In His Grip

The church did not determine the canon. It was God, and God alone, who determined which books belonged in the Bible. God’s imparted to His followers what He had already decided. The human process of collecting the books of the Bible was flawed, but God, in His sovereignty, and despite our ignorance and stubbornness, brought...

It’s tougher than ever to be both a kid and a parent today. The world’s culture is continually pushing an anything goes sexuality on our children. What’s a parent to do in order to help their children navigate their sexuality, social media, the ever present temptation of pornography, the continuous bombardment of our sexually explicit...

In this message Dr. Betters references about fifty scriptures to answer the question, “Is Jesus Really God?” He repeatedly takes listeners from the Old Testament to the New Testament and back to the Old, to demonstrate the absolute truth that Jesus is God. Jesus shares all the characteristics of our Omnipresent, Omniscient and Omnipotent God.

Dr. Betters points listeners to almost fifty different Scriptures to answer the question, “Who is Jesus?” Listeners will be encouraged and strengthened in their faith as they are reminded through the words of God Himself that Jesus is: God Incarnate, Eternal, Lord, Shepherd, Savior and much more. You will want to soak in this message...

What were the major heresies in the early Church? Two primary questions drove this second battle within the church: What should Christians believe as opposed to a non-believer? And How should the church respond when someone claimed to be a Christian, but taught false doctrines? These two questions led to confusion that helped the apologists...

What were the major heresies in the early Church? Two primary questions drove this second battle within the church: What should Christians believe as opposed to a non-believer? And How should the church respond when someone claimed to be a Christian, but taught false doctrines? These two questions led to confusion that helped the apologists...

In typical Paul fashion, the Apostle Paul warns Timothy to be on the lookout for “ugly Christians,” people with an agenda, contentious people who want control over what is true. Heresies begin and end with people and as the baby Christian church grew, many voices tried to shape the doctrine of this new life. Sadly,...

Our forefathers in the Church struggled with conflict that comes from bad doctrine. Sadly, bad doctrine didn’t come from outside the early church, but inside from typically Orthodox Christians who somehow lost their way. Those who truly know Christ are ‘beautiful,’ and those who don’t know Him are ‘ugly’ Christians. Pure doctrine was birthed in...

How did the Scriptures and Church government develop? The doctrinal system of the earlier Church was very frail and church government was almost nonexistent. Early writings of the New Testament had very little information about church government, but as the New Testament unfolds, you begin to see a broader picture of doctrinal system and of...

As Dr Betters developed and preached this series, Heroes and Heretics, The History of the Church, he grew in his appreciation for those who refused to allow heresy to root, who refused to allow any definition of the gospel to include works, or sinlessness. Yet, the battle to do so was ferocious and in-fighting in...