In this episode of "Scriptures for Life," Rev. Jeff Quinto talks about his love of nature and his love of family.
Soli Deo Gloria!
This episode of Jeff Quinto's "Scriptures for Life" talks about the exciting cooperation agreement between the Flagstone Foundation and the Bethel Bible Series that has the potential to change the world. We are, indeed, "Planting Trees Under Whose Shade We May Never Sit."
Soli Deo Gloria!
In honor of Father's Day, I reprise my devotion contrasting my earthly father and our father in heaven.
Watch this episode of Scriptures for Life, "Abba, Father" and see yourself, as I did, as both a child of an earthly father and a child of God.
At an ice cream store in Carmel, IN, my youngest son, Creighton, showed Christ's love in a bold, uninhibited and clear way. The audience of one, God above, must have been pleased with him. See what he did and how you and I should be doing the same thing.
Trinity Lutheran Church in Genoa City, WI, finds creative ways to study the Bible in its Bethel Bible Series classes -- and see what the Bible says about studying God’s Word.
Scripture tells us not to "repay evil with evil, insult with insult," but how does that work in the real world? Find out how Jeff reacted, albeit, imperfectly when confronted with anger in this episode of Scriptures for Life.
Soli Deo Gloria!
In this episode, we talk about the Virgin Mary's reaction to the news that she was to bear a son, the Lord Jesus. See the place that we venerate as the location where the Angel Gabriel announced the coming of the Lord Jesus. Please "like" this video and subscribe so more people will see these devotional videos. Merry Christmas!
Soli Deo Gloria!
Join Jeff in "Praying in the New Year" in 2023. Let's talk about praying without ceasing in 2023 in this episode of "Scriptures for Life."
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Happy New Year!
Soli Deo Gloria!
Habakkuk 1:1-5 gives us both Habakkuk's complaint and God's answer. We often complain to God and fail to notice God's work in our world. In this episode of Scriptures for Life, Jeff talks about the amazing things God is doing through the Bethel Bible Series around the world and here at home. Please "like", subscribe and share this video so more people will have access to it.
Soli Deo Gloria!
This devotion is a story about our late friend, Bridget Faltis, who approached the world with a smile. Every day, Bridget demonstrated Mother Teresa's point that "peace begins with a smile."
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Soli Deo Gloria!
Early Christians were called "People of the Way" because they followed the way of Jesus who said, "I am the way . . ." When two great plagues hit the Roman Empire in the 2nd and 3rd Centuries, what did these people of the way do? What can we learn from the example of these early Christians that we should use today?
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Soli Deo Gloria!
Jesus modeled a servant's heart when he said he "came not to be served, but to serve." Pilgrims on our recent Bethel Bible Series Holy Land Pilgrimage modeled this in an important way that helped define a wonderful trip.
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Soli Deo Goria!
In this episode of "Scriptures for Life", I talk about my experiences in the Holy Land.
In this episode of Scriptures for Life, we talk about how the original hearers of the story of Adam and Eve would have understood the story and how we, today, can learn from this ancient story that applies to us today just as it did to the first hearers.
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Soli Deo Gloria!
The empty tomb is foundational to the Christian faith. Yet . . .
"Pistis" is the Biblical Greek word translated in the New Testament as "faith." It is used almost 100 times, over half of which are in Paul's letters.
You and I are constantly confronted with the politics of the left and the right seeking our attention, looking to divide us, but what allegiance is most important for a Christian? Do we identify as people of the elephant, the donkey, or, better yet, the lamb? Let's talk about it in this episode of Scriptures for Life.
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Soli Deo Gloria!
This very special edition of Scriptures for Life talks about the recently completed Bethel Bible Series New Testament Mission to Kigoma, Tanzania.
In this special edition of Jeff Quinto's Scriptures for Life, Jeff talks about the profound effect Tim Keller had on his faith life and talks about Keller's last video in which he gives "Three Bits of Advice."
Jehovah-Jireh is how the King James version and others translate the name of the place where Abraham sacrificed a ram instead of his only son, Isaac.
Using the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats and the example of Pastor Norm Parsons as models, Jeff shares a powerful way to improve your mood and the world around you in this episode of "Scriptures for Life."
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Soli Deo Gloria!
My son, Creighton, encourages everyone who seeks his advice telling them that "everything will be perfect in the end." Is he right?
In this episode of Scriptures for Life, Jeff remembers a time in the early 2000s when things were not going well, and he asked God to find him as if God had lost track of him. Of course, it wasn't God who was lost, but Jeff. Find out what happened in this episode of Scriptures for Life.
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Soli Deo Gloria!
In this episode of Jeff Quinto's Scriptures for Life, Jeff talks about his summer vacation in Kenya. The first part is about the family's safari in the Masai Mara. The second part, the devotion, talks about hope in the least likely place, the Dandora Garbage Dump in Nairobi.
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Soli Deo Gloria!
In the final chapter of Romans, Paul greets Christians in Rome, naming 27 people and two families even though he has never been to Rome. Find out what this tells us about the diverse nature of the early Christian Church.
This devotion was originally given as part of a Bethel Bible Series Online class. If you would like to take the Bethel Bible Series online, our next class starts on Saturday, January 6, 2024. For more information, email blessed@bethelseries.org.
Soli Deo Gloria!
How many times are we told to forgive others - 7 times - no Jesus tells us 77 times! Who needs forgiveness? Find out in this sermon given at Bethel Lutheran Church in Madison, WI.
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A new Bethel Bible Series Online class begins January 6, 2024. For more information go to: https://www.bethelbibleseries.org/enroll-1
Soli Deo Gloria!
Pastor Jeff talks about a walk in the woods to see a beautiful waterfall in this devotion inspired by Psalm 96. This devotion was originally presented to the 2023 Bethel Bible Series Online class.
Next year's online class begins on Zoom on Saturday morning January 6, 2024, at 8:30AM CDT. Contact Blessed@Bethel Series.org for more information or see below.
Soli Deo Gloria!
Pastor Jeff talks about the Valley of the Shadow of Death as the original hearers of Psalm 23 would have heard it. This devotion was originally presented to the 2023 Bethel Bible Series Online class. Next year's online class begins on Zoom on Saturday morning January 6, 2024, at 8:30AM CDT. Contact Blessed@Bethel Series.org for more information.
Soli Deo Gloria!
What does it mean when we are told, "Blessed are the poor in spirit"?
Find out Jeff's story of how being "poor in spirit" led to a fundamental change in his life in this sermon, based on Matthew 5:1-10, The Beatitudes, given at Bethel Lutheran Church in Madison, WI.
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Soli Deo Gloria!
In this episode of "Scriptures for Life," Pastor Jeff talks about the Parable of the Talents from Matthew 25 and how this has become a Season of Opportunity at Bethel Lutheran Church in Madison, WI.
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Soli Deo Gloria!
The second of the Ten Commandments tells us not to use the Lord's name in vain and, if we use the Lord's name in vain, there will be no forgiveness. What is this about and why is there no mercy if we break this commandment? Find out in this episode of Scriptures for Life.
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Soli Deo Gloria!
astor Manoj Magar from Rays of Hope in Mumbai, India, tells his amazing story of "living by faith and not by sight" and creating a ministry that directly impacts "the least of these" in the slums of Mumbai, India. Manoj demonstrates, once again, that God "is doing a work in our time that you would not believe if told"!
In this video, Pastor Jeff answers the question of the "When, Where, and Why of Jesus Christ" as the sermon for the fourth week of Advent. This sermon was preached by Jeff at Bethel Lutheran Church in Madison, WI, on Christmas Eve, 2023.
