Special Appointments

Abernathy: Fear the Lord and Walk in His Ways, Part 1 (Spring ‘10)

April 24, 2010

Opening Psalm 128, Elder Buddy Abernathy delivers a message in two parts showing God’s children how to show their love of Him: by fearing Him and keeping His commandments. In this message, Elder Abernathy shows us from God’s word that the focus of our labor is not material gain, but God’s glory. The Lord will [...]

Tagged as: Buddy Abernathy, spring 2010

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Abernathy: Resist the Adversary (Spring ’10)

April 23, 2010

Elder Buddy Abernathy exhorts us to be wary of our adversary, the devil. The scriptures tell us everything we need to know to resist him. We must resist, for our adversary seeks to destroy us. By studying God’s word, we can be prepared for Satan’s tactics. He first probes our knowledge of God’s word, then [...]

Tagged as: Buddy Abernathy, spring 2010

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Winfrey: Keep On Keeping On (Spring ’10)

April 23, 2010

Elder Jeff Winfrey opened our Spring 2010 meeting on Friday evening by turning to Hebrews 12, emphasizing verse 3: “For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.” Elder Winfrey illustrates those contradictions, tracing through scripture the occasions when Jesus received evil for good [...]

Tagged as: Jeff Winfrey, spring 2010

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Bloyd: Honor Thy Father and Mother (Fall ’09)

October 25, 2009

Elder Steven Bloyd delivered the final message of Bethany’s 2009 Fall Meeting. In Ephesians 6 we read, “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.” Elder Bloyd reminds us that we can honor our parents and grandparents all of our lives, and that many blessings attend this scriptural admonition. Download or click [...]

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Lee: The Clarity of Election (Fall ’09)

October 24, 2009

Elder Stan Lee lays out a clear defense of the biblical doctrine of eternal election and answers some common, opposing viewpoints. God’s sovereign predestination of His elect people is a stumbling block for many today in an age of self-will, but the bible clearly teaches that God chose His children before time began. His choice [...]

Tagged as: fall 2009, Stan Lee

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Hall: Hidden in the Lord (Fall ’09)

October 24, 2009

Elder Dan Hall stirs us to desire a place of refuge in the presence of the Lord, tracing that theme through the Psalms. David knew what it was to need deliverance and shelter from the strife and foolishness of men. He also knew that such sanctuary can be found in God’s presence, and he earnestly [...]

Tagged as: Dan Hall, fall 2009

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Hoskins: Regeneration and Conversion (Fall ’09)

October 24, 2009

Elder Marty Hoskins presents four proofs that redemption, also called regeneration or the new birth, is the immediate, sovereign work of the Holy Spirit. This position is distinctive of the Primitive Baptist faith, and is in contrast to the more common Christian teaching that the new birth is the result of a decision by the [...]

Tagged as: fall 2009, Marty Hoskins

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Painter: The Seal of the Spirit (Fall ’09)

October 24, 2009

Elder Dolph Painter explores the seal of the Spirit in scripture. He examines several seals familiar to us today, all signifying a completed action: birth, marriage, adoption. Likewise in scripture, the Holy Spirit seals the child of God after the new birth. Download or click below to play immediately. [Audio clip: view full post to [...]

Tagged as: Dolph Painter, fall 2009

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Bloyd: He Will Go Before Us and With Us (Fall ’09)

October 23, 2009

Elder Steven Bloyd opens the scriptures to consider a question we are all tempted to ask in response to the challenges of this life: why? Why do God’s children suffer? Why do God’s children fall away, leaving only cemeteries and empty buildings to remind us that a church once met in that place? Why do [...]

Tagged as: fall 2009, Steven Bloyd

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Melvin: Pervasive Holiness (Fall ’09)

October 23, 2009

Elder John Melvin of Camp Creek Church opened our Fall 2009 meeting by giving us motivation to conform ourselves to the image of Christ in every moment and in every place. In the days of temple worship before the birth of Jesus Christ, holiness was limited to specific places and people. The temple was holy, [...]

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Sermons from Spring 2009 meeting now available

August 29, 2009

After long delay, all the sermons from Bethany’s spring meeting in March, 2009 are available. They are all identified with the spring 2009 tag. This meeting was the last one held in our sanctuary on Lawrenceville Highway. Visiting ministers were Elders David Pyles of Jackson, Mississippi; Vernis Stanaland of Tyler, Texas; and Lasserre Bradley, Jr. [...]

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Bradley: Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled (Spring ’09)

March 22, 2009

Elder Lasserre Bradley, Jr. closes out the 2009 Spring Meeting at Bethany with a most encouraging message drawn from John 14:1-3, beginning “Let not your heart be troubled.” Elder Bradley ably shows the scriptures to teach that a troubled heart will distort our view of circumstances and rob us of the peace that should come [...]

Tagged as: Lasserre Bradley, spring 2009

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Stanaland: A Double-Minded Person (Spring ’09)

March 22, 2009

Elder Vernis Stanaland considers the marks of a double-minded person, as referenced in James 1:8. He contrasts the double-minded man and his hidden agendas with the singleness of purpose and transparency that come from a commitment to following God. Download or click below to play immediately. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

Tagged as: spring 2009, Vernis Stanaland

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Bradley: More Like the Master (Spring ’09)

March 21, 2009

We are sanctified in Christ before God, but must also each day sanctify ourselves in our own flesh by spiritual discipline. Elder Lasserre Bradley, Jr. challenges us to examine ourselves for evidence of God at work in our daily lives: a servant’s spirit, compassion for the sinner, love for the brethren. Our sinful nature wars [...]

