Gus Harter: A Mother’s Day Sermon

May 8, 2011

Elder Gus Harter honors our mothers by looking into the scriptures for illustrations of godly, gracious women. Download or click below to play immediately. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]  

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Ben Mozingo: The Spirit of God within Us

May 8, 2011

Brother Ben Mozingo shows the wonderful things that God reveals unto us through His Spirit that dwells within us. Download or click below to play immediately. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]  

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Harvey: Resist the Adversary (Spring ’11)

April 17, 2011

Sunday Morning Peter closes his epistle with a grave warning to the church: Satan, the adversary, is actively seeking the destruction of God’s people. Though our eternal security is secure and cannot be threatened by the devil, he will attack things very precious and vulnerable things: our faith, our family, our witness, our churches. God [...]

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Harvey: You’ve Got to Make It Happen (Spring ’11)

April 16, 2011

Saturday Afternoon Elder Gary Harvey exhorts us that it is up to us to obey the impulse given us by God to serve Him. God does not force us to follow and serve Him. It is God’s will for our lives that we honor and serve God, but if we are to be in church; [...]

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Jordan: Continuing Steadfastly (Spring ’11)

April 16, 2011

Saturday Afternoon The follower of Jesus Christ cannot enjoy an intimate relationship with Him outside of the church. The local church also has the privilege and responsibility of promoting His word and His truth in the community and the world. We are commanded, and should find ready motivation, to attend and support the local church. [...]

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Jordan: It’s Not About You (Spring ’11)

April 16, 2011

Saturday Morning The world teaches us that life is about us: our desires, our preferences. Elder Matt Jordan begins in 1 Peter 5 to show us the biblical teaching that we as Christians should set aside our own desires and become servants, making sacrifices to give others what they desire. This self-sacrificial attitude is, in [...]

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Harvey: The Condition of the Regenerate Man, Part 2 (Spring ’11)

April 16, 2011

Saturday Morning Continuing the topic he opened Friday night, Elder Gary Harvey studies the dual, conflicted nature of one whom God has given eternal life. Elder Harvey begins by stirring us to imagine an existence in which every unthinking, unconsidered reaction is holy, not corrupt. That is heaven. Until then, we must struggle to subdue [...]

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Harvey: The Condition of the Regenerate Man, Part 1 (Spring ’11)

April 15, 2011

Friday Evening Elder Gary Harvey speaks from the book of Romans to bring clarity to the complex, dual nature that defines the struggle of discipleship faced by each of God’s children. When God puts eternal life in each of His children, it takes the from of a spiritual creature put into and under the subjection [...]

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Jordan: Saved From What? (Spring ’11)

April 15, 2011

Friday Evening Elder Matt Jordan opens our annual Spring Meeting reading from Acts 2. Scriptures are clear that Jesus saves. From what does He save us? Each time the Bible records a salvation Jesus provides His people, it gives context for that salvation. Eternal punishment is one judgment from which we are saved; in other [...]

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2011 Annual Spring Meeting 4/15-17

April 15, 2011

Bethany’s 2011 Spring Meeting begins Friday night, April 15. Guest speakers are Elder Matt Jordan of Alabama and Elder Gary Harvey of Arkansas. Friday 6:00PM Dinner 7:30PM Services Saturday 10:30AM Services 12:00PM Lunch 2:00PM Services 6:00PM Dinner 7:30PM Communion Sunday 10:30 Services 12:00PM Lunch We will not hold our regular Sunday evening services.

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Gus Harter: The Sayings of Christ on the Cross

April 10, 2011

Elder Gus Harter examines the gospel accounts of the crucifixion to reflect on the meaning of each utterance of Christ as he hung on the cross. This is the fifth message in our study of the week of Christ’s passion. Download or click below to play immediately. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

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Chris Taylor: Burning Ground

April 10, 2011

Chris Taylor reads from Hebrews 6:7-8 and connects the burning of the thorny, unfruitful ground with the parable of the soils. Jesus taught that some who hear His word would receive it, but that thorns, the distractions and cares of the world, would choke out the growth of the seed that was sown. The end [...]

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Gus Harter: Five Miracles at the Cross

April 3, 2011

Elder Gus Harter identifies five miracles that punctuated the hours Christ spent on the cross. First, darkness fell from noon until 3:00, signifying the blackness of the sin Christ bore for us. Second, God tore the temple veil in two pieces from top to bottom, showing that His mediation for God’s children is accepted with [...]

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Gus Harter: The Triumph of the King

March 27, 2011

At the time of His crucifixion, Jesus Christ submitted to 7 trials: three administered by the Jewish authorities, three administered by Roman authorities, and the final trial administered by the divine authority of God Himself. Elder Gus Harter details each trial, bringing them to life through close attention to the scriptural record. This is the [...]

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Ben Mozingo: The Power of the Voice of Jesus

March 27, 2011

Ben Mozingo traces the power of Jesus’ voice through several events during His time on earth. Jesus spoke to rebuke demons, call disciples, calm a storm. He created the world by speaking it into existence. With the same authority, Jesus said on the cross “It is finished,” and we can be sure that salvation is [...]

