Author Archives: Leah Bruneau

News Release

DR. DAVID HOWARD JOINS BETHLEHEM COLLEGE & SEMINARY FACULTY Old Testament Scholar, Evangelical Leader, and Missionary to Teach This Fall (MINNEAPOLIS, MN) – – – May 31, 2019 – – – Bethlehem College & Seminary announced today that Dr. David Howard has been named Visiting Professor of Old Testament. He will assume his faculty position […]


While They Were Worshipping

Two weeks ago, we held our ninth annual Bethlehem College & Seminary commencement ceremony. It was a glorious, worshipful celebration of the goodness and mercy of God and of the perseverance of the students who were graduating. We had 55 students graduate that evening. Each year, the commencement ceremony is a deeply satisfying moment in […]


The Weightiness of God

God is a perfect judge, a flawless and omniscient inspector. And, in Christ his Beloved Son, he mercifully loves us. Because God judges every word, thought, and deed, everything counts. Meanwhile, not everything counts the same. Something matters more than whether we pile up academic credits, letters after our names, or journal articles we have […]


The Mission of God and Bethlehem College & Seminary

The mission of God is to unite all things in Jesus Christ. Through Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection, he has redeemed a new humanity rescued from every tribe and tongue and people and nation, so that we might enjoy and praise the glory of God’s grace. This worship begins at our conversion, increases through the […]


Peacemaking Among Generations

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. – Matthew 5:9 According to the schema conceived by William Strauss and Neil Howe in their 1991 book, Generations, there are now seven generations of living Americans: the “Greatest Generation” that survived the Depression, won the Second World War, and bested the Soviet […]


Great is Thy Faithfulness

One of the many graces that come from believing whole-heartedly in the sovereignty of God, is that when change comes, we need not be daunted by it.  We can rest securely in the knowledge that the Lord is in control of all things and, therefore, we can know without a doubt that whatever change we […]


For the Sake of Christ’s Name

Dear Bethlehem College & Seminary Friends, As you have now heard, I have accepted a call to a new ministry post. We are so thankful for what God has done in us and through us at Bethlehem College & Seminary, and we both celebrate the strong leadership God has put in place and have high […]


Hope in God

“Hope in God.”  Three small words. What they express, though, is huge.  They form a command, an exhortation, and a profound truth that is the key to a happy and fulfilled life. This is what every person in the universe wants—to be happy and fulfilled.  The problem for all of us is that we are […]


In Him All Things Hold Together

A few years ago, when my husband Rick and I came to help Bethlehem College & Seminary raise scholarship money, I was most familiar with the seminary.  One of our sons had graduated from it, and we had fallen in love with one of his roommates from Cameroon and “adopted” him into our family. In […]


Redeeming Capitalism

Earlier this semester, I entered an undergraduate classroom to teach a lesson on the origins of Capitalism, mindful that public opinion research suggests that a majority of young Americans now regard Socialism as a preferable form of economic organization. As I lingered in the writings of Adam Smith during my preparation for this lecture, it […]