Back to Bethel

In "Back to Bethel," Pastor Jason Duff uses the moment God calls a broken, eight-years-off-course Jacob back to the very place they first met as a mirror for every believer who has drifted from the passion and devotion they had when they first encountered Jesus — reminding us that no matter how far we've wandered or how much damage our detours have caused, God's response is never condemnation but simply the same patient invitation: come back. Drawing from Jacob's return in Genesis 35, the message walks through three practical steps for finding your way back — putting away the idols that have replaced God as the object of our devotion, rebuilding the altar through a consistent daily life of Word, prayer, and worship, and staying there. At its heart this is a message about what you were actually created for, and a call to stop settling for things that make horrible gods when the God of Bethel is still waiting, unchanged, right where you left Him.