Bethany United Methodist Church
By Dr. Robert J. Howell, Jr.
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Podcast Description
We are called to care for all of God’s people through: † Exciting worship that honors God; † Deepening relationships with Christ and one another; and † Serving in Christ’s name around the corner and around the world.
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No Fear - Audio | A sermon about the perfection in love and the power that comes to those whom God perfects in love. | 5/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gone Fishing - Audio | Jesus appears to Peter, Thomas and Nathaniel while they are fishing. He instructs them to fish on the other side of the boat. He is showing them the power they have with him when they obey him and fish on the other side. | 5/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cat's Don't Come When They Are Called, Do They? - Audio | How do we learn to trust Jesus as the Good Shepherd of our souls.He laid down his life for you and new intercedes for you at the right hand of the Father. Maybe you can't trust him because you don't talk enough. | 4/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Behind Closed Doors - Audio | Jesus appears to the eleven in Jerusalem, when Thomas isn't there. Thomas hears the stories of Jesus appearing after the Resurrection, and yet wants to know for himself. | 4/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Formed After the Image of God - Audio | This sermon focuses on "The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him,” and we focus our thoughts on living in the world but not of the world. We must grow daily into the likeness of the One who is the source of our lives a... | 4/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Road to Emmaus - Audio | We come to recognize Jesus by stopping to commune with him an inviting him in. | 4/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Again and Again and Again - Audio | Again and Again and Again | 4/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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In the Garden - Audio | We are to follow the model of the first preacher, to proclaim the good news. | 4/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Power and the Glory - Audio | It’s Easter and our purpose is to proclaim with power the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. It is the source of life for all those who believe. | 4/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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So Long, Self - Audio | It's time to reflect on our selfishness, rebellion, sinfulness and depravity. It's time to say goodbye to the old life that has failed us and to accept the new life in Jesus Christ. | 4/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Giving the Very Best - Audio | Our calling is to give our very best to God while we are able and to give sacrificially. | 3/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A New Covenant - Audio | Jeremiah is looking to the day when the covenant relationship between God and God's people will no longer be dependent upon their ability to keep the rules, but only on God's ability to depend on Him and not human achievement. It is a covenant written... | 3/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Our Way of Life - Audio | We proclaim the grace of God as a free gift; but a gift given to become the catalyst for a way of life among us "created in Christ Jesus for good works." | 3/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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I Give Up - Audio | The idea of one man's death being victory for the world seems foolish; and even today, God may be moving in ways that we do not understand. | 3/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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I Give Up - Audio | The idea of one man's death being victory for the world seems foolish; and even today, God may be moving in ways that we do not understand. | 3/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Arguing with God - Audio | There is a higher good, nobler purpose in God's plan for us if we only have the faith to follow, even when it doesn't make sense to our limited minds. | 3/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What Are You Giving Up for Lent? - Audio | This sermon series is about truly giving of ourselves at Lent. We are re-thinking the way we participate in the Lenten season. | 3/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Understanding Satan - Audio | A lesson on the choices Jesus made and the choices we make when dealing with temptation. | 2/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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From Water to Wilderness - Audio | From Water to Wilderness | 2/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Judgement and Grace - Audio | Repentance is necessary and we are fortunate that we receive continuous offers of grace from our God. | 2/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Looking for the First Installment - Audio | The Holy Spirit can been seen as the first installment on the fullness of the gifts that god will bestow on those who trust Him. | 2/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ya'll Ain't Gonna Believe This - Audio | Transfiguration of the Lord | 2/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jesus - Audio | Jesus is our trailblazer in faith. He is the pioneer who endured the cross and overcame sin and death because of his faith God's plan to redeem the world. | 2/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Bad Case of the 'I Can't Help Its' - Audio | It's amazing what happens in the life of the person Jesus heals, delivers from sin and death and calls to His service. They are so filled with job, with the love of god