Bethel Presbyterian Church

West Columbia, Texas; Established 1840

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    • Our Beliefs
      • The Ten Commandments
    • On Being Presbyterian
    • Our History
      • Past Pastors of Bethel
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  • Worship
    • What is Prayer?
  • Sermons
  • Share, Serve, Grow
    • For Children
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  • Belong, Here
    • Our Beliefs
      • The Ten Commandments
    • On Being Presbyterian
    • Our History
      • Past Pastors of Bethel
    • Our Pastor
  • Worship
    • What is Prayer?
  • Sermons
  • Share, Serve, Grow
    • For Children
  • Contact Us

Sermons

  • October 7, 2024

    Of Blood and Obedience

    Speaker: Paul Kucera

    Topic: authority, blood, change, conflict, eucharist, failure, integrity, law, listening, Lord's Supper, obedience, power, principle, sacrifice, Shema, straying, struggle, truth

    Book: 1 Samuel, Deuteronomy, Hosea, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Mark, Proverbs, Psalms

    Service Type: Communion Service

    Mark presents what’s happening over these Sundays as a consecutive… read more

  • September 30, 2024

    God of the Living

    Speaker: Paul Kucera

    Topic: assumption, belief, genealogy, humility, imagination, Judah, law, marriage, metaphor, possibility, power, prestige, priesthood, resurrection, Ruth, Sadducees, Scripture, service, Sheol, Tamar, Thomas Jefferson, trust, wealth

    Book: 1 Corinthians, 1 John, Genesis, Mark

    Service Type: Sunday service

    The resurrection—one of the essentials of the Christian faith.  I’m… read more

  • September 23, 2024

    The Hand That Feeds You

    Speaker: Paul Kucera

    Topic: covenant, freedom, gratitude, listening, obedience, parable, preference, prophets, rejection, Scripture, vineyard

    Book: Jeremiah, Mark

    Service Type: Sunday service

    Talk about biting the hand that feeds you!  Rank ingratitude. … read more

  • September 16, 2024

    Invested Life

    Speaker: Paul Kucera

    Topic: authority, belief, competition, conflict, confrontation, favor, institution, knowledge, office, position, power, prestige, self, service

    Book: Mark

    Service Type: Sunday service

    You’d think, after what had happened there just the day… read more

  • September 9, 2024

    Temple Business

    Speaker: Paul Kucera

    Topic: access, business, convenience, custom, disappointment, exclusion, Gentiles, presence, Temple, worship

    Book: Habakkuk, Mark

    Service Type: Sunday service

    Jerusalem, Jerusalem—people from all over were eager to come to… read more

  • September 3, 2024

    The Fruit of the Tree

    Speaker: Paul Kucera

    Topic: Communion, disappointment, figs, fruit, fruitfulness, hope, Lord's Supper, tree, two natures of Christ

    Book: John, Mark

    Service Type: Communion Service

    Bethany is even closer to Jerusalem than Jericho, about two… read more

  • August 26, 2024

    Seeing Blindness

    Speaker: Paul Kucera

    Topic: blindness, call, change, devotion, faith, healing, hopeless, knowledge, mercy, remember, sight, trust

    Book: Mark

    Service Type: Sunday service

    Wasn’t it Kenny Rogers, bless his heart, who sang about… read more

  • August 19, 2024

    Power or Jesus?

    Speaker: Paul Kucera

    Topic: access, authority, call, humility, name, power, prayer, purpose, sacrifice, service, thinking

    Book: Mark

    Service Type: Sunday service

    The Sons of Thunder had it coming, not that Jesus… read more

  • August 12, 2024

    Do Not Hinder Them

    Speaker: Paul Kucera

    Topic: abuse, access, accommodation, availability, blessing, brutality, children, convenience, divorce, example, family, foundation, grace, health, idols, sacrifice, self-focus, Spirit, teaching, value

    Book: Mark

    Service Type: Sunday service

    My phone buzzes at odd, unpredictable hours, especially around the… read more

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