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- 10:52, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N You Almost Cant Teach an Old Dog New Tricks (You Almost Cant Teach an Old Dog New Tricks moved to You Almost Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks) (top)
- 10:52, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) m You Almost Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks (You Almost Cant Teach an Old Dog New Tricks moved to You Almost Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks)
- 10:50, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N You Almost Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks (New page: {{info}}Bob Provo suggested after our evening service on July 26 that when Jesus said, “No one who drinks old wine desires the new, because he says the old is good” (Luke 5:39) what he...)
- 10:43, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Which error is more prevalent in the world—legalism or license? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcription of the audio. '' '''Which error is more prevalent in the world—legalism or license?''' Globally speaking, license is more common...) (top)
- 10:40, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What should we do when our spiritual life isnt what it should be? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''What should we do when our spiritual life isn't what it should be?''' I think it's a good place to be in this lif...) (top)
- 10:34, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What have you learned about God in the last year? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''What have you learned about God in the last year?''' There are two ways to answer that question. One is by answ...) (top)
- 10:31, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Is it a sin to smoke or eat junk food? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcription of the audio. '' '''Is it a sin to smoke or eat junk food?''' I think it is a sin to smoke, in general, because of the scientific ...) (top)
- 10:28, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Is anger more dangerous than lust? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''Is anger more dangerous than lust?''' I believe anger is more dangerous, because over time, for example, in a mar...)
- 10:25, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How do you glorify God through exercise? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''How do you glorify God through exercise?''' I wrote an article one time titled <u>'''How to Drink Orange Juice to...)
- 10:21, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N At the Passion07 breakout session you used language that seemed inappropriate to some. Will you explain why you did that? (New page: {{info}}I regret saying it. I am sitting here trying to figure out why I say things like that every now and then. I think it is a mixture of (sinful) audience titillation and (holy) scorn ...) (top)
- 05:02, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Is the Bible without error? (New page: {{info}}In this audio excerpt, listen to John Piper discuss the meaning of the inerrancy of the Bible. For additional points on the issue, we offer the following summary of the doctrine of...) (top)
- 05:00, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Is it wrong to copyright and sell the Bible? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''Is it wrong to copyright and sell the Bible?''' The Word of God is not synonymous with paper and ink. It doesn't ...) (top)
- 04:57, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Is it possible to believe the Bible is inerrant if you dont have faith? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''Is it possible to believe the Bible is inerrant if you don't have faith?''' If by faith you mean "believing" and ...) (top)
- 04:54, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Are all biblical doctrines equally essential? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''Are all biblical doctrines equally essential?''' Affirming every biblical doctrine is essential for perfection; b...)
- 04:50, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Why We Believe the Bible, Part 1 (top)
- 04:20, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Why We Believe the Bible, Part 1
- 02:50, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Why We Believe the Bible, Part 1
- 02:39, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Why We Believe the Bible, Part 1
- 02:18, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Why We Believe the Bible, Part 1 (New page: {{info}}''The Inspiration, Inerrancy, and Authority of the Bible <br>''A Seminar for The Bethlehem Institute ==== Seminar Notes ==== <blockquote> #Why Are We Concerned with the Bible? #Wh...)
- 01:38, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Why I Trust the Scriptures (top)
- 01:14, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Why I Trust the Scriptures
- 00:50, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Why I Trust the Scriptures
- 00:43, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Why I Trust the Scriptures (New page: {{info}}''2008 Resurgence Conference'' (''The following is an outline of the message with the texts and notes. It's not a complete manuscript.)'' ==== Trust the Bible for What? My Convic...)
- 00:24, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What does John Piper think about the TNIV? (New page: {{info}}John Piper signed the <u>''Statement of Concern about the TNIV Bible''</u>. In a recent interview with World magazine, he stated many of his reasons: <blockquote> In a nutshe...) (top)
- 00:19, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What commentaries does DG recommend? (New page: {{info}}John Piper has often remarked that he finds the most help from old commentaries. It is the Puritans and other Christians from previous generations that usually made a point to wres...) (top)
- 00:05, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Where can I learn more about the Bible study method called "arcing"? (New page: {{info}}Arcing is a tool for following and documenting the flow of thought in the Biblical text. In brief, arcing involves dividing the text into its propositions and then noting the logic...)
