Bethlehem Baptist Church

Introduction: When you consider how faithful you have been to the Lord, does it cause you to pause and grieve a little? Think about all the ways that God shows himself to be faithful to us. The fine tuning of the universe to allow life on the planet The provision of the Lord to provide food for us The…

Introduction: How many of you here tonight live under some kind of covenant? You may have to think for a minute to figure out what the question means, but the truth is that we all live under a covenant, in fact many covenants. If you live in a nice, well-kept neighborhood, you may have a Homeowner’s…

Introduction: Some of the greatest movies of all time have a fight theme as a part of the story arch. There is a conflict that brews and fight must ensue. Sometimes the fight is to defend honor, or sometimes it is to earn a needed reward. Some of the movies that have cemented themselves in movie lore…

Introduction: Have you ever heard someone give a nominating speech for a candidate that they would like to put up for a position? We are in the midst of convention season in the Georgia Baptist Convention and this also happens at the national level. It will be time to receive nominations for positions…

Introduction: Some of you may be familiar with a book that has been a best seller for many years called The Art of War by a man named Sun Tzu. Believe it or not, this work is studied even by war strategists today, even though it was written over 2,000 years ago. Sun Tzu wrote, All warfare is based on…

Introduction: Have you ever taken a wrong turn trying to get somewhere and continued to travel that path and get further and further away from where you were supposed to be? I have a broken sense of direction when it comes to traveling and I rely heavily on GPS. Before we had GPS, it was Mapquest, but…

Introduction: I have had the wonderful privilege of studying under some great professors and men of God at Southeastern Seminary in Wake Forest, NC over my time studying and preparing for the ministry. We have the blessing in the Southern Baptist Convention of having 6 amazing seminaries, and all of…

Introduction: 1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord : 2 “Stand in the gate of the Lord ’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the Lord , all you men of Judah who enter these gates to worship the Lord . 3 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Amend your ways…

Introduction: 1 Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. 2 And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was…

Introduction: I have discovered something profound as I’ve gotten older. I cannot hear as well as I used to, nor can I see as well as I used to. Many of you have already gone through the transition and you perhaps think that I just said something like, “I cannot cheer as well as I used to,” or, “I cannot…