Pastor Paul Bartelme, 6626 W Beloit Road, West Allis, WI (2026)

05/09/2025

When we read the Bible, it’s not just for ancient history, beautiful poetry, or life advice—it’s ultimately all about... Jesus.

Every book of the Bible contributes to God's unfolding plan to redeem humanity through His Son.

This is why it’s a supernaturally powerful experience to read each book through a christocentric lens, asking:

• How does this book point to Jesus?

• How does this reveal God’s heart to rescue and restore?

Reading the Bible this way strengthens our faith, opens our eyes to God's wisdom, and fills our hearts with worship.

As I read the book of Ruth this morning, I thought, wow. This book provides such a colorful example of what I'm talking about.

This short, four-chapter story is more than a tale of loyalty and love.

It’s about redemption, grace for outsiders, and God’s sovereign ways.

Check out my quick summary, and then I'll bless you with a commentary that will show you how the book points to Jesus.

Ready? Let's goooooo.

Ruth, a Moabite widow, chooses to follow her Israelite mother-in-law from Moab back to Bethlehem. Though a foreigner and former enemy of Israel, Ruth is welcomed into God’s covenant people—and becomes the great-grandmother of King David, placing her directly in the genealogy of Jesus Christ! (Matt 1:5)

This reminds us:

• The Gospel is for all peoples and nations.

• No one is too far from grace. 🌍

This leads me to the question...

WHAT IS A KINSMAN REDEEMER?

Because this is 🔑 to the story.

In Israelite culture, a kinsman redeemer was a male relative who:

• Married a widow to preserve the family line

• Restored inheritance and protected the family legacy

Boaz does this for Ruth. He doesn’t just rescue her from her ircumstances—he redeems her future.

JESUSIS OUR GREATER BOAZ!

Boaz is a picture—a foreshadowing—of Jesus.

Jesus:

• Took on flesh to become our kinsman (Heb 2:14–15)

• Had the right and power to redeem us

• Paid our debt with His own blood (1 Pet 1:18–19)

• Brought us into the family of God (like Boaz did for Ruth) and gave us an eternal inheritance (Eph 1:5–7)

We were spiritually bankrupt and without hope. But Jesus stepped in and said: “I will redeem.”

BOTTOM LINE:

The Book of Ruth isn’t just a love story. It’s a Gospel story. It points to the One who redeems not just our past—but our eternity.

His name is Jesus and His name is the ONLY name that redeems and rescues humanity, you and me, from sin.

"Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.” - Ac 4:12

Have you trusted in Jesus alone to save you from your sins?

Praise God! 🙌

04/26/2025

𝐈 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐕𝐂!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞? (Thank you, Robin Krawczyk!)

"After several years of searching for a church that was...

* "God-centered, not afraid to preach the full Gospel of Christ,

* "founded on His Word alone, welcoming of all people;

* "discipling all who desire to Grow in the Grace & knowledge of Christ,

* "sincere worship exalting our God, & with a Pastor who is truly Spirit led, with a Shepherd’s heart…

"well, we had given up hope & had settled into following a wonderful Pastor online.

" Yet, something is missing when you are not in fellowship with brothers & sisters in the Lord in a local body. Being on your own leaves you vulnerable like a stray from the heard when being pursued by a predator…

"God in His grace brought us to New Vintage Church, & on day one,

* "the welcoming love, acceptance,

* "beautiful sincere worship,

* "solid message, &

* "caring Shepherd,

"we knew we had found a home.

"It is a small intimate church, with many ministries to meet the needs & serve God’s people.

"Women’s & Men’s Ministry & prayer breakfasts, weekly Growth Groups to dig deeper into the scriptures, youth group, all church prayer, community outreach, monthly “sandwich Sundays” to gather & fellowship together.

"Seriously, there is a place for everyone, & everyone can take their part as the living, functioning, interdependent BODY of CHRIST!

"Come see for yourself, & as the scripture tells us “O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.”

"Psalm 34:8"

04/24/2025

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This Mother’s Day, give the gift of a memory. 📸

Bring your family, your best friend, your sweetheart—or even your pet! 🐾

✅ Free professional portraits
✅ Free refreshments in our cozy café
✅ No need to attend the service—just come, smile, and enjoy!