and with gratitude that they develop a chronic case of the 'can't help its.' | 2/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Healed for Service - Audio | The art of "paying it forward." Jesus' healing power is used so that we may service more effectively in his name. | 2/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Persistent Widow - Audio | The widow persisted in petitioning the judge. The unjust judge only dispensed justice to the best, brightest, the rich, the most powerful people - and ignored the powerless. Are we caught up in our own needs so much, that the voice of those who ar... | 2/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Whatever Happened to Demons? - Audio | Evil is real, however you name it and the Lord of life continues to be the authority who brings healing and hope. | 1/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Come and See - Audio | God is at work in the calling of disciples to make them useful in testimony to the power of god, witness to His love and service to the kingdom. | 1/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David - Audio | David's journey points out the process that e all take to realize God's promise. Can we have faith as we go through the process to trust God - even when it seems that the deck is stacked against us? | 1/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hannah - Audio | Can we pour all that we have out in faith and then let that be enough? At one point Hannah found contentment, that she had done all that she could do. At some point Hannah found her peace that her voice had in fact been heard. And in God's timing, pr... | 1/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Power of Baptism - Audio | Baptism is so much more than a sweet ceremony with a baby. It is to show the work of the Holy Spirit, being grafted into the body of Christ, and being set apart as a holy nation; a royal priesthood, is all related to, and begun in, baptism. | 1/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Abraham - Audio | Our faith is more resilient than we realize - a glue that is stretched and recoiled between two parties - ourselves and God. | 1/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Pondering, Glorifying, Rejoicing - Audio | Beginning today, God is writing a new chapter of our life with you. There is no extra credit for what you got right last year and no penalty for your failures. The slate is clean. The question is, how will you and God write on that clean slate? | 12/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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In the Potters Hands - Audio | Jeremiah was instructed by God to go down to the potter's house and observe him working at his wheel. the potter took the clay that was spoiled for one vessel and made it into another. God reworks and covers our imperfections, molding us into somet... | 12/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Outgrowing Christmas Presents - Audio | Now that the gifts have been opened, let's talk about how long they will last; or how long they will keep your interest. There is only one Christmas gift whose value is eternal. That gift is the gift of God who came to live among us as incarnate love. | 12/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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He's Here, He's Here (5 p.m.) - Audio | Children's Christmas Sermon | 12/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Decree (7:30 & 11 p.m.) - Audio | Caesar Augustus made a decree that allowed prophecy to be fulfilled, but God made a decree that changed the world. | 12/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gabriel - Audio | A sermon that studies the words the angel Gabriel spoke to Mary to learn what God’s plan was for Mary and God’s plan is for us. | 12/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Love All - Audio | We are to be God's messengers to show His love in the world. We are to tell the story and announce the salvation and love that God offers through Jesus' birth. | 12/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Messiah - Audio | The Messiah | 12/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Give More - Audio | There is always a risk in giving of ourselves. just as the Magi brought gifts despite facing political risk and danger of travel, we also give sacrificially of ourselves in spite of the risk of judgement, rejection or even unintended consequences. | 12/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Place Where Righteousness Is At Home - Audio | We should focus our thoughts on life "in the meantime." Jesus' birth changed everything. His return will complete it. We live in the meantime, looking for the fullness of time. | 12/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Grand Illumination of this Dark World - Audio | The Grand Illumination of this Dark World | 11/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Worship Fully - Audio | How to prepare for Christmas: beyond shopping lists and strategies. It is a time to repent and make time for Jesus. | 11/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What's Your Tagline? - Audio | Gratitude towards god and others allows us to discover our own best selves. Our goad is to grow from thanksgiving to thanks-living. | 11/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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10% Chance - Audio | How many of us pause to appreciate the miracles that God is working - or do we simply move on to the next thing we want or our sights on? According to this parable (Luke 17:11-19), there is a ten percent chance that what we receive, we will thank God for. | 11/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stop Staring in the Mirror - Look Out the Window - Audio | Thanksgiving is more than saying it, or even feeling it. A thankful heart takes action to