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05:10, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Story of a Stiff-Necked People ‎ (New page: {{info}} <blockquote> '''Acts 7:1-53''' </blockquote> The text for today's message is too long to read all at once I think, namely, Acts 7:1–53, but I invite you to turn to it anyway bec...) (top)
05:02, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Sinful Origin of the Son of David ‎ (New page: {{info}}This is the sixth message in a seven-part series called ''Spectacular Sins and their Global Purpose in the Glory of Christ''. This message is called “The Sinful Origin of the Son...)
04:47, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Sale of Joseph and the Son of God ‎ (New page: {{info}} <blockquote> '''Genesis 37:1-36''' </blockquote> ==== Astonishing Words to Abram ==== Before we retell the story of Joseph and the spectacular sin of his brothers and its global ...)
04:36, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Judas Iscariot, the Suicide of Satan, and the Salvation of the World ‎ (New page: {{info}} <blockquote> '''Luke 22:1-6''' </blockquote><blockquote> Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called the Passover. 2 And the chief priests and the scribes were se...)
04:23, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N I Will Raise Up for David a Righteous Branch ‎ (New page: {{info}}In 1051 BC, Saul was made the first king of Israel. About forty years later, David, the youngest son of Jesse (1 Samuel 16:11), began to rule. David was "a man after God's own hear...) (top)
04:12, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N History Is God's Story ‎ (New page: {{info}} <blockquote> '''Acts 13:13-29''' </blockquote><blockquote> Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos, and came to Perga in Pamphylia. And John left them and returned to Jerusa...) (top)
04:04, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Exodus for All the Earth ‎ (New page: {{info}}"God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them, and God said to them, 'Be fruitful, and multiply and f...) (top)
03:53, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Evil Origin of a Good King ‎ (New page: {{info}}When Jesus was born in Bethlehem, wise men came from the east to Jerusalem and asked, "Where is he who is born ''king of the Jews''" (Matthew 2:2). Before his birth the angel had t...) (top)
03:34, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) The Conquest of Canaan ‎ (top)
03:28, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Conquest of Canaan ‎ (New page: {{info}}After wandering in the wilderness for 40 years, the people of Israel came finally to the plains of Moab on the east side of the Jordan River opposite Jericho. And here one of the s...)
03:18, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Christmas as the End of History ‎ (New page: {{info}}''Celebration of Christmas'' This is my tenth and final message in this series on the history of redemption. What I would like to do this morning is to pull it all together and sh...) (top)
03:09, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Can God Spread a Table in the Wilderness? ‎ (New page: {{info}}There are shorter ways to get from Egypt to Palestine than through the wilderness of Sinai. Mount Sinai is about 200 miles out of the way—which is bad enough if you are driving a...)
03:01, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Age of Ignorance Is Over ‎ (New page: {{info}} <blockquote>'''Acts 17:30-31''' </blockquote><blockquote> The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all men everywhere to repent, because he has fixed a day...)
21:56, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Job, Part 4 ‎ (New page: {{info}}The deep blue sky above the land Of Uz was cloudless. Stillness spanned The circle of the earth with peace, As if there had been made to cease Some monumental strife un...) (top)
21:52, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Job, Part 3 ‎ (New page: {{info}}Some days the swelling pinched his eyes Shut, so he couldn't see the flies That gorged their black bellies in The putrid pus that seeped like thin And yellow sap from c...) (top)
21:23, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Job, Part 2 ‎ (New page: {{info}}The morning after Job had lost His children and his wealth, he crossed The half-plowed pasture to the east, And made his way once more as priest And father, to the alta...) (top)
21:19, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Job, Part 1 ‎ (New page: {{info}}The sky above the land of Uz Could change the way the ocean does In moments, with a boding wind, As though the blue of day had sinned, And brought the blood of some gre...) (top)
21:16, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Innkeeper ‎ (New page: {{info}}This poem is also available as an audio CD or illustrated book. ''(The audio of John Piper's reading is from a studio recording.)'' Jake's wife would have been fift...)
