spring 2009

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]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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: [...]

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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 [...]

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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]

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