Category Identity

Why It’s Your Job to Make Sure You Grow Spiritually

“The church I go to just isn’t feeding me!” I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard that statement. People go to church, but they aren’t growing. They stay in the same place every week, never developing the thing…

Am I the Only One? Health Talk for Ladies

Medical Mysteries: For Girls Only Think you’re the only one? The Doctor addresses some common questions women have about their bodies. 1. Sometimes there is pressure in my crotch and it makes it uncomfortable to sit. It usually occurs the…

Wanted ≠ Worthy

Girl, being wanted does not equal being worthy. Freshman year of high school, my friends and I had this silver spiral notebook. As you turned the pages, you’d see our names at the top. We each had our own page.…

How to Not Be Ruled By Your Feelings

Are you the emotional type? Or are you more of a thinker? Whether you process life through your emotions or your thoughts, it’s important that you not only understand, but also learn how to manage the way you feel. We…

Are You Aware of Your Soul Needs?

WHAT IS BEAUTY? How long does it take you to get ready in the morning? For both women and men, we shower, fix our hair, brush our teeth, and do the best we can to look beautiful on the outside,…

Is Love Really All You Need?

When I first came to Bethel Church, one of my primary roles was counseling. I counseled about six people a day, four days a week, for about three years. Most of the people I worked with would identify themselves as…

Human Beings or Human Doings

Have you ever felt like no matter how hard you try to find purpose in your career or work, that you’re still left feeling empty? I’ve noticed that our whole society is struggling with a major identity crisis. Most people…

Courageous Morality

Morality has become relative in our time. It’s not that people were inherently more righteous a century ago, it’s just that people acted immorally against society’s social standards. I mean, if you were having sex with your girlfriend you knew…

The Redemption of Men

I remember when a man pummelled a woman’s head with the heaviest part of a telephone receiver in a phone box outside of Liverpool station. I remember getting out of my car down the street, screaming from a distance to…

Looking For Love FAQ

Question How do I start to value myself and stop having sex with people to feel loved?   The Team’s Answer   This is a very real, valuable question. We’re going to cover a couple different things to answer it.…

Do You Deserve to Be Forgiven?

  FORGIVENESS RESTORES THE STANDARD I learned this lesson years ago when my kids were teen­agers. I became angry with Kathy in front of them and treated her disrespectfully. An hour later, I apologized, and she forgave me. But when I…

Steps to overcoming powerlessness part 2

In our previous blog, we looked at Steps 1 and 2 to overcoming powerlessness: Do the Work of Repentance and Start the Messy Cleanup.  In case you missed it, read it here. Today we’ll take a look at Steps 3 and 4.