In days of old a sacred cow was the bronze serpent idolized by God’s people. Looking at your life today, what is yours? READ MORE
Judah
In the Midst of Darkness—Light!
Honesty recalls the shame that often defines our lives. Like dark clouds hovering above, shame lingers, squeezing out any real light, suffocating us with its heat, making us long for relief. I define shame as that intense feeling of despair brought on by either guilt or threat. Some of us are ashamed because we are READ MORE
Old Guys Rule: Caleb and the Life That Doesn’t Quit
One of the most unsung heroes of the Bible narrative is a man named Caleb. Fierce in his resolve, filled with passion for the things of God, Caleb was a man determined to live earnestly for the Master until his dying breath. Joshua 14:6 and following tells a large part of Caleb’s story. Eighty-five years READ MORE
One Man Making a Difference
“Write This Down…” provides a restatement of selected points or observations from various teaching venues at which Pastor Matthew speaks. The following material is from Pastor Matthew’s sermon entitled, “One Man Can Make a Difference”, part of the sermon series “Memoirs of an Ancient Prophet: A Study of the Book of Daniel,” presented the weekend READ MORE
Write This Down: Power Lunch Notes
“Write This Down…” provides a restatement of selected points or observations from various teaching venues at which Pastor Matthew speaks, and particularly from the weekend messages at Bethel Church. The following material is from Pastor Matthew’s presentation at the Fargo-Moorhead Power Lunch, September 9, 2010: For too many kings of Judah faithfulness is mere expedience on READ MORE
How the Mighty Fall
With apologies to Jim Collins, who I think is one of the world’s greatest leadership thinkers, and who has written a terrific book about the failures of great companies, entitled How the Mighty Fall, I cannot help but wonder why it is that the mightiest and greatest kings of Judah fell . . . and READ MORE