Bethel Baptist Church Galesburg

John 9:1-5Spiritual blindness keeps us from seeing our blindness, and only Jesus is the one who can grant us true Spiritual sight to see Him and so many other aspects of our lives.

Matthew 17: 1-8Jesus bring his disciples up a mountain where he unveils his glory before Peter James and John. Moses and Elijah appear as well, but Gods voice from heaven says listen to Jesus, not the labor the prophets.

Luke 9:12-17A deep dive into the miracle of the feeding of the 5000, answering the question as to why it's the only miracle outside of the resurrection that is repeated in all four gospels.

Luke 8:26-39Jesus casts out a legion of demons from a possessed man. The crowds cast him out after that because he disrupted their way of life.

Matthew 12:31-32While this passage is often misunderstood, proper interpretation helps us wrap our heads around God's plan for forgiveness and salvation, and gives us both a warning and hope in this life and the next.

Kevin Fogerty - preaching

Jesus uses a patch and wineskins to explain a key element of all of life, including following Him.

Guest Speaker - Jim Combs from The Timothy Initiative.

Luke 4:1-13Jesus faces three temptations from the devil, who tries to get him to question God's provision, plans, and protection. Jesus stands firm, quotes scripture, is filled with the Spirit and seeks the Father in prayer.

Mary and Joseph leaving 12-year-old Jesus behind in Jerusalem is an excellent example of how we too can easily be busy doing our religious duty and leave Jesus behind. He is not hard to find, but easy to miss.

Christmas Eve Service - 2025

Damon Reed bringing the next message in our Christmas series.

We talk all things Snowblast and cover a new segment called Mount Rushmore, picking 4 of the biggest verses that get taken out of context.

We discuss the benefits and downsides of AI, as well Best/Worst, and God moments.

Kiera Spilman joins us to talk about how children and families will be incorporated in the church's plan to go chronologically through the New Testament in a year.

Paul compares children of the promise (Sarah) and children of slavery (Hagar). One tried to help God. One was miraculously helped by God.

We chat with Rick Stufflebeem about various facility updates. Plus, Topical Top Off, and Cutting Room Floor segments.

Nicole Giza talks with Stephanie Fogerty and Amy Oxley about Mom2Mom, the upcoming Abide Women's Conference in the fall, the Pastor's wives' feelings about the co-Pastor situation, and how to encourage moms.

We chat with Charlie Bailey about the co-pastor proposal and respond to some common questions. We also recap some of the most recent meetings and offer new insights. Plus "Back in My Day" and "Cutting Room Floor" segments.

Jesus wraps up his response to the religious leader's question about His authority with this third parable that ties so much of the biblical narrative together. From freewill vs God's sovereignty, God's judgement, the gospel, our response to authority, end times, and more.

Rikki Reed joins us to round out the various approaches for education in Galesburg (public, private, and homeschooling), as well as dropping a bomb about the Reed's future plans!

Jesus has forgiven our insurmountable debt of sin; therefore, believers must offer unilateral, unqualified, unreserved, and unlimited forgiveness to everyone else. Those who know they are forgiven much will also forgive others much. Jesus said forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors.

While at first glance the parable seems to be about the importance of actions over words, a deeper dive shows that Jesus is addressing a larger context about how our response to earthly authority reveals our response to heavenly authority.