21:14, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Hosea and Gomer (original 1990) ‎ (New page: {{info}}The old man and his wife sat by The winter fire and looked out high Above the plains of Ephraim, And saw around the last regime Of Israel the shadows snake Their way...) (top)
21:08, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Hosea and Gomer ‎ (New page: {{info}}(''The audio of John Piper reading this poem is from 2004''.) The old man and his wife sat by The winter fire and looked out high Above the plains of Ephraim, And saw ar...) (top)
21:03, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Hannah ‎ (New page: {{info}}The old man thought that she was drunk! We don't expect a Jewish monk With sacrilegious sons to see Much more in Hannah's ecstasy. The blind will gaze at the divine ...) (top)
21:01, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Gadarene (original 1993) ‎ (New page: {{info}}When Alexander learned his trade In Gadara, the people paid So much for every heaping pail Of pure ground corn, that from the sale Of summer crops alone his tough An...) (top)
20:55, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Gadarene ‎ (New page: {{info}}When Alexander learned his trade In Gadara, the people paid So much for every heaping pail Of pure ground corn, that from the sale Of summer crops alone his tough An...) (top)
20:52, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Ezekiel's Wife ‎ (New page: {{info}}Ezekiel sat stunned and cold. The word that he had just been told Converted every large complaint He ever made into a faint Concern. No pain would be absurd, He thou...) (top)
20:50, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Esther, Part 2 ‎ (New page: {{info}}At thirty-five her hair was fine And cinder black. Nor was there sign Of aging in her queenly face. And those who saw the tiny trace Of tragedy left in her eyes Comp...) (top)
20:45, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Esther, Part 1 ‎ (New page: {{info}}Far east of ruined Palestine The year five hundred thirty nine Was filled with hope. The western sun Set once for all on Babylon; And Nabonidus fell before The Persi...) (top)
20:42, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Elijah, Part 4 ‎ (New page: {{info}}Elijah lived alone among The hills where once he'd sprung From solid stock in Gilead. He was a Tishbite from his head Down to his leather thongs, and spent His days,...) (top)
20:38, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Elijah, Part 3 ‎ (New page: {{info}}Mount Horeb was an awesome place, Where God refused to show his face To Moses lest he die, but hid Him in a mountain cave, and bid Him live by watching from the back,<b...) (top)
20:35, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Elijah, Part 2 ‎ (New page: {{info}}King Ahab called out from the rocks, "Do you think that a fire-tailed fox Can scorch the fields of Jezebel, And starve the stock, and dry the well, And mock the Baals, ...) (top)
20:32, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Elijah, Part 1 ‎ (New page: {{info}}The leather lap was smooth as moss Where lay the little corpse across The prophet's knees. And camel hair Made cradle for the toddler there While pagan relatives stood ...) (top)
20:21, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Daniel ‎ (New page: {{info}}The two old men stared quietly And smiled about the memory Of years in Babylon. Meshach Was almost blind, but in the back, Behind those milky eyes, his mind Was clea...) (top)
20:17, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Cyrenian Cycle: Simon of Cyrene ‎ (New page: {{info}}Rufina's oldest son despised Her faith. At sixteen all he prized Was what would make him great, he thought, Like land and power. All she taught Him seemed a loss, and a...) (top)
20:13, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Cyrenian Cycle: Rufina ‎ (New page: {{info}}The synagogue of Freedmen in Jerusalem, for years had been A place of passion for the law Of Moses. There they held in awe The Temple and the holy priests, The sacri...) (top)
20:08, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) The Cyrenian Cycle: Lucius the Centurion ‎ (top)
20:07, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) The Cyrenian Cycle: Lucius the Centurion ‎
20:07, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Cyrenian Cycle: Lucius the Centurion ‎ (New page: {{login}}His name was Lucius, second son By birth, and second to be done With his Cyrenian home. And he Was violent, and of the three, The neighbor children feared him most.<br...)
18:51, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Barnabas and Paul ‎ (New page: {{info}}''Barnabas is on his deathbed unconscious, and Paul is at his side hoping for a chance to say his last goodbye. Gasping for his last few breaths, Barnabas says, "I love you, Paul."...) (top)
18:47, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Barnabas and Bar-Jesus ‎ (New page: {{info}}The Mesaoria Plain spreads west From Salamis beneath the crest Of Kyrenian Mountains to The north, and splits the island through, And makes a way for level roads To ...) (top)
18:43, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Apostle Paul ‎ (New page: {{info}}Within a fortnight Publius Had put his faith in Christ. He was A Roman guard assigned to keep Paul in his house. But soon the deep And joyful message took his heart,<br...) (top)
18:41, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) Absalom and David, Part 1 ‎ (top)
18:40, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Absalom and David, Part 2 ‎ (New page: {{info}}''King David's son, Absalom, had killed his brother Amnon for raping his sister Tamar. Then he led a rebellion against the king and drove him out of Jerusalem. As we enter this poe...) (top)
18:36, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Absalom and David, Part 1 ‎ (New page: {{info}}''This is the 23rd year that I have written a series of Advent poems. They are a kind of Christmas gift to the church, but I have to admit that I am sure I benefit more than anyone...)
18:32, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) Abraham ‎ (top)
18:31, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Abraham ‎ (New page: {{info}}Across the field and through the trees of Ephron, slumped upon his knees Beside the cave of Machpelah, The old man scorned anathema For love and kissed the ivory lips<b...)
18:27, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Why Was Timothy Circumcised? ‎ (New page: {{info}}Was Paul inconsistent when he had Timothy circumcised in Acts 16:3? After all, he had absolutely refused to let Titus be circumcised in Galatians 2:3-5. He said that the truth of t...) (top)
18:22, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Warrior Mystic ‎ (New page: {{info}}Joshua is a minor character in Exodus. But what we see is amazing. It is surely intended to show us what makes a leader. First, we meet him as a warrior: “And Joshua mowed down A...) (top)
18:18, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) Stephen's Crime: "Jesus Will Destroy the Temple" ‎ (top)
18:10, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Stephen's Crime: "Jesus Will Destroy the Temple" ‎ (New page: {{info}}''Palm Sunday'' <blockquote> '''Acts 6:8-15''' </blockquote><blockquote> And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people. Then some of those who ...)
18:06, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Simon's Perversion of Signs and Wonders ‎ (New page: {{info}} <blockquote> '''Acts 8:9-24''' </blockquote><blockquote> But there was a man named Simon who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the nation of Samaria, saying th...) (top)
17:55, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) Simeon's Farewell to the World ‎ (top)

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