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- 20:03, 23 January 2020 (hist) (diff) m The Poverty of the Prosperity Gospel (Protected "The Poverty of the Prosperity Gospel" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 20:03, 23 January 2020 (hist) (diff) N The Poverty of the Prosperity Gospel (Created page with '{{info}}The book of Job has both shaken me and shaped me. When I first read it, I found it troubling. It didn’t seem fair. Job was a righteous man. But over the years, this st...')
- 19:43, 23 January 2020 (hist) (diff) m Do You Wish You Had Accomplished More? (Protected "Do You Wish You Had Accomplished More?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 19:43, 23 January 2020 (hist) (diff) N Do You Wish You Had Accomplished More? (Created page with '{{info}}John the Baptist’s life began with great promise. An angelic proclamation. A call from God. A thriving ministry. Yet his life ended in virtual obscurity — alone in a ...')
- 19:36, 23 January 2020 (hist) (diff) m Grab Hold of God (Protected "Grab Hold of God" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 19:35, 23 January 2020 (hist) (diff) N Grab Hold of God (Created page with '{{info}}'''The Importance of Wrestling in Prayer''' I struggle with knowing how to pray. Should I trust that everything is in God’s hands and rest knowing he will do the best ...')
- 19:31, 23 January 2020 (hist) (diff) m My Rope out of the Pit (Protected "My Rope out of the Pit" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 19:31, 23 January 2020 (hist) (diff) N My Rope out of the Pit (Created page with '{{info}}'''The Word I Needed in My Worst Days''' I discovered the power of God’s word in the pit of despair. When I was abandoned by my former spouse, I fell headlong into th...')
- 19:25, 23 January 2020 (hist) (diff) m The Precious Furnace of Affliction (Protected "The Precious Furnace of Affliction" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 19:24, 23 January 2020 (hist) (diff) N The Precious Furnace of Affliction (Created page with '{{info}} <blockquote>''Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried you in the furnace of affliction''. (Isaiah 48:10)</blockquote> Ten years ago, the furnace of...')
- 19:17, 23 January 2020 (hist) (diff) m If I Only Knew Why (Protected "If I Only Knew Why" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 19:17, 23 January 2020 (hist) (diff) N If I Only Knew Why (Created page with '{{info}}I contracted polio long after it was supposedly eradicated. The doctor misdiagnosed my symptoms because she had never seen polio before. And the wrong diagnosis led to wi...')
- 19:10, 23 January 2020 (hist) (diff) m The Unwelcome Gift of Waiting (Protected "The Unwelcome Gift of Waiting" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 19:10, 23 January 2020 (hist) (diff) N The Unwelcome Gift of Waiting (Created page with '{{info}}Waiting can be agonizing. ''It’s hardest to wait when I am uncertain about the outcome''. When I’m trusting God for the best, while at the same time preparing for th...')
- 19:03, 23 January 2020 (hist) (diff) m What Does It Really Mean to Be Blessed? (Protected "What Does It Really Mean to Be" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite)))
- 19:02, 23 January 2020 (hist) (diff) N What Does It Really Mean to Be Blessed? (Created page with '{{info}}Feeling blessed is in vogue. A quick look at Facebook and Twitter shows how many people today feel #blessed. In our social-media world, saying you’re blessed can be a ...')
- 18:55, 23 January 2020 (hist) (diff) m Will God Ever Give Us More Than We Can Handle? (Protected "Will God Ever Give Us More Than We Can Handle?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite)))
- 18:55, 23 January 2020 (hist) (diff) N Will God Ever Give Us More Than We Can Handle? (Created page with '{{info}}'''Audio Transcript''' ''It’s Monday. A new week. New tasks. New burdens. New mercies. Podcast listener Fabian writes in to ask, “Dear Pastor John, this phrase ‘Go...')
- 18:44, 23 January 2020 (hist) (diff) m What to Do When We’re Prayerless (Protected "What to Do When We’re Prayerless" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 18:44, 23 January 2020 (hist) (diff) N What to Do When We’re Prayerless (Created page with '{{info}}Prayerlessness is not fundamentally a discipline problem. At root it’s a faith problem. Prayer is the native language of faith. John Calvin called prayer the “chief ...')
- 18:31, 23 January 2020 (hist) (diff) m How to Fight Dragon-Sickness (Protected "How to Fight Dragon-Sickness" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 18:31, 23 January 2020 (hist) (diff) N How to Fight Dragon-Sickness (Created page with '<p><span class="fck_mw_template">{{info}}</span><b>Three Battle Cries Against Greed</b> </p><p>Dragon-sickness: a term for delusional greed coined by J.R.R. Tolkien in <i>The Hob...')
