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- 12:59, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Judas, My Son (original 1993) (New page: {{info}}For generations without shame<br>Iscariot had been a name<br>In Kirioth that everyone<br>Could trust, until the only son<br>Of Simon came of age and broke<br>His father's heart. Th...) (top)
- 12:55, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Judas, My Son (New page: {{info}}For generations without shame<br>Iscariot had been a name<br>In Kirioth that everyone<br>Could trust, until the only son<br>Of Simon came of age and broke<br>His father's heart. Th...) (top)
- 12:53, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Joseph, Part 4 (New page: {{info}}Less than a month had passed since they<br>Returned from Canaan where they lay<br>Their father Jacob in the cave<br>Of Machpelah, and made the grave<br>Of Abraham complete. Three w...) (top)
- 12:37, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Joseph, Part 3 (New page: {{info}}The locks were checked, the bread was slid<br>Beneath the doors, the keys were hid<br>Where only Joseph and the head<br>Of Pharaoh's prison knew. The red<br>And golden rays of dusk...) (top)
- 12:34, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Joseph, Part 2 (New page: {{info}}For one last time the boy stood by<br>The woods of Hebron to reply,<br>If only by the stillness of<br>A grateful heart for all the love,<br>And good, and favor he had known,<br>Now...) (top)
- 12:32, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Joseph, Part 1 (New page: {{info}}The single lamp would flicker in<br>The late-night draft, and kiss the thin<br>Unconscious face of Dinah on<br>Her fevered cheek until the dawn,<br>While Joseph watched and prayed ...) (top)
- 12:29, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Joseph of Arimathea, Part 2 (New page: {{info}}When all of Joseph's tears were spent,<br>And all the secret love, long pent<br>Behind the bars of fear, was loosed,<br>And, like a swelling flood, reduced<br>This polished noblema...) (top)
- 12:25, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Joseph of Arimathea, Part 1 (New page: {{info}}The evening sky behind the cross<br>Was crimson as if all the loss<br>Of blood from Jesus' veins had spread<br>Across the heavens like a red<br>Stain lifted from the earth. The Lor...) (top)
- 12:22, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Jonah, Part 3 (New page: {{info}}Hosea's father let the boy<br>Return to Jonah's place. The joy<br>The lad brought home was so much more<br>Than he had ever shown before,<br>His father felt he couldn't hold<br>Him...) (top)
- 12:15, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Jonah, Part 2 (New page: {{info}}The first to gather, as the sun<br>Went down next afternoon, was one<br>Brave lad who hadn't learned the tales<br>Of Jonah's life. For him, like scales<br>Fresh falling from his ey...) (top)
- 12:12, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Jonah, Part 1 (New page: {{info}}The son of Amittai was old,<br>And his gray-bearded face was fold<br>On fold of furrows, from his brow<br>Down to his neck, as if a plow<br>Had carved and harrowed in his skin<br>(...) (top)
- 12:09, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N John the Baptist (New page: {{info}} <blockquote> ''John the Baptist is in Herod's jail cell, all alone, in pain with one eye gouged out, when the doubts strike. With faint music from the banquet hall in the distance...) (top)
- 12:04, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N John Mark, Part 1 (New page: {{info}}Not far beyond Gethsemane,<br>And bending toward the barren sea,<br>Beyond the Kidron Valley, lay<br>The "Hills of Hope," the name, they say,<br>That Peter gave to Joseph's field<b...) (top)
- 12:00, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N John Mark, Part 2 (New page: {{info}}John Mark sat by the winter flames<br>In Ephesus with little James<br>And Mary on the floor in front<br>Of him, and watched the children hunt<br>For words to ask why tears ran down...) (top)
- 05:50, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Authority and Nature of the Gift of Prophecy (New page: {{info}} <blockquote> '''Acts 2:14-21''' </blockquote><blockquote> But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them, "Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem...)
- 05:40, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Are Signs and Wonders for Today? (New page: {{info}} <blockquote> '''Acts 4:29-31''' </blockquote> (Also available in <u>Dutch</u>) <blockquote> "And now, Lord, look upon their threats, and grant to thy servants to speak thy word w...)