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Gus Harter: Gethsemane

March 20, 2011

Elder Harter turns to Matthew 26:36-46 to show us the night of anguish Christ spent in the garden of Gethsemane immediately prior to his arrest and crucifixion. His experience in the garden shows us the humanity of Christ and the importance of prayer to God’s children. Jesus was closer to God than any martyr who [...]

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Gus Harter: The Sweet Odor of Service

March 13, 2011

Elder Gus Harter begins a study of the week leading up to the crucifixion of Christ with the gospel account of his last visit to Bethany in John 12. Our church was named after this place near Jerusalem that often welcomed our Lord, a place where He had friends and loved to visit. Here was [...]

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Chris Taylor: The Only Wise God

March 13, 2011

Chris Taylor reads 1 Timothy 1:17 and amplifies this brief prayer by the apostle Paul. The king Paul praises is described here as eternal, immortal, and invisible, echoing the attributes of the triune God of creation. Paul declares that He is the only wise God, a God who has devised and executed an excellent plan [...]

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Gus Harter: Wisdom and Time

March 6, 2011

Elder Gus Harter reads from Psalm 90, penned by Moses, to begin an examination of how precious time is and how a wise man responds to the realization. Moses teaches us to number our days, because time is short. Ecclesiastes 3 teaches us that every purpose under heaven has a proper time, or season. Psalm [...]

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Ben Mozingo: The Trinity at Work in Salvation

March 6, 2011

Beginning in Colossians 2:9 and drawing on many other scriptures, Ben Mozingo shows the three persons of the Holy Trinity each have a divine role to play in the work of salvation. God the Father planned salvation and chose His people. Jesus the Son secured the salvation of all God’s children through His death on [...]

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Biblical Parenting Series

March 5, 2011

Each Sunday evening starting March 6, Bethany Church is excited to host a series on biblical parenting. Our pastor, Elder Gus Harter, will present the lessons. Elder Harter has been married for 53 years and is the father of 19 children. We warmly invite our friends in the community to join us Sunday nights, and [...]

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Gus Harter: Worship, Walk, Work

February 27, 2011

Speaking from Hebrews 11:1-6, Elder Gus Harter expands on the biblical definition of faith, the evidence of things hoped for and the substance of things not seen. The exemplars of faith in Hebrews 11 show us that faith is reflected first in true worship, then in a faithful walk, and finally in work done in [...]

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Chris Taylor: Wounded, Bruised

February 27, 2011

Chris Taylor reads from Isaiah 53:5. In this passage Isaiah prophesies of Christ hundreds of years before Jesus was born, going into specific detail about the ways in which He would suffer to save God’s people. He was wounded for transgression and bruised for iniquity. His punishment was fitted to our crimes: wounds are visible, [...]

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Gus Harter: Knowing God

February 13, 2011

Using Philippians 3:7-10 and the book of Exodus, Elder Gus Harter examines the four levels of relationship God’s children can have with Him. God is a spirit, and our relationship with Him will always be through His Son, Jesus Christ. Elder Harter challenges us to reflect on the state of our relationship with Jesus. He [...]

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Gus Harter: Esteeming Others

February 6, 2011

Elder Gus Harter preaches from Philippians 2:1-16. In this passage Paul exhorts us as members of the church of God to assume the mind and attitude of Jesus Christ. Jesus created the world, yet laid aside His power and majesty and became a servant. The word “leader” is popular in our day, but uncommon in [...]

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Chris Taylor: Our Father

January 30, 2011

Brother Chris Taylor exposits the model prayer given by Jesus in His sermon on the mount. The model prayer is recorded in Matthew 6:9-13. In this prayer, Jesus teaches that worship has undergone a radical transition from ceremonial religion to intimate relationship. By identifying the God of Israel as “our Father,” and instructing his audience [...]

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Ben Mozingo: Comfort Ye My People

January 30, 2011

Brother Ben Mozingo speaks from Isaiah 40, a beautiful and comforting passage of scripture. The name “Isaiah” meant “salvation is of the Lord,” and his prophecy is rich in images of the coming savior and the establishment of His kingdom. Brother Ben brings out several of those images, showing how Jesus Christ fulfilled all the [...]

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Defense of the Faith 2010: A Few Hymns

January 23, 2011

We were blessed with good attendance at the 2010 Defense of the Faith meeting, and the singing was blessed and uplifting. Below are a few of the best recordings captured during the song services over the three-day event. Come, Thou Fount [Audio clip: view full post to listen] How Tedious and Tasteless the Hours [Audio [...]

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Defense of the Faith 2010: God’s Perfect Law of Marriage

January 23, 2011

Elder Gary Harvey of Arkansas closes the 2010 Defense of the Faith seminar with a discourse examining the liberating effect of God’s law. Popular understanding today views law as a stricture, an unnatural restraint on the pursuit of self-interest. While God’s law may be oppressive to the wicked, God’s children should be able to see [...]

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Defense of the Faith 2010: Sexual Purity

January 23, 2011

Elder Randall Cagle examines what God’s word says about sex in the seventh session of the 2010 Defense of the Faith seminar at Bethany. From the syllabus: Hebrews 13:4: “Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.” God knows and has established that if sex is going [...]

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