📍 New Vintage Church - 6626 W Beloit Rd (near Lincoln Ave), West Allis

🗓 Sunday, May 11th, 2025

🕘 Service Times: 9:00 AM & 10:45 AM

🕘 Photo Times: 10:15 AM & 12:00 PM

🎉 Walk-ins welcome!

For details: 📱 Call/Text 414-400-8320 or visit 🌐
www.NVChurch.biz

04/20/2025

Four hour countdown to the most wonderful celebration!

Can't wait for tomorrow morning!

Our Easter service is going to be so awesome. You should come!

6626 W Beloit Rd, West Allis

9:00 am and 10:45 am

For more info, visit www.NVChurch.biz

12/27/2024

"Now, I want y'all to imagine something. Imagine putting on the perfect Christmas. Incredible! Everyone got the presents they wanted. The tree was decorated so picture perfect. The relatives all got together and the Christmas dinner was prepared perfectly. For the first time, the Christmas cookies weren't burnt! Nobody got coal in their stockings. . . a miracle! And, uh, you know that relative who's on the other side of the political aisle than you, she actually honored your request not to talk about politics! It made for the perfect Christmas for you. A Christmas you are never going to forget.

"And yet, imagine after putting on the perfect Christmas, you still find yourself, deep down inside, if you're self-aware enough. . . dissatisfied."

11/28/2024

𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰? 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐚𝐲.

That said, below is a prayer you can recite.

🍂 Just pull out your phone and bring up this post. Read it out loud to God and in the presence of your loved ones.

🍂 If it comes from a sincere heart, then it will contribute towards a really special time for you and your family.

I hope you're blessed by it... and I hope you have a wonderfully blessed Thanksgiving.

Love you all!
- Pastor Paul

𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝐹𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟,

𝑊𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑔𝑖𝑓𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑔𝑖𝑓𝑡—𝑠𝑎𝑙𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝐽𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑠 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐻𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝐻𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.

𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑌𝑜𝑢’𝑣𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡: 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦, 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠, 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ. 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑠, 𝑤𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑. 𝑇𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑢𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑠𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑑𝑎𝑦, 𝑎𝑠 𝑤𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑠.

𝑊𝑒 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐽𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑠 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡, 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑆𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐿𝑜𝑟𝑑.

𝐴𝑚𝑒𝑛.

11/22/2024

"God has a purpose and plan for your life that is indescribably wonderful, yet it will cost you your life to realize it."

- Yours Truly

I was texting back and forth with a loved one who is going through a profoundly challenging time.

I have been praying for years that the Lord would direct their path towards an anointed deliverance ministry, because it is evident that that's what they need. (They live far away so our deliverance ministry is not an option for them.)

I shared with them the quote at the beginning of this post and thought, hey, that's good.

Most people stop at the first part of the quote (which by the way, is inspired by one of the most famous verses in the Bible) not acknowledging the cost.

The cost of discipleship is, well, everything. All that you have and all that you are.

If you hold back, then you're not fit for the Kingdom of God.
.....

“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field."

- Jesus

Is your estimation of the value of the kingdom of God so great - of immeasurable worth, actually - that you would be willing to sell everything you own and renounce all that you are to have it?

Only those who can say yes will enter in.

This provides more insight into how Jesus described the road thatleads to eternal life as narrow and difficult and few find it.

11/14/2024

In the passage below, the man of God expresses his darkest experience with grief. Grief that was not deserved. (Lam 3)

Christian, what if your gospel-centered calling from God involved such profound grief as described in the passage below? What if you were never rewarded (in this life) for your faithfulness?

If you decided to complain about this...
..what if you heard from God, "Wow, so in this foot race, you can't compete successfully against men? Don't you know that I'm calling you to compete against horses?" (Jer 12)

In your faithfulness of gospel-centered service, if you decided to get upset at God...
..what if He said, "Stop thinking about yourself and whatever rewards you deserve. Stay the course, come what may." (Jer 45)
.............

3 [a]I am the man who has seen affliction
by the rod of the Lord’s wrath.
2 He has driven me away and made me walk
in darkness rather than light;
3 indeed, he has turned his hand against me
again and again, all day long.

