Pastor Jonathan Barbee takes a closer look at Philippians chapter 4 and the secret to contentment. We find the secret to contentment in God's Provision. We find the secret to Contentment in God and His strength. We find the secret to contentment in God's blessing to others. June 30, 2024By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

Pastor Jonathan Barbee shares the three steps to a secure mind. We secure our minds through faithful prayers. We secure our minds through faithful thoughts. We secure our minds through faithful lives. June 23, 2024By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

Pastor Jonathan Barbee addresses the current cultural norm of gambling. We are gambling with the gift of God's design, provision, and people.By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

Pastor Jonathan Barbee shares from Deuteronomy 8 as we celebrate God's blessing in allowing us to become debt-free. How do we remember the blessings of the Past? We remember God’s Blessing through Testing. How do we prepare for Future Blessings? We prepare for God’s blessing by resisting complacency and pride. June 9, 2024…

Associate Pastor Devin Warfield shares from Philippians 3 on characteristics of mature Christians. Mature Christians press on and they have confidence in Christ. June 2, 2024By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

Pastor Jonathan Barbee shares about 3 types of temptation: material, personal, and sensual. Temptation can come anytime - when we are successful, alone, and persistently. We resist temptation by discerning its damage - damage to our relationships with others and God. We resist by running from it. May 26, 2024…

Pastor Jonathan Barbee hosts a forum with local agencies supporting human life. Pregnancy Support Services as well as Christian Adoption Services share how we can each be involved in supporting life at conception, as well as, birth parents and adoption at all ages and stages. May 19, 2024By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

Pastor Jonathan Barbee continued the series through the book of Acts in chapter 13 looking at the reason why the mission is abandoned. The mission is abandoned due to it being a difficult path, or the disapproval of leadership, or loss of love for the unreached. May 12, 2024By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

Pastor Jonathan Barbee continues the series through the book of Acts. We resist satanic opposition by proclaiming the Gospel, by identifying the opposition, and by exposing Satan’s intentions. May 5, 2024By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

Pastor Jonathan Barbee continues our series through the book of Acts. How to become a church that surrenders to God’s mission? We must be a church that surrenders to the Holy Spirit, His call, and those whom He calls. April 28, 2024By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

Pastor Jonathan Barbee continues teaching through the book of Acts. We recognize God's sovereignty by seeing His sovereign plan, protection, and punishment. We submit ourselves to God's sovereignty through prayer, obedience, and faith. April 21, 2024By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

Pastor Jonathan Barbee continues the series through the book of Acts in chapter 11. How do we gain a Christian reputation? It is obtained by our faithful witness, devotion, teaching, and giving. April 14, 2024By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

As Pastor Jonathan Barbee continues the series through the book of Acts we look at how do we verify God's work. We must verify God's work by His Word. We must verify God's work by the Holy Spirit. April 7, 2024By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

Jesus is the Good Shepherd‌. The Good Shepherd is Sacrificial, not self-serving. The Good Shepherd is Relational, not careless. The Good Shepherd is Missional. The Good Shepherd is Obedient. March 31, 2024By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

Pastor Jonathan Barbee continues the series through the book of Acts. We look at chapter 10 and see that God has no favorites. God desires to reach all people and all nations. God seeks all that seek Him. Jesus saves all who believes in Him. The Holy Spirit fills all that receives salvation. March 24, 2024…

Pastor Jonathan Barbee continues the series through the book of Acts as we look at how to advance the Gospel. We can't make Gospel distinctions and can't tell God no. We must obey God's call. March 17, 2024By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

Pastor Jonathan Barbee continues the series through the book of Acts. We see the calls of God to the rejected, unreached, and unrighteous. How should we respond to God's call? By faith, repentance, and obedience. March 10, 2024By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

Pastor Jonathan Barbee continues our series through the book of Acts, finishing chapter 9. We examine how we live like Jesus. To reflect Christ, we must love, care, share, and give as Jesus did. March 3, 2024By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

Pastor Jonathan Barbee continues the series through the book of Acts. The church is called to care for the converted. February 25, 2024By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

Pastor Jonathan Barbee continues the series through the book of Acts by looking at what is conversion. When we follow Christ we are completely changed. We have a change in our beliefs, our lives, our growth, and our opposition. February 18, 2024By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

Pastor Jonathan Barbee continues the series through the book of Acts looking at how Jesus's work of salvation is offered to each of us. This happens as Jesus calls the sinner. He confronts the sinner. He converts and commissions the sinner. February 11, 2024By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

Pastor Jonathan Barbee continues our series through Acts. He reveals what comprises a Spirit-led mission. The person must be called and then guided to the mission by the Holy Spirit. Then the Holy Spirit will inspire the mission and provide results. Baptism is a Spirit-led mission and a step of obedience and outward expression. February 4, 2024…

Pastor Jonathan Barbee continues our series through the book of Acts. How do we spot fake power against the Holy Spirit's power? 1. Fake Power glorifies self; Holy Spirit glorifies Jesus.2. Fake Power is controlled; Holy Spirit cannot be Controlled.3. Fake Power is bought; Holy Spirit is a gift from God.How do we recognize fake conversions versus t…

