https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/bethelpetersburg/podcasts/117188/ The newest sermons from Bethel Church on SermonAudio. Religion & Spirituality Bethel Church http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification https://vps.sermonaudio.com/resize_image/sources/podcast/1440/1440/bethelpetersburg.1689437653.jpg https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/bethelpetersburg/podcasts/117188/ en Sun, 10 May 2026 10:30:55 +0000 30 Brian Henson no The newest sermons from Bethel Church on SermonAudio. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/bethelpetersburg/sermons/316261342206187 The sermon, drawn from 1 Corinthians 1:18–31, centers on the paradoxical power of the cross—foolish to the world yet the very wisdom and strength of God—challenging both the church's self-reliance and the world's pride in human wisdom and achievement. It unfolds through three key movements: first, affirming that the gospel appears weak and foolish to those outside faith, yet is the divine power of salvation; second, confronting the church with the reality that God intentionally chooses the weak, foolish, and lowly to shame the wise and strong, emphasizing that no human boasting is possible before God; and third, exalting the believer's union with Christ, in whom all true wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption are found, calling all to boast not in themselves but in the Lord alone. The tone is both convicting and comforting, urging believers to embrace their weakness as a vessel for God's glory, while calling the unconverted to repent and trust in Christ alone for salvation. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/bethelpetersburg/sermons/316261342206187 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 William Wolfe 0:46:49 no William Wolfe - Special Messages https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/bethelpetersburg/sermons/1242202214331 "How do we live through the unpredictability of life? When the world is falling apart around you, and the roller coaster of life is stuck, hanging you upside down, and nothing is turning out how you thought it would, just do the next right thing. Keeping reading your Bible. Keep praying, keep going to church. Keep going to work and school. Do your homework, clean your room. Do what you know to do, because if you don't, that is disobedience, and James says it is sin. Brothers and sisters are you at a place in life this morning where things aren't working out? Maybe you've been there for a while and have no clue what's next. Keep your eyes on Jesus and just keep moving forward. Trust in the faithfulness of God. Psalm 27:13 says, 'I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord.' Friends do not despair, you will see the goodness of God again." https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/bethelpetersburg/sermons/1242202214331 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 23 Jan 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Brian Henson 0:25:37 no Brian Henson - Special Messages https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/bethelpetersburg/sermons/427211334547452 God's plan has always been to dwell with his people. The garden of Eden, the tabernacle, the temple, the holy city of Jerusalem, and the New Covenant indwelling of the Holy Spirit of all believers all show God's desire and intent to be with his people, and they all point to this final and ultimate reality in which God will fully dwell with his people in the new Jerusalem, the crown jewel of new creation the OT prophets foretold. All of the covenant promises of God's eternal presence with his people are ultimately fulfilled in the new Jerusalem, which is not just merely a place in the new creation, the new Jerusalem *is* the new creation and the eternal home of God's people where he will dwell with them in everlasting fullness. It is the completion of what God began in Eden. God longs to be with his people, but the question is do we long to be with him? https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/bethelpetersburg/sermons/427211334547452 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 25 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Brian Henson 0:39:04 no Brian Henson - Special Messages https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/bethelpetersburg/sermons/420211424447868 Take care, brothers . . . that you do not fall away. He says, BEWARE – this is a flashing red-light warning us to be on guard against those things which creep into our hearts and lead us away from the living God because this verse is clear: the root of apostasy is an evil unbelieving heart. Consider some of the reasons former Christians give for their deconversion: They may say it was intellectual - that modern science disproves God, or that the Bible has been proven to contain error. Or they may say it was an experiential reason – something that led them to question the goodness of God – perhaps a personal loss or tragedy. Or they may say that all Christians are hypocrites or that Christianity just doesn't work. But ultimately, the root of every excuse we may give for turning away from Christ is unbelief in our hearts. What's in your heart this morning friends? Is there a seed of unbelief growing there that will lead you to fall away from the living God? https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/bethelpetersburg/sermons/420211424447868 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 18 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Brian Henson 0:41:10 no Brian Henson - Special Messages https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/bethelpetersburg/sermons/1321231406121 The church is caving in at every cultural challenge because we have lost our confidence in the word of God. It is no longer authoritative and sufficient to address the social problems and moral evils of culture. We must now look to scientism, psychology, education, and government for the answers to the problem of the human beast. But friends, if the church is going to remain the church in this age of bold hostility toward Christian truth, then we are going to have to regain our confidence in the word of God. It is divinely inspired, wholly without error, absolutely authoritative, and fully sufficient. