Hear Pastor Matthew’s Radio Interview

Check out this podcast of Pastor Matthew’s interview with the esteemed Kerby Anderson and the Point of View national radio audience, as Kerby and Matthew talk about Matthew’s book Crazy Sex: Embracing God’s Best in a World Gone Crazy. Order your copy today! READ MORE

Where We’re Going

Occasionally I’ll post an update on where we’re going at Bethel Church with our weekend messages. We’ve just finished a flurry of series, including this past spring’s Crazy Sex: Embracing God’s Best in a World Gone Crazy; this summer’s Old Guys Rule and Live, Love & Lead Like Christ; and our most recent series through the Book READ MORE

Redemption and Restoration: Sexual Healing

In attempting to find freedom from any sin and shame cycle, and particularly from sexual sin and shame, some strategic steps must be formulated and pursued, and a beginning point is this very critical truism: A Man or Woman Becomes What He or She Thinks About All Day Long. With this truism locked in our READ MORE

Judgmentalism, Sexuality and Sin

It is utterly fascinating to me that when sin is identified as the reality of someone’s life those who identify such are immediately castigated as judgmental, as if the very word “judgmental” should mitigate any conviction and invalidate the reasoning of whomever is doing the supposed judging. Of course, for the preacher concerned to communicate READ MORE