give wings to the sentiment and make it useful to someone else. | 11/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Use It or Lose It - Audio | In resources, spiritual gifts, relationships, etc., in an attempt to hold onto what little you have, even that will be taken away when it is not invested in God. | 11/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Giving Thanks in Difficult Times - Audio | Even as we gather with hearts torn by the pain of grief and the power of loss, there is a greater power that brings a different perspective a new wind of Spirit. It is the power of thanksgiving for the lives of those who have gone on before us. | 11/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Choose This Day - Audio | Joshua believes that we will all ultimately serve someone or something, but you can choose today who you will truly serve. | 11/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Greatest of Virtues - Audio | Happiness is never found by those who seek it. It is the by-product of a grateful heart. | 10/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Share the Miracle - Audio | Our church is not our own, we share it with every generation before us. We are connected to those saints who first experienced the miracles of God and shared them with us. | 10/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Thank You Power - Audio | What are you holding on to that prevents you from grabbing a hold of life? | 10/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jesus and the IRS - Audio | “Render unto God the things that are God’s.” How do we determine what belongs to God? Does the tithe free us to do as we like with the rest of what we have because it really belongs to us? | 10/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Parable of the Shrew Manager - Audio | People of the world apply the principles they are supposed to live by with much more wisdom than do the people of God. The shrewd manager, and those of the world, are better at following their own worldly rules than we are at following our divine rule... | 10/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Making Our Own Gods - Audio | We should challenge ourselves to examine our lives and see if the Sovereign of the universe is Sovereign of our lives. | 10/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Please RSVP - Audio | The parable of the Wedding banquet is likened to the Kingdom of Heaven. It tells the story of Israel’s struggle to accept the Messiah. More generally, everyone has received an invitation, but not everyone will come. John Wesley says that when you a... | 10/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Response-Ability - Audio | Faith and obedience are the foundations of discipleship. One hears and builds his life upon what he believes. The other hears, but does not ground his life in those promises. We bear responsibility as disciples to do as God says. We are empowered by t... | 10/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Day is Not for Sleeping - Audio | The Day is Not for Sleeping | 9/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Actors Need Not Apply - Audio | Actors Need Not Apply | 9/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lovable Me - Audio | We are God’s chosen, our children are loved and set apart by God as well. The youth are not only called to stick together as God’s children, we are called as adults to hold them up and cherish them as well. | 9/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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God’s Icing on the Cake - Audio | A friendship is a living thing. It is not static, but relational. Friendships have to be nurtured to grow. To have friends, you have to be a friend. | 9/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Frenemies - Audio | Do we really know how to choose our friends? Sometimes our friends suddenly become our worse enemies. Do we know how to be a good friend? | 9/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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On This Rock - Audio | Why is the Church worthy of your time? Of being a top priority in your life? It's not a question that Americans asked just forty years ago. They may not have been active, but they knew why it was important. | 9/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Bully's Back - Audio | Do not repay evil for evil. This is an ethical dilemma personally, politically, military, economically, etc. Every school bully shakes our belief that doing good will protect us and have the best outcome. Paul challenges us to believe that we can stil... | 9/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Do It As Unto the Lord - Audio | Do It As Unto the Lord | 9/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Never Too Late - Audio | Never Too Late | 9/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Investment That Will Outlive You - Audio | The Investment That Will Outlive You | 8/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Will Work for Food - Audio | Will Work for Food | 8/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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First Things First - Audio | The Scriptures say to put God first, because the alternatives have nothing to offer. | 8/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Now What? - Audio | Paul has just spent time talking about worship and theology. This passage is his turning point where after having accepted Jesus we are faced with the question, "now what?" This sermon focuses on transforming ourselves by living out our fait... | 8/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Second Thoughts - Audio | Peter has second thoughts as he steps out of the boat to walk on water with Jesus. | 8/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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On Giving