Bethel Connect: Recent Episodes
Bethel in Llantwit
Bethel Connect is the podcast of Bethel Baptist Church in Llantwit Major, South Wales, UK. We see this podcast as an extension of church. Place to revisit past sermons, discuss scripture and common themes impacting our life in our community. You can expect to hear sermons, stories, discussions and more.
The Message shared at Bethel on 1 Sept 2024, about baptism by Phil Hibbert. The Scripture references are Matt 28:16-19 and Act 8.
Dave Stewart takes us through Scripture to show us how God's presence with people is a major theme in Scripture
We are looking at 2 King 13 this week as part of the Stories of Resurrection Series. This podcast is intended as an addition to that. A good place to start would be to listen to it before you listen to the sermon on Sunday, or to simply read 2 Kings 13 in the Old Testament for yourself.
In this part of our series we look at how doubt can play an important part in strengthening our faith.
As it is Eastertide, we are spending some time at Sunday morning services in Stories of Resurrection. This week, Phil takes us through a summery of the events surrounding Jesus' resurrection and why that should be important to us.
Sermon on 2 April 2023 by Phil Hibbert. In this message at the beginning of Holy Week, we explore the connection between 1 King 1, Sec 9:9 -10 and Matt 21:1 - 11; and its relevance to us today.
We missed the second week in the Lent course due to technical issues. Apologies.
This week we explore "Living with the unexplained," or the idea of suffering. You can watch the video clips referred to from the links below:
Shadowlands
Chronicles of Narnia
We are in the season of Lent. Through this time, we will be running a Lent course entitled, "Not a Tame Lion." at Bethe on Sunday afternoons. This is a recording of the main talk.
The course is based on the writings of CS Lewis, with special reference to The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and the biographical film of Lewis' life, Shadowlands. These are both available to watch on various streaming services but links for the clips we will use can be fold below. There is also a pdf of reflection questions.
Reflection questions
Lucy meets Mr Tumnus
The message given at our service on 22 January 2023 by Phil Hibbert. We are in a series on the letter to the Colossians and we looked at the first part of a prayer that Paul prayed for the church. God's will is a big topic. If you have any thoughts or questions, please send us an email.
This episode is a bit of an experiment. We're starting a series on the letter to the Colossians in the New Testament on Sundays. I'd like to bring you along on the journey of discovering what the passage is about by simply talking through the questions I have, things I've learned and the connections that I have made; as I look the the text. This is largely unedited and because I'm thinking, there might be "ums and aaahs." The idea is that you get to join me as I journey towards what I believe God is saying to me and what I will share on Sunday morning.
You can also help shape the discussion in the future by submitting any thoughts or questions that you have. Just read Colossians and email me your thoughts or questions. You can email me here.
Here are some of the resources mentioned in the podcast.
Bible Translations - Bible.com
Overviews of Colossians:
The Bible Project
Spoken Gospel
Commentaries:
The Bible Speaks Today - The Message of Colossians & Philemon
Tyndale - Colossians & Philemon
When you think about the people involved in the Gospel stories, there are many "what if's?" When things are hard and it's even harder to understand what God is doing, sometimes it helps to ask "what if?" of some of the people in the stories of Jesus. Bringing their stories to life can sometimes help us see the bigger picture of how what God is doing. This What if story is inspired by and comes from the wonderful storyteller Bob Hartman who wrote it in his book, Telling Bible Stories.
Phil tells the story of Peter walking on water from Peter's perspective. Its all about who you have confidence in.