Tagged as: Lasserre Bradley, spring 2009

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Pyles: News of Believers in Russia (Spring ’09)

March 21, 2009

Elder David Pyles gives an account of his trip to Siberia in Russia, and some of the correspondence leading up to it. It is an encouraging story of God at work among his people in every nation. Download or click below to play immediately. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

Tagged as: David Pyles, spring 2009

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Pyles: Prophecy to Cyrus and the Gentiles (Spring ’09)

March 21, 2009

Elder David Pyles exposits the 45th chapter of Isaiah, in which God reveals the name and future deeds of the Persian king Cyrus, conqueror of the great city of Babylon. In his prophecy Isaiah makes clear that God is using Cyrus, a Gentile king, to accomplish His will and deliver a message both to the [...]

Tagged as: David Pyles, spring 2009

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Stanaland: Dealing With One Another (Spring ’09)

March 21, 2009

Elder Stanaland turned to the book of Nehemiah, chapter 1, focusing on where Nehemiah confesses to God that he and his people have dealt corruptly with God. Elder Stanaland finds parallels between Nehemiah’s time and our own today, and calls us to action with scriptural exhortation. Download or click below to play immediately. [Audio clip: [...]

Tagged as: spring 2009, Vernis Stanaland

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Bradley: Introduction and Prayer (Spring ’09)

March 21, 2009

Saturday morning services opened with introduction and prayer by Elder Lasserre Bradley, Jr. Download or click below to play immediately. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

Tagged as: Lasserre Bradley, spring 2009

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Bradley: My God Will Hear Me (Spring ’09)

March 20, 2009

Elder Lasserre Bradley, Jr. spoke from the book of Micah, chapter 7. The prophet records a tumultuous time, a troubling time of ungodliness and widespread wickedness. Elder Bradley notes that today is likewise a time of trouble, perhaps uniquely so in our lifetimes. Let us say with the psalmist, “In the day of my trouble [...]

Tagged as: Lasserre Bradley, spring 2009

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David Pyles: God Hath Shined in Our Hearts (Spring ’09)

March 20, 2009

Elder David Pyles of Jackson, Mississippi, delivered the first discourse of our Annual Spring Meeting. He took as his text 2 Cor 4:6: “For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to [give] the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of [...]

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Stanaland: Introduction and Prayer (Spring ’09)

March 20, 2009

Elder Vernis Stanaland from Tyler, Texas opened our Annual Spring Meeting Friday evening with comment and prayer. Download or click below to play immediately. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

Tagged as: spring 2009, Vernis Stanaland

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The Ministry of Christ

January 10, 2009

On the morning of Coy Thomas’ ordination and the launch of his formal ministry, Elder Dan Hall reflects on the earthly ministry of Jesus Christ. The gospel of Luke (4:18-19) reveals that our Lord read to a Jewish congregation from Isaiah 61 to explain why He was speaking publicly: “he hath anointed me to preach [...]

Tagged as: Dan Hall, ordination

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Salvations by Grace

January 10, 2009

On the morning of his ordination day, Coy Thomas preached a sermon that gave assurance to all in attendance that he is indeed “apt to teach,” as the scriptures require. This lesson is a survey of scriptures from both old and new testaments touching on the theme of salvation. Elder Thomas shows us that salvation [...]

Tagged as: Coy Thomas, ordination

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Living for Something Larger Than Yourself

March 30, 2008

Ours is a generation that glorifies self. But Elder Gowens opens the scripture to show that fulfillment comes from going beyond self. Selfishness is the essence of sin. In contrast is the sacrificial love epitomized by Christ. Biblical love is not an emotion but a commitment to live for others, as Christ gave Himself for [...]

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A Psalm of Humility: Elder Ronald Lawrence

March 29, 2008

Elder Ronald Lawrence reads Psalm 131, one of the Psalms of Degrees that accompanied the Jewish pilgrimages to Jerusalem for occasions of worship. Psalm 131 is a psalm of humility penned by David. David was a man after God’s own heart. He he had much of which he could have boasted. He was anointed to [...]

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Reconciled in Christ, Justified by Faith: Elder Marty Smith

March 29, 2008

Elder Marty Smith exposits Colossians 1:19-29, two sentences with two very different boundaries: eternal and temporal. Verses 19 and 20 make the very simple but profound point that it pleased God to reconcile us to Him in the person of Christ, and that the blood of the cross made that a finished work. Verses 21-29 [...]

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Blessed Because of Others: Elder Michael Gowens

March 29, 2008

Elder Gowens turns to 1 Corinthians 7:14 to extract the principle that God gives blessings to some because of the obedience of others. Indeed, the essence of the gospel message is that sinners were blessed because of Christ’s obedience, and despite their unworthiness. God also grants blessings directly to His obedient children. The application of [...]

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Marveling at Christ: Elder Ronald Lawrence

March 29, 2008

Psalm 98 opens by declaring of the Lord that “he hath done marvelous things.” The psalms often invoke marvel in contemplation of God. The gospels also record the marvel of many who came into contact with the Lord Jesus Christ: the Jews, Simeon, Mary, Joseph, the Samaritan woman, Pilate–all marveled at the man. They marveled [...]

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The Gospel: Elder Ronald Lawrence

March 28, 2008

In Matthew 11, Jesus sends an encouraging message to John the Baptist in prison. Among the many other notable miracles signifying that Christ was indeed the Messiah was this one: “the poor have the gospel preached to them.” Elder Lawrence shows that the preaching of the gospel remains a miracle to this day. The gospel [...]

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Christ Our Witness, Leader, and Commander: Elder Marty Smith

March 28, 2008

Elder Marty Smith turns to Isaiah 55:4 and discovers a prophetic vision of Jesus Christ as “a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.” He finds the vision addressed to a people hungry and thirsty, but without money to buy (Isa 55:1). Such is the case with all God’s children who [...]

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