- 17:49, 23 January 2020 (hist) (diff) m Precision with God’s Words, Love for God’s Glory (Protected "Precision with God’s Words, Love for God’s Glory" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 17:49, 23 January 2020 (hist) (diff) N Precision with God’s Words, Love for God’s Glory (Created page with '<p><span class="fck_mw_template">{{info}}</span>There are two passages in the Gospel of John that embody two characteristic of Bethlehem College & Seminary. I love them. I be...')
- 16:43, 23 January 2020 (hist) (diff) m Go and Tell, ‘It Is Finished’ (Protected "Go and Tell, ‘It Is Finished’" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 16:43, 23 January 2020 (hist) (diff) N Go and Tell, ‘It Is Finished’ (Created page with '<p><span class="fck_mw_template">{{info}}</span>One of the greatest things Jesus ever said was, “It is finished” (John 19:30). My obedience is finished and perfect, and you n...')
- 16:27, 23 January 2020 (hist) (diff) m The Explosive Power of the Resurrection — Now (Protected "The Explosive Power of the Resurrection — Now" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 16:26, 23 January 2020 (hist) (diff) N The Explosive Power of the Resurrection — Now (Created page with '<p><span class="fck_mw_template">{{info}}</span>If you had been at the cross, you probably would have vomited, or screamed, or pulled your hair, or thrown yourself on the ground ...')
- 16:08, 23 January 2020 (hist) (diff) m Even When It Hurts (Protected "Even When It Hurts" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 16:08, 23 January 2020 (hist) (diff) N Even When It Hurts (Created page with '<p><span class="fck_mw_template">{{info}}</span><b>How Christ Reveals Himself in Pain</b> </p><p><i>The following is a lightly edited transcript.</i> </p><p>We’re going to look...')
- 20:40, 21 January 2020 (hist) (diff) m Hope for More Than Unconditional Love (Protected "Hope for More Than Unconditional Love" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 20:40, 21 January 2020 (hist) (diff) N Hope for More Than Unconditional Love (Created page with '<p><span class="fck_mw_template">{{info}}</span>If you only hope for unconditional love from God, your hope is great, but too small. </p><p>Unconditional love from God is not the...')
- 19:53, 21 January 2020 (hist) (diff) m The Strangest Thing Jesus Said (Protected "The Strangest Thing Jesus Said" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 19:53, 21 January 2020 (hist) (diff) N The Strangest Thing Jesus Said (Created page with '{{info}}“Why did you not bring him?” The Pharisees were exasperated that the officers had not arrested and delivered Jesus yet. How did the officers explain their failure? ...')
- 19:21, 21 January 2020 (hist) (diff) m How to Be a Spiritual Father (Protected "How to Be a Spiritual Father" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 19:21, 21 January 2020 (hist) (diff) N How to Be a Spiritual Father (Created page with '{{info}}'''Three Qualities for Men to Imitate''' I was converted at age 22. As my father did not share my faith, it was difficult to go to him for spiritual advice. He disciplin...')
- 15:19, 2 January 2020 (hist) (diff) m Death Was Crushed by Weakness (Protected "Death Was Crushed by Weakness" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 15:19, 2 January 2020 (hist) (diff) N Death Was Crushed by Weakness (Created page with '{{info}}'''The Wondrous Power of the Cross''' <blockquote>You, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having fo...')
- 15:14, 2 January 2020 (hist) (diff) m My Soul Faints for You (Protected "My Soul Faints for You" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 15:14, 2 January 2020 (hist) (diff) N My Soul Faints for You (Created page with '{{info}}'''Pursuing Joy in Every Prayer''' “God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.” If that is true, then ''prayer'', like everything else we do (1 C...')
- 17:41, 31 December 2019 (hist) (diff) m Ten Questions for a New Year (Protected "Ten Questions for a New Year" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 17:41, 31 December 2019 (hist) (diff) N Ten Questions for a New Year (Created page with '<p><span class="fck_mw_template"><span class="fck_mw_template">{{info}}</span></span>Even those most faithful to God occasionally need to pause and think about the direction of t...')
- 04:32, 13 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Dump Your Dream Girl (top)
- 03:48, 13 December 2019 (hist) (diff) Take Up Thy Swords (top)
- 15:10, 11 December 2019 (hist) (diff) m God Uses Everything (Protected "God Uses Everything" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 15:09, 11 December 2019 (hist) (diff) N God Uses Everything (Created page with '<p><span class="fck_mw_template">{{info}}</span><b>Why Our Suffering Is Never Wasted</b> </p><p>Recently I was hurt by a friend over an insensitive comment she made. My first res...')