4 He has made my skin and my flesh grow old
and has broken my bones.
5 He has besieged me and surrounded me
with bitterness and hardship.
6 He has made me dwell in darkness
like those long dead.

7 He has walled me in so I cannot escape;
he has weighed me down with chains.
8 Even when I call out or cry for help,
he shuts out my prayer.
9 He has barred my way with blocks of stone;
he has made my paths crooked.

10 Like a bear lying in wait,
like a lion in hiding,
11 he dragged me from the path and mangled me
and left me without help.
12 He drew his bow
and made me the target for his arrows.

13 He pierced my heart
with arrows from his quiver.
14 I became the laughingstock of all my people;
they mock me in song all day long.
15 He has filled me with bitter herbs
and given me gall to drink.

16 He has broken my teeth with gravel;
he has trampled me in the dust.
17 I have been deprived of peace;
I have forgotten what prosperity is.
18 So I say, “My splendor is gone
and all that I had hoped from the Lord.”

11/13/2024

Here's a post for all the theology nerds out there.

I love reading commentaries and whatnot from different times because of the different usage of vocabulary and different angles taken to explain various doctrines.

Consider, for example, how Dietrich Bonhoeffer explains the doctrine of imputed righteousness in this excerpt from his book "The Cost of Discipleship" written in 1937.

(Imputed righteousness is righteous standing before a holy God being credited to one by virtue of grace through faith in Christ.)

It's challenging to grasp at first, yet so beneficial; so refreshing.

The following is from chapter eight, "The Righteousness of Christ." (Text in parenthesis mine.)

"No one who failed to do the law could be accounted righteous. (So yeah, no one is excluded.) But the disciple had the advantage over the Pharisee in that his doing of the law is in fact perfect. How is such a thing possible?

"Because between the disciples and the law stands one (Jesus Christ) who has perfectly fulfilled it, one with whom they live in communion they are faced not with a law which has never yet been fulfilled, but with one who's demands have already been satisfied.

"The righteousness it demands is already there, the righteousness of Jesus which submits to the Cross because that is what the law demands.

"This righteousness is therefore not a duty owed, but a perfect and truly personal communion with God and Jesus not only possesses this righteousness, but is himself the personal embodiment of it.

"He is the righteousness of the disciples. By calling them he has admitted them to partnership with himself, and made them PARTAKERS OF HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND ITS FULLNESS.

"That is what Jesus means when he prefaces his teaching on the better righteousness (even better that the Pharisees?! Wow. - Mt 5:17-20) with reference to his own fulfillment of the law.

"Of course the righteousness of the disciples can never be a personal achievement; it is always a gift, which they received when they were called to follow him. (Not when they responded to the call.)"

Is that breathtaking, or what?! It just gets more and more glorious as one reads through it!

11/05/2024

Christian, keep in mind that, first and foremost, you are a citizen of the kingdom of heaven. In this world but not of it.

And, being in this world, your mission is to be an ambassador. So, keep the main thing the main thing, which is the Gospel.

How will you do that? How will you be an effective witness? By following through with the biblical instruction contained in this image.

11/02/2024

In mad preparation mode for the fast-approaching multi media production meeting. Go, go, GOOOO!

11/01/2024

My current read. Breathtaking.

"Those who attended the service held at Holy Trinity in London at the instigation of the late Bishop of Chichester on July 27th, 1945, felt that, on April 9th, 1945, when Dietrich Bonhoeffer met his death at the hands of the SS black guards, something had happened in Germany that could not be measured by human standards.

"They felt that God himself had intervened and the most terrible struggle the world has witnessed so far by sacrificing one of his most faithful and courageous sons to EXPIATE the crimes of a diabolical regime and to revive the spirit in which the civilization of Europe has to be rebuilt."

Did you catch that? Stunning.

God performed a work of atonement through Bonhoeffer in order to liberate Europe from the National Socialism of Hitler's Germany, thus setting a whole new trajectory for that civilization.

Dare I compare this to God's atoning work through His Son Jesus Christ into order to liberate the whole world?

Bonhoeffer, a sacrifice acceptable to God! One of the most prominent martyrs of the 20th century.

Pastor Paul Bartelme

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