Pursue Wisdom

Pursue Wisdom

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Pursue Wisdom episodes

  • The Story: Paul’s Mission
    The apostle Paul was given the call to take the Gospel into the world. As Paul, along with his friend Barnabas, go into the Gentile world they are faced with a question: “How much of the Old Covenant Law do Gentiles need to follow in order to be disciples of Jesus?” This is a question that the first century church needed to answer as they pursued their mission to make disciples of Jesus. In this message, Pastor Paul focuses on Acts 15, which explains how the church arrived at their answer. You can support this podcast by giving to Bethlehem Church at our website: www.bethlehemchurchaustin.com.
    43 min
  • The Greats: Make Disciples
    What is God’s expectation for us? From Scripture it appears that God has three basic expectations for His people: Love God, love people, and make disciples. In this final message in the series The Greats, Pastor Paul talks about the importance of going into the world to make disciples of Jesus.
    29 min
  • The Story: New Beginnings
    The Bible is God’s word and His gift to His people. We are good stewards of this gift when we read, study, meditate on, discuss, and apply Scripture to our lives. As we continue to make our way through The Story we focus on chapter 28: New Beginnings, which covers the first 10 chapters of Acts. In this message Pastor Paul walks through Peter’s sermon on the day of Pentecost and shows how it all points to Jesus.
    31 min
  • The Greats: Love Your Neighbor
    What is God’s expectation for us? This is a great question to consider. In the teaching series The Greats Pastor Paul Steele talks about the three great expectations God has for His people: Loving God, loving people, and making disciples. This teaching focuses on the the second of those expectation: loving people.
    27 min
  • The Story: The Resurrection
    The Bible is God’s gift to His people. We are good stewards of that gift when we read, study, meditate, discuss, and apply Scripture to our lives. As we continue to make our way through The Story we have made it to chapter 27: The Resurrection. The Resurrection is the central truth of the Christian faith. Even the Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 15 declares that if Jesus is not resurrected then our faith is in vain. The resurrection gives us hope, even in our discouragement, that God is transforming the world and giving us new life.
    37 min
  • The Greats: Love God
    What is the most important thing we can do? According to Jesus there are three things that we should focus our lives on doing: Loving God, loving people, and making disciples. In this episode, Pastor Paul talks about the very first thing we need to do, and that is to love God. We love God through obedience. What is it that God is calling you to do? That is how you can show your love to Him.
    30 min
  • The Battle Begins
    Sermon 8 in The Story series at Bethlehem Church in Austin, MN.  
    Whose side is God on?  
    In the book of Joshua we read an interesting encounter Joshua has with the Angel of the Lord. Joshua asks him, “Are you on our side or our enemies side?”   
    The reply surprises us, because he said, “Neither.”  
    It would be a safe bet that because Israel was God’s chosen people that He would be on their side, but that is not the case. God doesn’t pick and choose which side He will be on, rather He calls us to be on His side. How can we be on God’s side? That is the lesson we learn through the book of Joshua.  
    Big idea: God’s people need to continue to choose to follow Him. 
    Challenge: Ask God to give you guidance on a choice you have to make or a difficulty you are facing.
    31 min
  • Wandering
    Bethlehem Church is going through The Story to gain an understanding of what the Biblical story is all about and to develop the discipline of consistently reading Scripture.
    This sermon is based off chapter 6 of The Story, which looks at Israel's unfaithfulness in their journey through the wilderness. The question Pastor Paul seeks to answer is, "What can Israel's example teach us today about following Jesus?"
    Text: Hebrews 3:7-19
    Big Idea: God's people experience God's blessings through faith.
    Challenge: Encourage someone this weekly reminding them of the promise of the Gospel.
    28 min
  • God Builds a Nation

    God's good creation has been corrupted with evil. What is God's solution?

    In chapter 2 of The Story, which covers Genesis 12-35, we discover God's plan to restore and redeem His creation.

    Pastor Paul talks about important elements of this plan: Covenant, faith, and God's promises.

    29 min
  • The Beginning of the World as We Know It

    How did the the world get to be like it is?

    If we are going understand The Story we need to start at the beginning. The first 11 chapters of Genesis tells us how God created a good world and how evil entered into it.

    In this episode, Pastor Paul talks about reconciling science with the Biblical account of creation and what it means to be created in the image of God.

    32 min

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The teaching podcast of Bethlehem Church in Austin, MN.