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Building Foundations, Part 1 – What Are Foundations? // Pastor Christian Bonham According to Jesus there are those who belong to Him and those who think they belong to Him. The one’s who belong to Him are like wise builders who build foundations. However, those who don’t skip the foundation, crippling their faith. Today we look at what Jesus meant by building foundations and the implications for w...

Pastor Christian will be talking about building foundations that are needed for growth as believers and as a church. This will kick off our new series "Building Foundations" THIS SERMON CAN BE VIEWED ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqmshgH0JLqxzRXiEr2QktQ   Worship Service of Bethany Baptist Church (Wendell, NC/Raleigh, NC)  September 10, 2023 Worship Service of...

BOOK OF JUDE: Part 3 – Showing Mercy to Those Who Wander // Pastor Christian Bonham Since the Fall of mankind (Genesis 3) our world has been full of spiritual relativism and a battle for what’s true. In the Book of Jude, Jude tells readers as worshippers of the One True God they should contend for the faith amidst the rising sin and spiritual apostasy. It’s not a call to fight, however, but a call...

BOOK OF JUDE: Part 2 – Truth, Fiction, Apostasy, and Faith // Pastor Christian Bonham Since the Fall of mankind (Genesis 3) our world has been full of spiritual relativism and a battle for what’s true. In the Book of Jude, Jude tells readers as worshippers of the One True God they should contend for the faith amidst the rising sin and spiritual apostasy. It’s not a call to fight, however, but a ca...

BOOK OF JUDE: Part 1 – Contending for the Faith // Pastor Christian Bonham Since the Fall of mankind (Genesis 3) our world has been full of spiritual relativism and a battle for what’s true. In the Book of Jude, Jude tells readers as worshippers of the One True God they should contend for the faith amidst the rising sin and spiritual apostasy. It’s not a call to fight, however, but a call to Lords...

If a church wants to be a healthy, thriving, and lasting church, then the things it builds on and toward matter. Today we look at the first church in Acts 2 and the building blocks that were needed for a church to thrive. Text: Acts 2:36-47 THIS SERMON CAN BE VIEWED ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqmshgH0JLqxzRXiEr2QktQ   Worship Service of Bethany Baptist Church (Wendell...

Today Pastor Eric will be teaching us from the book of Luke. THIS SERMON CAN BE VIEWED ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqmshgH0JLqxzRXiEr2QktQ   Worship Service of Bethany Baptist Church (Wendell, NC/Raleigh, NC)  July 30, 2023 Worship Service of Bethany Baptist Church (Wendell, NC/Raleigh, NC) Come visit us in person! To learn more about our church visit: https://www.wear...

We will be walking through Colossians 3 today with Bub Hayes. THIS SERMON CAN BE VIEWED ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqmshgH0JLqxzRXiEr2QktQ   Worship Service of Bethany Baptist Church (Wendell, NC/Raleigh, NC)  July 23, 2023 Worship Service of Bethany Baptist Church (Wendell, NC/Raleigh, NC) Come visit us in person! To learn more about our church visit: https://www.wea...

ENGAGE OUR CITY – Part 6: Priorities for the Sending Church // Pastor Christian Bonham Missions is one of those words in the church that is used a lot but not always with similar understanding. What is missions? What work is considered missions? What is the end goal of missions? Today we will bring this series to a close by looking at what our priorities should be as a missional church. Text: Acts...

ENGAGE OUR CITY – Part 5: The Goal of Missions // Pastor Christian Bonham Missions is one of those words in the church that is used a lot but not always with similar understanding. What is missions? What work is considered missions? What is the end goal of missions? Today we will look at the end goal of missions and the relationship it has to freedom.  Text: Psalm 32 THIS SERMON CAN BE VIEWED ON O...

Why do we focus on traveling missions? Why do we go overseas when there is so many needs here? Text: 3 John THIS SERMON CAN BE VIEWED ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqmshgH0JLqxzRXiEr2QktQ   Worship Service of Bethany Baptist Church (Wendell, NC/Raleigh, NC)  June 25, 2023 Worship Service of Bethany Baptist Church (Wendell, NC/Raleigh, NC) Come visit us in person! To lear...

ENGAGE OUR CITY – Part 3: Rules for the Engaging Church // Pastor Christian Bonham What does it look like to love our neighbors? What are some practical ways we can love a world that is growing increasingly uninterested, unknowing, or even hostile toward the things of God? Today we look at how a Christian can walk in suffering from trials and persecution that comes even when engaging the city in l...

