & podcasts on our YouTube Channel

What does it mean in Acts 2:42 that the people were "devoted to the Apostles' teaching"?  Pastor David Baxley continues our series looking at the book of Acts, and what we can learn from the early church.  -- Learn more about Bethany at our  Website Watch sermons & podcasts on our YouTube Channel

What can we learn from the early church, and how do we recapture the amazing example of church that they set for us? Pastor Steve begins our new series by examining who the early church was, and how we can begin to see some of the amazing things that they saw happen in the earliest days of Christianity. -- Learn more about Bethany at our  Website Watch sermons & podcasts on our YouTube Channel

What role does the Holy Spirit play in our lives today? How is it similar or different to what we see in the early Church in Acts? After The Sermon is back for 2023! This week, join Tami, Pastor David, and Pastor Steve as they dive deeper into Acts 2. -- Learn more about Bethany at our  Website Watch sermons & podcasts on our YouTube Channel

How is it possible to have strength in our weakness?  Pastor Steve brings us a new message for a new year on how we need to admit our weaknesses so we can have the strength of the Lord.  -- Learn more about Bethany at our  Website Watch sermons & podcasts on our YouTube Channel

We love the *nice* images of Jesus with the children, and the Jesus with the little lambs. But, we never seem to think about the image of Jesus who brings the sword.  Pastor Steve Musto continues our series looking at the idea of "Peace" by breaking down what Jesus said in Matthew 10:34–39: "Don’t assume that I came to bring peace on the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a s...

Jesus said in Matthew 10:34, "I did not come to bring peace, but a sword." But, how do we reconcile that with the peaceful and loving Jesus we often think about? Join Tami and Pastor Steve as they dive deeper into Pastor Steve's sermon on Matthew 10:34-39, and how the gospel can bring conflict to our lives.  -- Learn more about Bethany at our  Website Watch sermons & podcasts on...

In our "Peace on Earth" series, we've been learning that peace isn't just a feeling, it's a state of being with Christ. But, what do we do when we just can’t find this peace to carry with us? What do we do when we just can’t catch our breath, when it seems like the circumstances around us do not allow us to find this Peace, let alone carry it with us into the world? Tylor...

How are peace and joy related? Join Tylor, Pastor Steve, and Tami as they dive deeper into Tylor's sermon on Philippians 4:4-7, and how peace and joy are related -- Learn more about Bethany at our  Website Watch sermons & podcasts on our YouTube Channel

Love is the carrier for peace.  Pastor Steve continues our look at shalom (peace) as we lead up to Christmas. This week, we focus on Romans 12:9–21, and how love is vital to finding, and bringing, peace. -- Learn more about Bethany at our  Website Watch sermons & podcasts on our YouTube Channel

Why is having love important to finding peace? Join Pastor Steve and Tami as they dive deeper into Steve's sermon on how love is vital to true peace.  -- Learn more about Bethany at our  Website Watch sermons & podcasts on our YouTube Channel

What if peace isn’t a feeling? What if peace were a person? Pastor Steve starts our new series exploring what peace really is, and how we can find it.  -- Learn more about Bethany at our  Website Watch sermons & podcasts on our YouTube Channel

What was entrusted to Timothy that is also entrusted to us?  We've been asking this question throughout our series in 2 Timothy, and Pastor David gives us our last answer in our last sermon in this book.  -- Learn more about Bethany at our  Website Watch sermons & podcasts on our YouTube Channel

How do we deal with pain together as Christians?  Join Pastor David, Pastor Steve, and Tami as they dive deeper into David's sermon on 2 Timothy 4:9-22 as we close out our "Entrusted" series. -- Learn more about Bethany at our  Website Watch sermons & podcasts on our YouTube Channel

Where is the ministry that God is asking you to do? We continue our series in 2 Timothy as Pastor Steve asks us "How’s the fulfillment of your ministry going?". -- Learn more about Bethany at our  Website Watch sermons & podcasts on our YouTube Channel

We must be watchful because our hearts are more likely to deceive ourselves than any other person.  Chase, our Director of Youth Ministry, takes us on a detour from our series in 2 Timothy by showing us some of what our Youth will be learning in the book of James.  -- Learn more about Bethany at our  Website Watch sermons & podcasts on our YouTube Channel

This week we take a little break from our series in 2 Timothy to look at what our Youth are studying in James. Join Pastor David, Tami, and Chase, our Director of Youth Ministry, as they dive deeper into Chase's sermon in the book of James.  -- Learn more about Bethany at our  Website Watch sermons & podcasts on our YouTube Channel

The Bible must be read to be useful.  Pastor Steve Musto gives us his first sermon as the Lead Pastor of Bethany Church. This week, we focus on 2 Timothy 3:14-17 and the famous passage about the value of scripture in our lives.  -- Learn more about Bethany at our  Website Watch sermons & podcasts on our YouTube Channel

What makes it so hard for Christians to read our Bibles? On this week's After The Sermon, join Pastor David, Pastor Steve, and Tami as they dive deeper into Steve's sermon on 2 Timothy 3:14-17, and what stops them, and us, from reading the Bible. -- Learn more about Bethany at our  Website Watch sermons & podcasts on our YouTube Channel

What does it mean to live a life of contrast as a Christian? Pastor David continues our series in Paul's second letter to Timothy. This week we focus on 2 Timothy 3:10-14a.  -- Learn more about Bethany at our  Website Watch sermons & podcasts on our YouTube Channel

What is the true cost of living a Godly Life?  Join Tami and Pastor David as they dive deeper into David's sermon on 2 Timothy 3:10-14, and what it shows about how the Christian Life should contrast against the world.  -- Learn more about Bethany at our  Website Watch sermons & podcasts on our YouTube Channel

What has been entrusted to us? The reputation of the Church. Tylor Fischer, an Elder here at Bethany, continues our series looking at 2 Timothy.  -- Learn more about Bethany at our  Website Watch sermons & podcasts on our YouTube Channel

How should we think about power, and how we use it, in Christian living? How does that relate to parents, gender dynamics, and elders?  On After The Sermon this week, join Tami and Tylor as they dive deeper into Tylor's sermon on 2 Timothy 3:1-9. -- Learn more about Bethany at our  Website Watch sermons & podcasts on our YouTube Channel

Gentleness opens the door to truth. This week, Steve Musto, our Lead Pastor Candidate, continues our look at 2 Timothy, and what it has to say about gentleness. -- Learn more about Bethany at our  Website Watch sermons & podcasts on our YouTube Channel