Bethel Presbyterian Church

West Columbia, Texas; Established 1840

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      • The Ten Commandments
    • On Being Presbyterian
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      • Past Pastors of Bethel
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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

  • May 2, 2022

    Series: Where's the Fire?

    Against and For

    Speaker: Paul Kucera

    Topic: acceptance, accommodation, change, evangelism, freedom, gift, inclusion, Iran, Last Temptation of Christ, opposition, PC(USA), purification, righteousness, rules, sexual immorality, sin, teaching, Thom Rainer

    Book: Acts

    Service Type: Communion Service

    Over these weeks taking us to Pentecost, as I’m reading… read more

  • April 25, 2022

    Series: Where's the Fire?

    System and Spirit

    Speaker: Paul Kucera

    Topic: evangelism, habit, PC(USA), Presbyterian, salvation, Spirit, Thom Rainer, worship

    Book: Acts

    Service Type: Sunday service

    Seven years ago, pastor and student of church effectiveness Thom… read more

  • April 18, 2022

    Surprised at the Tomb

    Speaker: Paul Kucera

    Topic: angels, belief, discovery, Easter, faith, help, hope, impossibility, meaning, need, remembering, sadness, strength, testimony, wonder

    Book: Luke

    Service Type: Resurrection of the Lord (Easter)

    Morning has broken, like the first morning.  Not one of… read more

  • April 11, 2022

    Who Is in a Position to Condemn?

    Speaker: Paul Kucera

    Topic: condemnation, difficulty, Palm Sunday, salvation, strength, suffering, testimony, victory

    Book: Isaiah

    Service Type: Palm Sunday

    There’s no question that God wants to be known, though… read more

  • April 4, 2022

    Where the Cost Is

    Speaker: Paul Kucera

    Topic: Anointed, anointing, Communion, cost, generosity, gift, greed, Judas, labor, Lord's Supper, love, Mary of Bethany, the poor

    Book: John, Mark

    Service Type: Communion Service

    Generosity and greed.  We see both, here.  We know which… read more

  • March 28, 2022

    He Can’t Forgive What We Won’t Confess

    Speaker: Paul Kucera

    Topic: choice, confession, forgiveness, Hosea, illness, instruction, judgment, Noah, offense, recognition, self-deception, sin, will

    Book: Hosea, Luke, Psalms

    Service Type: Sunday service

    Forgiveness.  Yes, please!  Forgiveness sought only after God forces my… read more

  • March 21, 2022

    What Faith Does

    Speaker: Paul Kucera

    Topic: David, disobedience, food, Holy Spirit, remembering, satisfaction, Saul, Survivor, thirst, trust, water, wilderness, Word of God

    Book: Psalms

    Service Type: Sunday service

    David in the desert of Judah: a dry, desolate place. … read more

  • March 14, 2022

    Confidence Is Living with Faith

    Speaker: Paul Kucera

    Topic: confidence, confusion, control, David, face, faith, fear, head, heart, Holy Spirit, light, rest, salvation, Temple, wisdom, worry

    Book: Luke, Psalms

    Service Type: Sunday service

    I shall not be moved.  This psalm doesn’t use those… read more

  • March 7, 2022

    Striving for Thriving

    Speaker: Paul Kucera

    Topic: Abraham Maslow, cross, disobedience, faith, faithfulness, garden, gift, Lent, promise, safety, salvation, striving, thriving, waywardness, wilderness

    Service Type: Communion Service

    This purple season of Lent began in the early centuries… read more

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