Bethel Lbc Podcast

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Synopsis

Bethel Lutheran Brethren Church is located at 10060 Hwy 256, in rural Antler, North Dakota. Setting almost literally in a northern prairie farm field 40 miles north of Minot, ND, this congregation has endured the test of time. Founded in 1903 from Norwegian Lutheran roots, our church still proclaims the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the faithful followers who call Bethel their church home. Please enjoy the current sermons below. If you can, let us know how you like them. Our email is bethellbc@srt.com And please, stop in and see us sometime. We'd love to catch up with you.

Episodes

  • What's Love Got To Do With It

    18/03/2021 Duration: 31min

    This week, Pastor Craig is out on assignment, and our guest speaker is Geremy Olson, an author, speaker and outdoorsman from Washburn, North Dakota. Geremy brings home an old familiar passage of scripture that includes John 3:16. The reading is John 3:14-21 and we hear Geremy do what he does best, living out Christianity in every-day life. He tells us about a great outdoor fishing challenge that every Christian can conquer.  Learn more about Geremy here: http://241ink.org/241_ink/Geremy_Olson.html

  • When You Have A Hard Time

    07/03/2021 Duration: 28min

    We included three scripture readings for today's episode.  All three of them tie together to help us understand what God and Jesus is up to. Today we continue in the season of Lent, when we confess and repent from our sins in preparation for Easter. Sometimes, people have a hard time understanding just what God is saying to us in various readings, so today, we included all three, and Pastor Craig helps tie them together for us. The readings include Psalm 19:1-14, Exodus 20:1-17 and John 2: 13-22. We also refer to Romans 3:20. 

  • Concerns of God

    27/02/2021 Duration: 24min

    We continue in the season of Lent as we examine our own heart: do we really trust in the Lord Jesus? This week, we look at this important topic, citing a Harvard research study that brings the point home. Our reading is from Mark 8:27-38. We also refer to 1 Timothy 5:8

  • The Kingdom Is Near

    21/02/2021 Duration: 23min

    It's a new season in the Christian Calendar! We've entered the season of lent. In today's reading, we hear of three major events that happen in rapid fire, one after another.  And as these events lead into the first words our Lord Jesus speaks as He begins His ministry on earth, He speaks the phrase "The Kingdom Is Near".  Does it have any meaning at all? Does it have any relevance for us today? Listen for the challenge and listen for the answers as Pastor Craig relates this pandemic world to this familiar phrase of the church. Star Wars fans, we especially have some fun recollections for you as well. Our main reading comes from Mark 1:9-15. We also refer to Ephesians 4:5-6 and Genesis 3:19.

  • What To Do?

    14/02/2021 Duration: 24min

    As the season of Epiphany comes to a close, we observe the Transfiguration of Our Lord and this week, Pastor Craig makes an attempt to describe this mountaintop experience. You get to decide if it's an adequate description: how do you describe something so glorious. The reading today comes from Mark 9:2-9

  • Fever to Serve

    07/02/2021 Duration: 24min

    We continue in our mini-series of messages during Epiphany from Mark's Gospel, and this week there are a few unexpected twists and turns in the story. What did Jesus do to cure the woman of her severe fever so she could get right up and wait on the others? Why did Jesus keep the demons from speaking? And why didn't Jesus go back to serve the people that were looking for Him? Instead, Jesus said, "Let's go someplace else." That's rather odd! These twists and turns in the story are what Pastor Craig explores for us this week. The main reading is from Mark 1:29-39. We also refer to Psalm 150:6, James 1:2 and we cross reference several versions of the Bible for today's study. 

  • Change Your Ways

    31/01/2021 Duration: 24min

    This week, we hear about Jesus teaching in the Synagogue, and a certain man didn't like what Jesus was saying.  The man was possessed by an impure spirit, and it reminds us how many people are also turned-off by Jesus, while at the same time, other people are amazed by Jesus. This week, Pastor Craig challenges us, by posing the question, "What are your bad habits?" Are you willing to "Change Your Ways".  The main reading is from Mark 1:21-28, and we also refer to James 2:19. 

  • Fishing For Men

    24/01/2021 Duration: 18min

    As we begin a Mini-Series in the Gospel of Mark, we set the stage by hearing once again the story of the beginning of Jesus' ministry. Our Lord called average workers in the area of the Sea of Galilee and said "Follow Me." It's a call for us as well. How do you and I follow that call? Pastor Craig tells a fishing tale of someone he knew who was good at fishing, and in the process, becomes an example for us all. The reading is from Mark 1:14-20

  • Who's Calling

    17/01/2021 Duration: 21min

    We read an unlikely Epiphany story when the Apostle Philip calls Nathanael to come see the Lord Jesus. It's an Epiphany moment story that all Christians can learn from: the Epiphany of knowing exactly Who the Lord Jesus is, and What He is to me.  Pastor Craig puts our modern world and all it's struggles into their proper perspective in this message. The reading is from John 1:43-51, and we also refer to John 12:26

  • Well Pleased

    10/01/2021 Duration: 20min

    This week we commemorate "The Baptism of Our Lord", and for some reason we read the story of John the Baptist once again. In the past few weeks, we've heard some part of the story, no less than four times. And we wonder,  if we are assigned to read from the story multiple times, is there something we're missing? Let's take a look. The deeper meaning we get from the tale of John the Baptist is that our Heavenly Father is overjoyed. He even says so. Our main reading is from Mark 1:4-11.  We also refer to Ephesians 2:8-9, 10 and Matthew 28:19-20.

