I grew up with a view of Mt. Pilchuck. For years I gazed at it from my back porch. It became familiar. In my mind, Mt. Pilchuck was the 2D blue triangle frosted with snow that lived miles behind my house. But everything changed when I hiked it. Similarly, our view of God can become […]
My father’s job was so hard to pronounce as a grade schooler that I usually told my friends he was a “scientist who worked on drugs—the good kind you take as medicine.” In actuality, he was a toxicologist at Abbott Laboratories, testing and approving pharmaceuticals. With a lab full of technicians, my dad carefully examined […]
The Feeding of the Five Thousand, depicted in Matthew 14:13-21, is one of the most astonishing of Jesus’s earthly miracles. He and his disciples went ashore where a great crowd had assembled. We’re told it was a desolate place, far from markets and fields. After a day of teaching and healing, it grows late in […]
When people think of Bethlehem College and Seminary, they usually picture our full-time daytime students. But many mature Christians in the Twin Cities can’t pause their jobs, families, or ministries to become full-time students. That’s why we offer the Evening Program (BA in Theological Studies, MA in Exegesis and Theology, and certificate options). I get […]
Every Bethlehem student learns to read the New Testament in Greek. Furthermore, seminary students and some college students also learn to read the Old Testament in Hebrew. This requires an enormous investment of time; my Hebrew students are expected to spend 12 hours a week, 30 weeks a year, for two years to learn to […]
We all long to have the power to control our lives so that we may be free from physical and financial distress, from inconveniences to hurtful experiences. We long to control our bodies from sickness, our children from spiritual drift, and to safeguard ourselves from any possible danger. We may not long for the power […]
In Shakespeare’s tragic tale, Hamlet seeks revenge against his conniving uncle, who has murdered Hamlet’s father (the king) to marry his mother and seize the crown. Hamlet declares, “The play’s the thing / Wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the King.” So he enlists a company of actors to perform a play about a murdered […]
I was introduced to the life of a faithful runner soon after I was married. My father-in-law, John, already had several marathons under his belt, and I was soon to witness the trials, triumphs, and tribulations he endured through many more races over the next several years. Week after week of endless training, soles of […]
A Praying and Prayed for School They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. –Acts 2:42 The Bethlehem College and Seminary Board of Trustees recently gathered for our winter meeting during which we reviewed the school’s mid-year financial position, established tuition rates for 2026–2027, interviewed […]
I invite you to take advantage of a double-your-money, dollar-for-dollar match of your gifts in support of The Serious Joy Scholarship until May 31, 2026. A group of faithful friends has pledged to match all contributions up to $500,000. To God be the glory! The Serious Joy Scholarship enables the students of Bethlehem College and […]