Bethel Covenant Church Podcast

We look at 2 Corinthians and the role the Greek word Charis plays in living our lives like people who have received much!   note : in the beginning of the sermon I incorrectly refer to Charis as a Hebrew word but really its Greek the language of most of the New Testament.  Whoops!

Join us as we dive into Mark 12.  The bible may not tell us WHO to vote for but it has a lot to say about HOW we should approach the issues, causes, and politics of our day AND the people in our lives in light of God's perspective on the world.

We look at Paul's last words to the Ephesians and what they mean for people who want to stay standing.

These days it feels like everything is going off the road, how do we respond?

How do we make sure we are still standing at the end?

Life is a battle but what if the enemy isn't who we think it is?

We conclude our series in the life of Elijah with one last Showdown. When a message comes that turns Elijah's life upside down he is forced to confront the ways his story about himself is different from the one God is telling.

What kind of God does Elijah follow? 1 Kings reveals something essential about God's character and how he responds to people when they walk away. 

We witness an epic showdown between Elijah and the Prophets of Baal and Asherath.  Elijah stands alone and challenges everyone to stop collecting things to worship and make a choice.  In our world today we are pulled in all directions by all kinds of values, ideas, and demands.  Elijah gives us a picture of the freedom that comes when we faithfully serve ONE master instead of "the c...

Have you ever met someone whose seems to not get phased by anything? Who even on bad days is able to care for others and make a positive impact on the places they go?  In the first of three in a series we explore the life of a person named Elijah and the way that God teaches him (and maybe us) to be sustained at the SOURCE of life, rather than our fickle circumstances.

We conclude our series on Our Relational covenant. What does it mean to UNITE in a world that says DIVIDE?

We will never be able to FORGIVE others until we admit what we have BEEN FORGIVEN.

As we continue our sermon series on finding UNITY through our diversity as the body of Christ we spend some time talking about what it means to Build Up and what it means to pursue the call God has on us.

We begin a new series on what it means to be ONE body with people who aren't like us.

People of Hope tell the story of their encounters with Jesus. Its not a book, a video, or an argument that draws people to faith.  It is the Holy Spirit at work in the lives of regular people. Person to person all the way back to Jesus.

What does it look like to look to the interests of someone else over myself?  Jesus' life paints a picture for us.

In Acts 10 God answers the question, "who is Jesus for?"  May we be know for Eating Across Lines because God is at work in the people we would least expect!

We tend to think of sharing faith to be all about what we say or do. The story of Phillip reveals how we LISTEN to God and people in all kinds of circumstances speaks louder than even the most well formulated arguments.

Take a listen as we explore what it means to be people of hope in a difficult time. Hope People start in Prayer.

We FINISH our series in Matthew with one last conflict between the Kingdom of Heaven and Earth. Jesus Gives his disciples something to help them prove the empty tomb in the world they live in. It's a very different kind of evidence.

Jesus' disciples were not surprised by how Jesus died, but something else turned their world upside down. May it turn ours upside down too.

As we continue through the gospel of Matthew, Jesus enters in to the city of Jerusalem and he is greeting with the cry Save Us.  What were they looking for? What are we looking for when we cry out save us to God?

We walk through Matthew 19-20 and find one point coming through again and again. ALL PEOPLE MATTER TO GOD. Not because of what they do, accumulate, or achieve. But because of what they ARE. PEOPLE MATTER TO GOD. If you are a PERSON you have IMMENSE, undeniable, uncountable, and practically INFINITE value to God. If you know any people even the ones you aren't so sure of, they MATTER TO GOD.

As we continue in Matthew. Peter struggles to believe in a savior who has to suffer and die.  Take a listen.

Matthew 11-13 is all about the first reactions to Jesus teaching and actions. Is there room in our soil for what God is up to?