ENGAGE OUR CITY – Part 2: The Message of the Gospel // Pastor Christian Bonham What does it look like to love our neighbors? What are some practical ways we can love a world that is growing increasingly uninterested, unknowing, or even hostile toward the things of God? Can we just show them God’s love? Today we see that the Gospel isn’t just something to show, but something to share.  Text: Romans...

ENGAGE OUR CITY – Part 1: Never Grow Tired of Doing Good // Pastor Christian Bonham What does it look like to love our neighbors? What are some practical ways we can love a world that is growing increasingly uninterested, unknowing, or even hostile toward the things of God?  Text: Galatians 6:9, Romans 1:22-32, Romans 2:1-5 THIS SERMON CAN BE VIEWED ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/...

STRANGER THAN FICTION – Part 5: Dagon, the Lost Ark, and the Presence of God // Pastor Christian Bonham The Bible is full of beautiful, descriptive, rich, and wonderful truths! It also has some rather… odd… stories than by themselves leave readers with more questions than answers. Passages which on the surface standout as being weird, funny, confusing, or all of the above. This series dives into s...

STRANGER THAN FICTION – Part 4: Paul, the Sleeping Saint, and Being Spiritually Awake // Pastor Christian Bonham The Bible is full of beautiful, descriptive, rich, and wonderful truths! It also has some rather… odd… stories than by themselves leave readers with more questions than answers. Passages which on the surface standout as being weird, funny, confusing, or all of the above. This series div...

STRANGER THAN FICTION – Part 3: Jesus, the Sons of Thunder, and Obedience // Pastor Christian Bonham The Bible is full of beautiful, descriptive, rich, and wonderful truths! It also has some rather… odd… stories than by themselves leave readers with more questions than answers. Passages which on the surface standout as being weird, funny, confusing, or all of the above. This series dives into some...

STRANGER THAN FICTION – Part 2: Balaam, His Donkey, and Real Worship // Pastor Christian Bonham The Bible is full of beautiful, descriptive, rich, and wonderful truths! It also has some rather… odd… stories than by themselves leave readers with more questions than answers. Passages which on the surface standout as being weird, funny, confusing, or all of the above. This series dives into some of t...

The Bible is full of beautiful, descriptive, rich, and wonderful truths! It also has some rather… odd… stories that by themselves leave readers with more questions than answers. Passages which on the surface standout as being weird, funny, confusing, or all of the above. This series dives into some of those unique stories to help us mine for the Truth within the curious. Today we look at the story...

Nehemiah is one of the most fascinating accounts in Israel’s history. It reads like a movie in telling the historical account of a nation in political, social, and spiritual turmoil. For worship to be real and lasting it first requires repentance. Today we look at Nehemiah 13 and study what it means to build a Culture of Repentance.    Text: Nehemiah 13 Worship Service of Bethany Baptist Church (W...

Nehemiah #11 – How We Worship // Pastor Christian Bonham Nehemiah is one of the most fascinating accounts in Israel’s history. It reads like a movie in telling the historical account of a nation in political, social, and spiritual turmoil. Today we look at what it means to worship. In many ways, worship tends to be an ambiguous term, but in the Bible worship is clear. Today we look at Nehemiah 12...

Nehemiah is one of the most fascinating accounts in Israel’s history. It reads like a movie in telling the historical account of a nation in political, social, and spiritual turmoil. Today picks up where Nehemiah left off in chapter 7 in trying to refill the city, but the people are hesitant to move back. As they trust the Lord and agree to move back into Jerusalem, we can learn a lot about what i...

Nehemiah #9 – Time to Recommit to the Lord // Pastor Christian Bonham   Nehemiah is one of the most fascinating accounts in Israel’s history. It reads like a movie in telling the historical account of a nation in political, social, and spiritual turmoil. Today we will look at Israel’s response to their sin and how we can learn a lot about our stages of confession in their story.    Text: Nehemiah...

Nehemiah #8 – How, What, and Why We Confess // Pastor Christian Bonham   Nehemiah is one of the most fascinating accounts in Israel’s history. It reads like a movie in telling the historical account of a nation in political, social, and spiritual turmoil. Today we will look at Israel’s response to their sin and how we can learn a lot about our stages of confession in their story.    Text: Nehemiah...

Nehemiah #7 – The Importance of God’s Word // Pastor Christian Bonham   Nehemiah is one of the most fascinating accounts in Israel’s history. It reads like a movie in telling the historical account of a nation in political, social, and spiritual turmoil. Today we will glance over Chapter 7 but spend the bulk of our time in Chapter 8 looking at the power of God’s Word in the lives of believers.   ...