Bible Text: Philippians 2:1-16 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | Series: For Progress and Joy in the Faith | Bethel knows the blessing of unity, and Bethel has known the ache…
Bible Text: Philippians 1:21-30 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | Series: For Progress and Joy in the Faith | “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain”…
Bible Text: Matthew 18:21-35 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | “For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also…
Bible Text: Matthew 16:21-28 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | When Jesus takes time to explain things, it’s time to listen and reflect, not listen and reject. Jesus begins to explain…
Bible Text: Matthew 16:13-20 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | Jesus gives Simon a new name: Peter. In Revelation, Jesus tells us all the victorious will receive a new name (Rev.…
Bible Text: Genesis 45:3-8 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | Thirteen years is a long time. Two or more of those years in prison: that’s a long time, too. A…
Bible Text: Matthew 14:22-33 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | At a point of special relief and joy, Blanche DuBois, a character in Tennessee Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire, exclaims,…
Bible Text: Romans 8:28-39 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | A little while back, LaFonda Chenault shared a Facebook post about piñatas; the humor in it was that, yeah, just about…
Bible Text: Matthew 13:24-30, Matthew 36-43 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | This life is a mess! It’s a messy, messed-up mixture. The news is always mixed, and our joys seem…
Bible Text: Mathew 13:1-23 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | I. Joshua’s parents took him to church when he was a boy—well, his mom did, every…