- 05:31, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N What Does the Slaughter of the Amorites Mean? (New page: {{info}}To understand what was happening when the people of Israel stormed the cities of Canaan and slaughtered their inhabitants, we need to go back about 500 years. In Genesis 15:13, 16 ...) (top)
- 05:25, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N What Awakenings Have Accomplished (New page: {{info}}Jonathan Edwards, who lived 250 years ago and is regarded as one of America's greatest thinkers, was ablaze for God. He was God's instrument in bringing about the First Great Awake...)
- 05:21, 13 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N What Jesus Did After the Beginning (New page: {{info}} <blockquote> '''Acts 1:1-3''' </blockquote><blockquote> In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, until the day when he was taken up...) (top)
- 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<br>Of Uz was cloudless. Stillness spanned<br>The circle of the earth with peace,<br>As if there had been made to cease<br>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<br>Shut, so he couldn't see the flies<br>That gorged their black bellies in<br>The putrid pus that seeped like thin<br>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<br>His children and his wealth, he crossed<br>The half-plowed pasture to the east,<br>And made his way once more as priest<br>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<br>Could change the way the ocean does<br>In moments, with a boding wind,<br>As though the blue of day had sinned,<br>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 <u>audio CD </u>or <u>illustrated book</u>. ''(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<br>The winter fire and looked out high<br>Above the plains of Ephraim,<br>And saw around the last regime<br>Of Israel the shadows snake<br>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<br>The winter fire and looked out high<br>Above the plains of Ephraim,<br>And saw ar...) (top)
- 21:03, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Hannah (New page: {{info}}The old man thought that she was drunk!<br>We don't expect a Jewish monk<br>With sacrilegious sons to see<br>Much more in Hannah's ecstasy.<br>The blind will gaze at the divine<br>...) (top)
- 21:01, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Gadarene (original 1993) (New page: {{info}}When Alexander learned his trade<br>In Gadara, the people paid<br>So much for every heaping pail<br>Of pure ground corn, that from the sale<br>Of summer crops alone his tough<br>An...) (top)
- 20:55, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Gadarene (New page: {{info}}When Alexander learned his trade<br>In Gadara, the people paid<br>So much for every heaping pail<br>Of pure ground corn, that from the sale<br>Of summer crops alone his tough<br>An...) (top)
- 20:52, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Ezekiel's Wife (New page: {{info}}Ezekiel sat stunned and cold.<br>The word that he had just been told<br>Converted every large complaint<br>He ever made into a faint<br>Concern. No pain would be absurd,<br>He thou...) (top)
- 20:50, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Esther, Part 2 (New page: {{info}}At thirty-five her hair was fine<br>And cinder black. Nor was there sign<br>Of aging in her queenly face.<br>And those who saw the tiny trace<br>Of tragedy left in her eyes<br>Comp...) (top)
- 20:45, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Esther, Part 1 (New page: {{info}}Far east of ruined Palestine<br>The year five hundred thirty nine<br>Was filled with hope. The western sun<br>Set once for all on Babylon;<br>And Nabonidus fell before<br>The Persi...) (top)
- 20:42, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Elijah, Part 4 (New page: {{info}}Elijah lived alone among<br>The hills where once he'd sprung<br>From solid stock in Gilead.<br>He was a Tishbite from his head<br>Down to his leather thongs, and spent<br>His days,...) (top)
- 20:38, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Elijah, Part 3 (New page: {{info}}Mount Horeb was an awesome place,<br>Where God refused to show his face<br>To Moses lest he die, but hid<br>Him in a mountain cave, and bid<br>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,<br>"Do you think that a fire-tailed fox<br>Can scorch the fields of Jezebel,<br>And starve the stock, and dry the well,<br>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<br>Where lay the little corpse across<br>The prophet's knees. And camel hair<br>Made cradle for the toddler there<br>While pagan relatives stood ...) (top)
- 20:21, 12 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Daniel (New page: {{info}}The two old men stared quietly<br>And smiled about the memory<br>Of years in Babylon. Meshach<br>Was almost blind, but in the back,<br>Behind those milky eyes, his mind<br>Was clea...) (top)
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