- 00:00, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What We Believe About Scripture (New page: {{info}}''The Word of God Written <br>''The Bethlehem Baptist Church Elder Affirmation of Faith, Part 1 1.1 We believe that the Bible, consisting of the sixty-six books of the Old and New...) (top)
- 23:53, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What Bible translation does John Piper recommend? (New page: {{info}}There are two main translations today which John Piper and DG would recommend: the NASB and the ESV. Both of these translations seek to capture as fully as possible the precise wor...) (top)
- 23:46, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Never in January (New page: {{info}}A year ago I set out to read the whole Bible. That's nothing new; I've begun to read the whole Bible every other year for about 28 years-emphasis on "begun." But with all the best ...) (top)
- 23:33, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Good English With Minimal Translation Why Bethlehem Uses the ESV (Good English With Minimal Translation Why Bethlehem Uses the ESV moved to Good English With Minimal Translation: Why Bethlehem Uses the ESV) (top)
- 23:33, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) m Good English With Minimal Translation: Why Bethlehem Uses the ESV (Good English With Minimal Translation Why Bethlehem Uses the ESV moved to Good English With Minimal Translation: Why Bethlehem Uses the ESV) (top)
- 23:32, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Good English With Minimal Translation: Why Bethlehem Uses the ESV
- 23:21, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Good English With Minimal Translation: Why Bethlehem Uses the ESV
- 22:32, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Good English With Minimal Translation: Why Bethlehem Uses the ESV (New page: {{info}}''Why I would like to see the English Standard Version become the most common Bible of the English-speaking church, for preaching, teaching, memorizing, and study''. <blockqu...)
- 22:09, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) The Authority And Meaning Of The Christian Canon (top)
- 21:58, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) The Authority And Meaning Of The Christian Canon
- 21:45, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) The Authority And Meaning Of The Christian Canon
- 20:33, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Authority And Meaning Of The Christian Canon (New page: {{info}}''A Response To Gerald Sheppard On Canon Criticism ''<br>Published in The Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 19/2 (1976), pp. 87-96. In the October 1974 issue of Studi...)
- 20:27, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Where Can You Find Something That Is... (New page: {{info}}'''1. True and Reliable '''– “The ordinances of the Lord are true and righteous altogether” (Psalm 19:9). “Sanctify them in the truth; thy word is truth” (John 17:17; cf....) (top)
- 20:23, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Thoughts on the Sufficiency of Scripture (New page: {{info}}''What It Does and Doesn't Mean'' My <u>'''biographical message'''</u> at the pastors’ conference this year was on Athanasius who was born in A. D. 298. So I spent a good bit of...) (top)
- 20:18, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Problems with Inclusive Language Translations of the Bible (New page: {{info}}“Inclusive language” editions of the Bible run the risk of letting contemporary cultural pressures distort not only the wording, but also the meaning, of the original text of S...) (top)
- 20:11, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Precious Gift of Baby Talk (New page: {{info}}Human language is precious. It sets us off from the animals. It makes our most sophisticated scientific discoveries and our deepest emotions sharable. Above all, God chose to revea...) (top)
- 20:08, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Pierced By the Word of God (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Hebrews 4:12''' </blockquote><blockquote> For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul...)
- 20:05, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Morning Meditations on 4 Parts of the Bible (New page: {{info}}I hope you are reading your Bible steadily through the summer. I hope you don’t miss a day. “On his law he meditates day and night” (Psalms 1:2). I pray that there are times ...)
- 20:00, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Morning I Heard the Voice of God (New page: {{info}}Let me tell you about a most wonderful experience I had early Monday morning, March 19, 2007, a little after six o’clock. God actually spoke to me. There is no doubt that it was ...) (top)
- 19:51, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Bethlehem: House of Bread (New page: {{info}}This figure which many of you have seen in our (sporadic Saturday Tribune) newspaper ads is the Hebrew Letter “B”. More than three-fourths of our Christian Bible is written in ...)