  • Parallel Stories

    03/01/2021 Duration: 25min

    On this, the Second Sunday after Christmas, we take a look at a literary form of telling different stories that each intertwine with the other, in order that we might have a deeper understanding of what is going on. Sure, Simeon and Anna are not often included in the Christmas saga, but they are none-the-less different parts of the bigger story.  Telling a parallel tale helps us make the story applicable and understandable in our own lives. John's Gospel doesn't seem to be at all part of the Christmas Story, but after a second look, it is totally part of Christmas. Our main reading is from both the NIV and the ERV versions of John 1:1-13. We also refer to Isaiah 55:8-9 and Psalm 5:11-12

  • Big Enough

    27/12/2020 Duration: 20min

    Here's a story we don't hear much of: Mary and Joseph brought baby Jesus to the temple to be dedicated to God. For Simeon and Anna it was a definitive moment for both of them. They each realized the incredible meaning this infant had personally on them: for Simeon, his own personal salvation was now real, for Anna, she thanked God and talked about the Child (Jesus) to everyone looking for deliverance. Plus, Pastor Craig's personal story ties it all together. The reading this week is from Luke 2:25-40. 

  • Love Ahead

    20/12/2020 Duration: 26min

    On this, the fourth Sunday of Advent, we again look to poetry to help us grasp the true meaning of the Holiday Season. We might think there been enough written, spoken, sung and thought about the subject of "love", but on the other hand - maybe there hasn't been nearly enough that YOU have written, spoken, sung or thought about love.  This week's message continues to help us prepare for the coming of God's gift of love in the Christ Child. Our main reading is from Luke 1: 26-38. We also refer to Psalm 139:13-14, 1 John 4:8 and Romans 8:38-39. 

  • Joy Ahead

    13/12/2020 Duration: 22min

    In keeping with our Advent series of signposts, this week we see the sign "Joy Ahead". We explore ways in which God wants to give us joy, but in our attempt to be what "we" want to be, we might be losing the very joy that we seek so desperately. This week, we read from John 1:6-8, 19-28. Other scripture references include Psalm 51:12, Psalm 32:11, Habakkuk 3:18, John 5:11, and Genesis 28:16. 

  • Peace Ahead

    06/12/2020 Duration: 21min

    We continue a theme with some of Pastor Craig's poetry, and poetry from others, to find a bit of "Peace Ahead".  We live in a world that seems to want to always pick a fight, and we wonder if there will ever be true peace in our future. This Second Sunday of Advent helps us, once again, prepare; 1)for the coming of Baby Jesus at Bethlehem,  2) For the Second Coming of Christ at the end of time, and 3) the coming of Christ within us today through the Holy Spirit.  Our scripture reading is from Mark 1:1-8. We also refer to Philippians 4:7 and John 8:12. 

  • Hope Ahead

    29/11/2020 Duration: 23min

    It's the New Year on the Church Calendar. The season of Advent is upon us and we could not be more happy.  The challenges of the past year are behind us.... or are they? Actually, we are no better off that we were a month ago - however.....  We are now in the season of the year when the church talks about what is coming, or more accurately "Who" is coming. We pass a signpost that says "Hope Ahead", and we'll learn three different ways in which we have hope. Our main reading is from Mark 13:24-37. We also refer to Matthew 24:36, John 14:3, Romans 2:6-8 and Romans 15:13.

  • Connect the ENDS

    22/11/2020 Duration: 24min

    The church calendar year comes to a close this week, and what a year its been. This weeks reading from 1st Corinthians puts our time into an eternal perspective. This message helps us think in a broader, God-centered approach to the passing of time. A couple of personal stories help illustrate how common everyday things play a part in a far-reaching eternal story. The main reading is from 1 Corinthians 15:20-28. We also refer to Romans 6:23,  Isaiah 44:6 and the Adam & Eve story in Genesis 3.

  • Watch The Daylight

    15/11/2020 Duration: 21min

    The world was in upheaval, and people didn't know what to do about it. The Apostle Paul and his companions wrote a message to the Christians at Thessalonica who were struggling with that very idea, and it becomes a perfect lesson for us today in our world of upheaval where people don't know what to do about it. Pastor Craig uses several illustrations and short stories to bring this message home for us today. The main reading is from 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11. We also refer to John 8:12 and 1 Samuel 2:30

  • See What's Coming

    08/11/2020 Duration: 22min

    Sometimes it seems like God gives us exactly the scripture verse we need to deal directly with the issues that come before us in life. This one fits that bill exactly.  As we work our way through the political scene, as we work our way through the pandemic, as we work our way through tremendous storms, earthquakes, floods and even death, certain scriptures help us work our way through the difficulties. Our main reading is 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, and we also refer to 1 Corinthians 15:52.

  • What We'll Be

    01/11/2020 Duration: 23min

    Pastor Craig takes on a search of some practical applications of a position we often hear we have as Christians, the position of Child of God. What does it mean to have this position? We'll talk about it this week as we read from 1 John 3:1-3. We also refer to 1 John 4:7-8 and 1 John 5:13.

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