- 16:13, 5 December 2019 (hist) (diff) m You Can Be Anxious About Nothing (Protected "You Can Be Anxious About Nothing" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 16:13, 5 December 2019 (hist) (diff) N You Can Be Anxious About Nothing (Created page with '<p><span class="fck_mw_template">{{info}}</span>“Do not be anxious about anything.” The familiar words from Paul’s letter to the Philippians present something of a paradox ...')
- 16:07, 5 December 2019 (hist) (diff) m Someone Needs to See You Suffer Well (Protected "Someone Needs to See You Suffer Well" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 16:07, 5 December 2019 (hist) (diff) N Someone Needs to See You Suffer Well (Created page with '<p><span class="fck_mw_template">{{info}}</span>Few things fortify the soul against Satan’s deception like watching another Christian suffer with persevering faith. When we wat...')
- 16:00, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) m Dare to Hope in God (Protected "Dare to Hope in God" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 16:00, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) N Dare to Hope in God (Created page with '{{info}}'''How to Lament Well''' We step into this world with a cry. Although none of us remembers the moment, the first sound we uttered after leaving the warm and protected co...')
- 15:50, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) m None of Our Misery Is Meaningless (Protected "None of Our Misery Is Meaningless" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 15:50, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) N None of Our Misery Is Meaningless (Created page with '{{info}}'''Audio Transcript''' Not only is all your affliction momentary, not only is all your affliction light in comparison to eternity and the glory there, but all of it is t...')
- 15:44, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) m No Blessing Like Health — With the Exception of Sickness (Protected "No Blessing Like Health — With the Exception of Sickness" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 15:44, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) N No Blessing Like Health — With the Exception of Sickness (Created page with '{{info}}One moving testimony to me as I ended my ministry at Bethlehem on March 31 was that of a young woman who has battled cancer. She thanked God for my cancer. She had listen...')
- 15:39, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) m Pull the Mask Off of Fear (Protected "Pull the Mask Off of Fear" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 15:39, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) N Pull the Mask Off of Fear (Created page with '{{info}}I shot a look at the van driver in the rearview mirror from my seat behind him. We were traveling down a treacherous East African road booby trapped with deep potholes, a...')
- 15:27, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) m When Should We Pray for God to Take Us Home? (Protected "When Should We Pray for God to Take Us Home?" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 15:27, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) N When Should We Pray for God to Take Us Home? (Created page with '{{info}}'''Audio Transcript''' ''Today’s email comes to us from podcast listener Austin: “Dear Pastor John, I’m seventeen and I have terminal cancer. Doctors say my cancer...')
- 15:16, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) m Cancer Is a Parable About Sin (Protected "Cancer Is a Parable About Sin" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 15:16, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) N Cancer Is a Parable About Sin (Created page with '{{info}}All human suffering, especially the suffering of the Son of God, is meant to portray to dull souls the unimaginable moral ugliness of sin and the unimaginable offensivene...')
- 15:10, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) m Facing Death Faithfully (Protected "Facing Death Faithfully" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 15:10, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) N Facing Death Faithfully (Created page with '{{info}}'''Audio Transcript''' ''A Christian man who is dying of cancer writes in to ask: “Pastor John, 2 days ago I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. I always felt that bec...')
- 14:48, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) m If God Doesn’t Heal You (Protected "If God Doesn’t Heal You" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 14:47, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) N If God Doesn’t Heal You (Created page with '{{info}}Weeks of chemotherapy eroded the lining of her mouth, destroyed her immune system, and culminated in an hours-long surgery to carve out a tumor the size of a grapefruit. ...')
- 05:12, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) m No Maverick Cells in Me (Protected "No Maverick Cells in Me" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 05:12, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) N No Maverick Cells in Me (Created page with '{{info}}'''MY DEEPEST HOPE DURING CANCER''' Two hours before writing this sentence, I received a phone call from a friend whose adult son was just told by the doctor that the me...')
- 04:57, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) m God Is Bigger Than My Cancer (Protected "God Is Bigger Than My Cancer" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 04:57, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) N God Is Bigger Than My Cancer (Created page with '{{info}}'''Learning Joy in the Darkness''' “There’s no doubt about the diagnosis,” the doctor said. Incurable cancer. A fatal disease. I had just celebrated my tenth anniv...')
- 04:46, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) m How to Restore Your Spiritual Sanity (Protected "How to Restore Your Spiritual Sanity" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 04:46, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) N How to Restore Your Spiritual Sanity (Created page with '{{info}}'''A Prayer for Those Feeling Fragile''' The most common type of song in the Psalms is not praise, or even thanks, but lament. While that may seem strange to us at firs...')
- 04:30, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) m The Devil Will Hang on His Own Gallows (Protected "The Devil Will Hang on His Own Gallows" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite)))
- 04:30, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) N The Devil Will Hang on His Own Gallows (Created page with '{{info}}“The weakness of God is stronger than men” (1 Corinthians 1:25). That one sentence from the apostle Paul, with poetic simplicity, captures why redemptive history has ...')
