Sometimes life makes us feel small.We face situations we cannot fix, people we cannot change, pain we cannot avoid, and questions we cannot answer. In those moments, prayer can feel either incredibly ...  Read More

Your Kingdom Come: Learning to Want What God WantsThis week, Pastor Bob continued our look at the Lord’s Prayer, focusing on the words Jesus taught us to pray:“Your kingdom come, your will be done, on...  Read More

Learning to Pray from the ExpertThis week, Pastor Bob began walking through the opening words of what many of us call “The Lord’s Prayer.” But as he pointed out, this prayer is not mainly a prayer Jes...  Read More

What If Prayer Is Simpler Than We Think?In this week’s sermon, Pastor Bob began a new series on the Lord’s Prayer—the prayer Jesus gave his followers in Matthew 6.Prayer can feel confusing for a lot o...  Read More

This week, Pastor Billy started with a classic joke:"Why did the chicken cross the road?"He imagined how different famous Christians might answer it—John Calvin, Martin Luther, Rick Warren, Billy Grah...  Read More

Paul isn't just talking about theology—he's talking about history. Specifically, how God has been working through Israel (the Jewish people) and the Gentiles (everyone else).Romans 11:25–26 tells us t...  Read More

Romans 11 Sermon RecapEvery week at Bethany we've been walking through Romans in our Rooted in Promise series. This week, Pastor Bob led us into Romans 11, where Paul brings together themes he's been ...  Read More

Rainforest Falls May Be Over… But the Adventure Doesn’t Have to End! Thank you so much for sending your kids to Rainforest Falls VBS—we truly loved every minute of singing, playing, learning, and laug...  Read More

Romans 10:9–10 says:“If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.  For with the heart one believes and is justified...  Read More

Every week Pastor Bob has been walking us through the book of Romans, and this week we were in the last part of chapter 9 and the beginning of chapter 10. The big question underneath everything was th...  Read More

“Are We Just Pawns?”  Reflections on Hard Hearts, Free Will, and a Sovereign God  (from Pastor Bob’s sermon on Romans 9:17–29)If you’ve ever wrestled with questions like…- Do I actually have free will...  Read More

This week, Pastor Bob led us into Romans 9:1–16, a passage that feels both beautiful and heavy. After the mountaintop of Romans 8—where we hear about God’s love, our adoption as His children, and the ...  Read More