Pastor Jonathan Barbee continues our series through the book of Acts. How do we correctly handle persecution? First, we must recognize the rise of persecution and the reason for it. Then we need to understand what our response to it should be and the results a correct response will bring. January 21, 2024…

Associate Pastor Devin Warfield encourages us to not approach Bible reading as another thing on our checklist. Instead, we need to focus on God’s Word. This will encourage our focus to be on our trust in God then outward to focus our witness in Christ. January 14, 2024By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

Elder Skip Marsh shares from 1 Corinthians 13 about a More Excellent Way. January 7, 2024By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

Pastor Jonathan Barbee challenges us from 1 Chronicles 22 with eh task God has given us to Arise and Work. December 31, 2023By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

Pastor Jonathan Barbee concludes our Christmas series with the Promised Savior. The Promised Savior is God's Son. He is the New Covenant and He is the despised servant. December 24, 2023By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

Pastor Jonathan Barbee continues our series The Promised Christmas by looking at the reaction of people to the Promised King. Some accepted Him and their response was worship. Some rejected Him altogether. December 17, 2023By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

Pastor Jonathan Barbee continues our Promised Christmas series through the book of Matthew. Why Jesus is the Messiah? He fulfilled many prophesies - He was Divinely conceived and a Divine child. December 10, 2023By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

"A Promised Christmas," where we will explore the promises fulfilled in Jesus from Matthew 1 and 2. This series will take us on a journey through the Scriptures to uncover how the birth of our Savior fulfilled the promises that were promised. God promised many things. He promised a coming Messiah and Jesus fulfilled all those promises coming as our…

Pastor Jonathan Barbee continues the series Journey Through The Psalms in chapter 73. November 26, 2023By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

Pastor Jonathan Barbee continues our journey through the Psalms in chapter 147 as a call to praise. Praise God for His redemptive power. Sing to God for His sustaining power and steadfast love. Glorify God for His work of revelation. November 19, 2023By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

Pastor Jonathan Barbee begins our Journey Through the Psalms walking through the various chapters to see the character of God shown through His provision, grace, mercy and unending love. November 12, 2023By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

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Jonathan Barbee continues through the book of Acts looking at characteristics of a committed Christian. Christian Commitments are to a witness, example, and love. Unbeliever Commitments are to rejection, unbelief, and hate. October 29, 2023By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

Pastor Jonathan Barbee continues through the book of Acts in the seventh chapter looking at the hardness of hearts. They exhibited their hearts were hard to the Gospel by rejecting it, by disobeying God, and by refusing worship. October 22, 2023By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

Pastor Jonathan Barbee continues the series through Acts. How do we have a life that impacts others? We must be Christians of character, courage, and God's countenance. October 15, 2023By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

Pastor Jonathan Barbee continues through the book of Acts as we review church neglect as there was the neglect of Church Members in the Early Church and a neglect of preaching and prayer. We also see Church Dissensions, among members and against leaders of the early church. October 8, 2023By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

Pastor Jonathan Barbee continues through the book of Acts as we look at how the early church found victory through suffering. They suffered in various ways due to jealousy. The early church believers were arrested, silenced, hated, and beaten. Yet, they persevered in obedience. Because of their obedience, God responded by giving them a supernatural…

Pastor Jonathan Barbee continues through the book of Acts. Luke gives us the third summary about the church in Acts. This view is from the perception of the "outsiders", unbelievers. September 24, 2023By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

Pastor Jonathan Barbee continues teaching through Acts as we look at what God's response to deception and disunity. God sees Satan as source for deception and disunity. God sees individuals as accountable for deception and disunity. God judges those that destroy unity through deception. September 17, 2023…

On BCA Sunday, Pastor Jonathan Barbee taught fro Deuteronomy 11 on God's instructions for His people. They are to love, obey and serve God for their past and to love, obey and serve God for their future. September 10, 2023By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

Pastor Jonathan Barbee continues our series through the book of Acts looking at the early church life. We see from the early church inspiration of unity, giving, and examples. September 3, 2023By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

As we continue through our study of the book of Acts, Pastor Jonathan Barbee reviews how the early church responded to suffering. In turn, how should we respond to suffering. They sought strength and boldness in corporate prayer and from God-centered prayer. August 27, 2023By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

Pastor Jonathan Barbee continues with our series through the book of Acts as Jewish leadership examines those who proclaimed the gospel in chapter 4. The leaders recognized that the Gospel proclaimers were bold, ordinary men who had been with Jesus. They also saw the power of the Gospel. Many of their responses was to stop the spread of the Gospel …

Associate Pastor, Devin Warfield, continues the series through Acts. We look at the early church and see its first experiences of conflict. Opposition comes against the church and the apostles must rust in Jesus and the power of the Gospel. August 13, 2023By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

Pastor Jonathan Barbee continues our series through the book of Acts. We look at chapter 3 and how we respond to Jesus. August 6, 2023By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

Pastor Jonathan Barbee continues our series through the book of Acts. We look at chapter three and the power of Jesus's name. July 30, 2023By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham

Pastor Jonathan Barbee continues our study through the book Acts as we look at the early church practice. They practiced compassion when they recognized the needs of the lame man. They also practiced sharing Jesus. July 23, 2023By Bethesda Baptist Church Durham