Up On John Mark Too Soon - Audio | On Giving Up On John Mark Too Soon | 8/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Strechin' Nets - Audio | Stretchin' Nets | 7/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living into the Dream: An Inseparable Love - Audio | Living into the Dream: An Inseparable Love | 7/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Law of the Farm - Audio | The Law of the Farm | 7/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Is Anything Worth Your Life? - Audio | This sermon speaks to the new church members and the graduates. Using the story of Stephen’s martyrdom, we ask the question about the investment of one’s life in the service of Jesus Christ. The parable of the rich young ruler gets us at the heart... | 5/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Why Christian? - Audio | Jesus says, “I came that they might have life and have it abundantly.” We examine why, in the plethora of religious and philosophical options available, do we decide that the Christian faith is right for us? | 5/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A New World with Old Needs - Audio | This Mother’s Day sermon both affirms and challenges mothers to hold up the highest values of the Christian faith for their children to emulate. Times have changed, but the needs of children have not. They still need to be able to trust those who ha... | 5/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fork in the Road - Audio | It's easy to walk the road of despair and hopelessness, but Christians have a choice — to dwell in our problems or to dwell in the Lord. The disciples, by stopping to commune with Jesus, discovered him all over again. In Christ, the road of despair ... | 5/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Can You Believe Again? - Audio | The story of "Doubting Thomas" captures our struggle to believe when the future is unclear. Thomas wasn’t the only “doubter;” the other disciples’ fear and uncertainty showed that they, too, struggled to accept and believe Mary Magda... | 4/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Saturday Living - Audio | On the eve before Easter morning, we experience the despair of the disciples, and reflect on those “Saturday” moments in our own lives, when we feel alone — as if all hope is lost. We endure these moments by remembering that Saturday’s tomb wa... | 4/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Living While You Wait - Audio | Palm Sunday message | 4/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Building on the Rock - Audio | This is the closing sermon in The Road Less Traveled series on statements from the Sermon on the Mount. The message addresses the image of building your life on sand and building your life on the solid rock of Christ. | 4/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Distance Training - Audio | Mary and Martha experienced the death of their brother Lazarus, while Jesus was away. We all have moments when we feel that Jesus is at a distance, but we must remember as Christians, that God (and his resurrecting power) is always with us, no matter ... | 4/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Behind Closed Doors - Audio | A communion meditation, Dr. Howell's message cuts quickly to the heart of the matter of anger and what Jesus has to say about this poison to the soul. | 4/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Love Who? - Audio | Maybe the most challenging teaching in all the scriptures is Jesus’ word on loving your enemy. This is examines the theological, psychological and practical reasons for such a demanding claim on the lives of disciples of Jesus. None the less, it is... | 3/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Higher Law - Audio | Jesus’ teaching on adultery is an example of how all of the teachings from the Sermon on the Mount reinterpret Jewish law, not by watering down, but by intensifying it. Jesus takes the commandment concerning adultery and moves it to a new level by c... | 3/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Getting Even - Audio | The Christian doctrine of forgiveness takes forgiveness to a place unparalleled in human moral thought. It is the highest form of ethical demand for forgiveness in the history of the world. And there are very sound reasons for this incredible demand f... | 3/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Road Less Traveled - Audio | Ash Wednesday; 1st in a Series: The Road Less Traveled. Matthew 7:13-14 presents us with an invitation to a Holy Lent. | 3/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Head in the Clouds - Audio | The Disciples witnessed the transfiguration of Jesus and heard the voice of God from a bright cloud. We, too, are called to listen to the voice of God -- to be transformed as Jesus was transformed. This means leaving the mountaintop to do work in the ... | 3/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mammon - Audio | Most of us want to live with one foot in the world and one in the Kingdom of God. But Jesus says, you can’t do it -- you will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. But most of us keep trying to prove Jesus wrong. ... | 2/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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iWorship - Audio | Worship is certainly more than singing hymns. Our entire lives can be a “song” to God, if only we allow the Holy Spirit to transform us. Our most meaningful worship to God is being conformed to God’s will and not to the world. | 2/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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God's Call - Audio | God is calling every one of us to become the servant people of God. The only right answer to God’s call is, "Here am I, send me." | 2/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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iWork - Audio | One of the challenges of being a Christian is resisting the notion that we have done “enough”, or that we are living “close enough.” We "should never grow wearing in doing what is right. | 2/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Getting Ready for Solid Food - Audio | Bethany United Methodist Church looks a lot like the Church at Corinth. We are still babes in Christ, but there is movement. God is at work in our congregation and we can see it. Still, so many are not ready for solid food. | 2/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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iLove - Audio | The Christian trademark is love. How we treat one another within and outside of the Church should reflect the unconditional, merciful love of God. “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." | 2/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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To Know God; To Love God - Audio | The goal of Christian life is sanctification: to love God completely and enjoy him forever (Augustine). But none of us begins our pilgrimage there. Rather, we begin as babes in the faith and, like real infants, are not ready for solid food. This is a... | 2/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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iPray - Audio | Looking at the Lord’s Prayer, we understand that prayer is an vital part of the Christian life and that we can use the Lord’s Prayer as a model for our own conversations with God. | 2/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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iLive - Audio | Jesus is the resurrection. Those who die will always live. Eternal life means that when we die, we are in the presence of God until Christ returns, overcomes Satan, sin and death, and establishes the New Heaven and New Earth. | 1/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Let There Be Harmony - Audio | Let There Be Harmony | 1/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jesus' Baptism and Ours - Audio | There are a number similarities and differences between the baptism of Jesus and our own baptism. Learn the meaning and purpose of baptism in the Christian faith. | 1/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What Time Is It? - Audio | What time is it? Don’t look at your watch, look to God. When making your goals for 2011 consider these: pray faithfully, make a decision for Jesus, answer the call to ministry, learn the discipline and joy of tithing. | 1/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The First Day of Christmas - Audio | The First Day of Christmas | 12/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Problems and Obedience - Audio | Following the example of Joseph, Christians ought to live in relationship to God, even in difficult circumstances. | 12/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Audacity of Hope! - Audio | Christians have hope in an eternal life, thanks to our savior Jesus. | 11/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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With a Grateful Heart - Audio | Celebrating thanksgiving is an essential centerpiece of the Christian life. Christians should focus on our gratitude for the gift if our Lord Christ. | 11/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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First Fruits - Audio | There is a time to give thanks for our harvest -- the blessings we have “reaped” -- and to present the first fruits of that harvest to God. | 11/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Hope to Which He has Called You - Audio | An All Saints’ Day observance. The sermon is based on Ephesians 1 and is focused on the hope that is ours for this life and the life to come. | 10/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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No Child Left Behind - Audio | Children's Sabbath message | 10/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Ride in a Big Fish - Audio | Just as God had a plan for Jonah in the belly of the whale, he has a plan for us. | 10/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Keep Knocking - Audio | Through the parable of the Widow and the Unjust Judge, Christians learn not to lose heart in persistent prayer and waiting on the Lord. | 10/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Caring Through Faith in Action - Audio | Caring through faith in action | 10/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Love One Another - Audio | Love one another | 10/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Guard the Good Treasure - Audio | Guard the Good Treasure | 10/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Called to Care - Audio | Examining our ministry to the poor in light of Jesus" parable of the rich man and Lazarus. We must open our eyes and see the need all around us. Some of that can and will be addressed by the church as a whole, but some of that need is right in fr... | 9/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Invitation: Courage, Living in Reverse - Audio | The Beatitudes teach us to go against the grain of society and culture and have the reverse expectations of society. (Third in a three-part sermon series) | 9/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Character - Audio | A stewardship sermon to address the character issue involved in faithful stewardship and its formative value in our spiritual development. | 9/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Invitation: Cost -- Take Up Your Cross - Audio | We can't get it together on our own, so pick up our burdens and move on -- turning those things over to Christ and trusting that we will be made whole on the journey. | 9/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Invitation: