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 […]
I moved to Minneapolis in August of 2024 from a small rural town in Nevada. Admittedly, prior to moving here I was afraid of living in a city that appeared to be so dangerous from an outside perspective. It seemed to me that whenever I saw Minneapolis on the national news it was never portrayed […]
In Paul’s second letter to Timothy, he urged Timothy, “What you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also” (2 Timothy 2:2). Timothy’s job was to locate faithful men and entrust Christian doctrine to them such that those men would be […]
Abel is the first character in the Bible that we meet who worships God as he deserves. He brings the first fruits of his sheep as a sacrifice to God, but Cain did not, betraying his contempt for God. Rather than despising his brother, Cain should have humbled himself and followed his brother’s righteous example. […]
REPUBLISHED FROM BETHLEHEM BAPTIST CHURCH, MINNEAPOLIS, MN He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? —Micah 6:8 (ESV) My prayer for our church in this season is that, as we are […]