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/bethelpetersburg/sermons/1321231406121 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 03 Jan 2021 12:00:00 +0000 Brian Henson 0:44:05 no Brian Henson - Special Messages https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/bethelpetersburg/sermons/11320139293285 The gospel principles of the Protestant Reformation didn't just rescue us from the errors of Catholicism--they continue to be just as relevant for us today in an age of compromise and confusion in the church. You see of all the uncertainty that 2020 has brought us, one certainty is that the church in America is once again at risk of losing the gospel, not to the corrupt indulgences of the Roman Catholic Church, but to the idea of salvation through social justice through a very dangerous movement making waves within conservative Christianity called "wokeism," and friends it the enemy of the gospel of Jesus Christ. In fact, it is the anti-gospel, so the gospel principles of the Reformation that rescued the church from the Roman Catholic errors of the 16th century must once again rescue the 21st century church from the false gospels of our time, and nowhere in Scripture do we see the power of the gospel more clearly explained than in Romans 1:16-17. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/bethelpetersburg/sermons/11320139293285 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 01 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Brian Henson 0:34:36 no Brian Henson - Special Messages https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/bethelpetersburg/sermons/1027201238466358 Brothers and sisters, make no mistake: if the progressive left ideology of the modern Democrat party comes to power, especially in all three branches of government, Bible-believing Christians in this nation will be singled out, censored, and persecuted in ways we never thought possible in a nation established on principles of Christian morality and religious freedom. So then, our vote in this election should be determined by which ideological platform or political administration is most likely to foster a society in which righteousness can flourish. When the righteous increase, the people rejoice. When the wicked rule, the people groan. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/bethelpetersburg/sermons/1027201238466358 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 25 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Brian Henson 0:35:45 no Brian Henson - Special Messages https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/bethelpetersburg/sermons/72120132046323 Caleb said "we are well able" – and friends that's my message to you this morning. We are well able, not because of anything in us, but because of our faith in God's power and firm conviction that he has a future for this church. God always preserves a remnant from which to rebuild. Of the 1st generation of the Israelites out of Egypt, that remnant was Caleb and Joshua – the only 2 of the original wilderness generation who believed God and finally made it to the promised land, and this text is about to get sweet because here is where we see the scarlet thread weave into this episode: Caleb was from the tribe of Judah – the same tribe that Jesus was from. The Hebrew name Joshua is where we get the name Jesus, and it means "the Lord saves." Friends Caleb and Joshua are in this text to point us to Christ and he is the only hope for not only our church, but he's the only hope for any of us. https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/bethelpetersburg/sermons/72120132046323 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 19 Jul 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Brian Henson 0:32:10 no Brian Henson - Special Messages https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/bethelpetersburg/sermons/77201426556766 "In his poem, 'Calmly We Walk Through This April's Day,' American poet Delmore Schwartz writes, 'Time is the school in which we learn, Time is the fire in which we burn.' Do you feel the fire of time burning away at your life this morning? I do. Every second we live we will never get back, and like the constant hold of gravity, time is pulling us toward that one last breath when our time is up. What we need is the one who is sovereign over time. We need the Alpha and the Omega; the beginning and the end. The one who was, and is, and who is to come. We need the eternal one who stepped into time and split it in half. We need a Savior. We need the Lord Jesus Christ." https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/bethelpetersburg/sermons/77201426556766 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 05 Jul 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Brian Henson 0:35:42 no Brian Henson - Special Messages https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/bethelpetersburg/sermons/315201935152159 "Here is the point: we abandon ourselves to God and if he is pleased to vanquish our enemies, all glory to him. But if he is also pleased to use our suffering for a greater purpose and glory, or if he is pleased to let whatever circumstance we're in lead to our death, if this is how he takes us home, so be it. To live is Christ, to die is gain. It always ends well for those who put their trust in the Lord -- no matter the temporal outcome of our circumstance. God is on his throne, the Lamb who was slain from the foundation of the world has been raised, and ultimate and final victory is the destiny of all who trust in him, because that's really what Psalm 3 is all about -- trust." https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/bethelpetersburg/sermons/315201935152159 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 15 Mar 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Brian Henson 0:28:27 no Brian Henson - Special Messages https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/bethelpetersburg/sermons/31020132819161 "What goes on in the world around us can have an immense spiritual influence on us. In our own culture over the past few decades we have seen such a shift in morality that what once was accepted as wrong by even those who don't profess to follow Christ, is now affirmed as right by many who do profess to follow Christ. The influence of our surrounding culture often inspires compromise and even apostasy within the church. This is the threat that the Apostle Paul wrote to warn Timothy about in the 1st century and this is the threat that faces us today. You see we have this fallen tendency to drift with the shifting sands of culture, but those who have been redeemed by grace are called to stand firm for Christ, to remain faithful to the truth amidst a world that denies truth." https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/bethelpetersburg/sermons/31020132819161 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 08 Mar 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Brian Henson 0:34:11 no Brian Henson - Special Messages