Love, the Greatest Commandment - Audio | Part 1 of 3: Discover the love, cost & courage of Discipleship. The first and greatest commandment is to love the Lord Your God. The second is like it: to love your neighbor. | 9/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Altar at Which We Bow - Audio | Exodus 32 challenges the “graven images” we worship and calls our people to worship the living God. He is the one who gives life. No one else can do that. | 9/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How to Throw a Party - Audio | There is a radical nature to the grace in the kingdom Christ came to establish, and we are called, as a matter of ethical living, to show that grace to the least, the lost and the left out. | 8/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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When the Rules Get in the Way - Audio | It's hard to do the right thing, even when it doesn"t fit with prevailing custom. Right is defined by the Kingdom that Jesus ushered in that is continuing to break in upon us. Doing the right thing, in Kingdom business always trumps keeping the l... | 8/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dressed for Action - Audio | Dressed for Action | 8/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Waiting on the Lord - Audio | The word “waiting” can mean actively serving or patiently waiting on the Lord to speak. “Waiting” on the Lord must always be the first step in “Waiting” on the Lord. We are called to do both. | 7/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Special Message from Ukraine - Audio | Message from Dai Wysong, a missionary in the Ukraine supported by Bethany UMC. Dai is headmaster of Kiev Christian Academy (KCA) and is on the board of Safe Haven Ministries, a mission for orphanage graduates. He helped start the Ukraianian Center fo... | 7/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Peril of Independence - Audio | Our independence as a nation is imperiled by our lack of total dependence on God. When we close our minds & hearts to the knowledge of God & desire independence in our daily living, we become a nation without a rudder to steer our course. | 7/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lydia - Audio | Mothers have a critical role in the life of the Church and the sharing of the gospel story generation to generation. The propagation of the gospel is heavily dependent on women: Eunice, mother of Timothy, Monica, mother of Augustine, Susannah Wesley, ... | 5/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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And You Shall Do Even Greater Things - Audio | There is great danger in the Church deciding who God includes and excludes in salvation. Our task is to faithfully proclaim the gospel for all who will hear and to live as the redeemed; then leave the eternal decisions up to God. | 4/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Easter in Damascus - Audio | First in a series establishing the season of Easter as a time of unique celebration in the Church and using the appearance of the resurrected Jesus to Paul in Damascus as a way of establishing that the resurrected Christ is still at work turning lives... | 4/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Faith in Uncertain Times - Audio | Faith in Uncertain Times | 4/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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I Have Seen the Lord - Audio | "I have seen the Lord," was Mary"s proclamation to the disciples. It is also the promise to the Church in every generation that He died and rose from the dead, he is alive forever more, he is accessible, by faith, to those who believe, ... | 4/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Upward Call - Audio | The Church struggles between Law & Grace, Rules & Relationships, Death & Life. Our faith holds these in dynamic tension but insists that, finally, all is of Grace. | 3/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Gospel for Everyone - Audio | The call of the gospel is not simply to come to ourselves and return home, but to never forget that the Gospel is for everyone. | 3/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Undeterred - Audio | We are people called to mission, but that our commitment is often deterred by following after the wrong role models. Choose carefully who you will imitate, for the fortunes of your life will be determined by the example you follow. | 2/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tempted to Tell the Truth - Audio | Tempted to Tell the Truth | 2/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Eyes to See - Audio | Jesus made himself known to Simon Peter through the thing that he knew best --fishing. What will it take for you to have eyes to see? To trust the One who calls you? | 2/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Have You Been Called? - Audio | Using the call of Jeremiah as a reference, Dr. Howell explains how all Christians are called to examine God"s calling for them. How you know what God is calling you to do? How do you heed God"s call? | 2/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Have You Been Called? - Audio | Using the call of Jeremiah as a reference, Dr. Howell explains how all Christians are called to examine God's calling for them. How you know what God is calling you to do? How do you heed God's call? | 1/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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I'd Rather Play Quarterback - Audio | We are each made uniquely by God and endowed with certain gifts, but they are not always the gifts we may have desired. Once we find our gifts and put them to use, we discover that God doesn��"t make mistakes. | 1/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 140 Episodes |
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