- 04:20, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) m We Yawn Because We Forget (Protected "We Yawn Because We Forget" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 04:20, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) N We Yawn Because We Forget (Created page with '<p><span class="fck_mw_template">{{info}}</span><b>Uncovering the Wonder of Christ</b> </p><p>Of all the wonders in the world — the steepest mountains, the grandest canyons, th...')
- 04:16, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) m How to Suffer Without Grumbling (Protected "How to Suffer Without Grumbling" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 04:15, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) How to Suffer Without Grumbling
- 04:15, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) N How to Suffer Without Grumbling (Created page with '{{info}}''WHY I LOVE THE APOSTLE PAUL'' I am drawn to people who suffer without murmuring. Especially when they believe in God but never get angry with him or criticize him. It ...')
- 00:26, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) m ‘It Doesn’t Make Sense’ (Protected "‘It Doesn’t Make Sense’" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 00:26, 5 November 2019 (hist) (diff) N ‘It Doesn’t Make Sense’ (Created page with '{{info}}'''When We’re Blindsided by Suicide''' “It really doesn’t make sense and feels like it can’t be true.” Another suicide. The friend that texted me had a good f...')
- 17:25, 4 November 2019 (hist) (diff) m All Hail the Power of Jesus’s Name (Protected "All Hail the Power of Jesus’s Name" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 17:24, 4 November 2019 (hist) (diff) N All Hail the Power of Jesus’s Name (Created page with '{{info}} <blockquote>''After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high'' . . . (Hebrews 1:3)</blockquote> Imagine that moment when Jesu...')
- 16:57, 4 November 2019 (hist) (diff) m Born to Rule Himself (Protected "Born to Rule Himself" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 16:57, 4 November 2019 (hist) (diff) N Born to Rule Himself (Created page with '{{info}}'''Recovering a Lost Dream for Men''' What is a man? Many continue to ask, and many offer new answers. Confusion blows across our land, exposing the feeble bridge betwe...')
- 16:48, 4 November 2019 (hist) (diff) My Joy Rose as Sorrows Fell (top)
- 16:45, 4 November 2019 (hist) (diff) m My Joy Rose as Sorrows Fell (Protected "My Joy Rose as Sorrows Fell" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite)))
- 16:45, 4 November 2019 (hist) (diff) N My Joy Rose as Sorrows Fell (Created page with '{{info}}'''REJOICING ALL THE MORE IN SUFFERING''' I used to have a great life. I went on exciting vacations, cooked gourmet meals for my family, and painted everything from dish...')
- 16:33, 4 November 2019 (hist) (diff) m Take Care How You Hear (Protected "Take Care How You Hear" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 16:33, 4 November 2019 (hist) (diff) Take Care How You Hear
- 16:31, 4 November 2019 (hist) (diff) N Take Care How You Hear (Created page with '{{info}}'''How to Receive God’s Word''' We fall out of Bible-reading habits a hundred ways, and all of them are deadly serious. Jesus warned us, with a story, about the perils...')
- 16:15, 4 November 2019 (hist) (diff) m Joy’s Eternal Sunrise (Protected "Joy’s Eternal Sunrise" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 16:14, 4 November 2019 (hist) (diff) Joy’s Eternal Sunrise
- 16:14, 4 November 2019 (hist) (diff) N Joy’s Eternal Sunrise (Created page with '{{info}'''Why Heaven Will Never Be Boring''' I love news articles with headlines such as “The 10 Most Enjoyable Places to Live” or “The Least Expensive Cities in the US”...')
- 16:06, 4 November 2019 (hist) (diff) m God Wrote a Book (Protected "God Wrote a Book" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite)))
- 16:05, 4 November 2019 (hist) (diff) N God Wrote a Book (Created page with '{{info}}'''THE WONDER OF HAVING HIS WORDS''' ''We actually have the words of God''. This is almost too good to be true. And yet how often are we so accustomed to this reality ...')
- 15:54, 4 November 2019 (hist) (diff) m We Dare Not Ignore the Devil (Protected "We Dare Not Ignore the Devil" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
- 15:53, 4 November 2019 (hist) (diff) N We Dare Not Ignore the Devil (Created page with '{{info}}A.W. Tozer once memorably said, “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” Though I agree with C.S. Lewis’s response ...')
- 15:31, 4 November 2019 (hist) (diff) The Evil Beneath Every Sin (top)
- 12:51, 29 October 2019 (hist) (diff) m When Joy Feels Far Away (Protected "When Joy Feels Far Away" ([edit=sysop] (indefinite) [move=sysop] (indefinite))) (top)
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