- 19:46, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N About My Other Wife (New page: {{info}}I want to perform a wedding for you. I would like to officiate at the marriage between you and the Letter to the Galatians. Letters from God, unlike people, are allowed to have man...) (top)
- 19:28, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N 2 Birthdays and Biblical Inerrancy (New page: {{info}}Two birthdays fill me with thankfulness because of what they signify about the truth of God’s word. On June 22, <u>'''Bethlehem Baptist Church'''</u> turns 137, and the <u...) (top)
- 04:59, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Wayne Grudem on Offensive Language (New page: {{info}} <center>''Note: The following is an email from Wayne Grudem to John Piper, posted with permission.''</center><center>''In it, Grudem responds to Piper's explanation of why ...) (top)
- 04:43, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Resolutions of Jonathan Edwards (New page: {{info}}The following list is from volume one of ''The Works of Jonathan Edwards''. This two volume set can be purchased or read online for free. Being sensible that I am unable to ...) (top)
- 04:27, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) The Appearance of the Unwasted Life, Part 2
- 03:53, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Appearance of the Unwasted Life, Part 2 (New page: {{info}}''What Does this Life Look Like? <br>''Regional Conference, San Luis Obispo (''John Piper finishes his list of 20 ways to not waste your life that he began in ''<u>''part 1 of thi...)
- 03:46, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Appearance of the Unwasted Life, Part 1 (New page: {{info}}''What Does this Life Look Like? <br>''Regional Conference, San Luis Obispo (''The following are notes taken during the session, not a manuscript''.) If the gospel conquers my d...)
- 03:38, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Don't Waste Your Life (Message) (New page: {{info}}''Campus Crusade Christmas Conference <br>''Minneapolis, MN As we meet tonight on this 29th of December, 2003, the body count of those killed in the earthquake in Bam, Iran, stand...)
- 03:30, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) The Essence of the Unwasted Life (top)
- 03:28, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Essence of the Unwasted Life (New page: {{info}}''What Is the Ultimate Aim of the Life That Truly Counts <br>''Regional Conference, San Luis Obispo ==== Why Regional Conferences? ==== Why does Desiring God host regional confer...)
- 03:17, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Preaching Practical Holiness (New page: {{info}}''Bethel Seminary Chapel'' <blockquote> '''1 Thessalonians 4:1-8''' </blockquote><blockquote> Finally, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you learned fr...) (top)
- 03:07, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Origin of the Unwasted Life (New page: {{info}}''What Must Happen for Such a Life to Be Lived? <br>''Regional Conference, San Luis Obispo ''(The following are notes taken during the session, not a manuscript''.) One of the t...) (top)
- 02:57, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Who's Coming to Bethlehem? (Removing all content from page) (top)
- 02:56, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Who's Coming to Bethlehem? (New page: {{info}}Last summer Noël and I heard David Bryant for five days at the annual conference of the Association of Church Mission Committees in Washington D.C. Two months ago 60 of our young ...)
- 02:52, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N When Does God Answer Prayer? (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 John 3:22-23''' </blockquote><blockquote> We receive from him whatever we ask, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. And this is his commandme...)
- 02:47, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) A Week of Prayer (top)
- 02:44, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) A Week of Prayer
- 22:30, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Week of Prayer (New page: {{info}}''Going Hard after the Holy God'' Prayer requires constant renewal. The first week of the year is a good time for renewing the life of prayer. The life of prayer is the life of pe...)
- 22:24, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N "We Have Not Because We Ask Not" (New page: {{info}}One of the signs that God is going to do a great work is that he begins to stir up his people to pray for it. He lays a burden on a person here and a person there. He brings it bac...)
- 22:22, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Wanted: Worm Work (New page: {{info}}Barb Beck, one of our prayer week spark plugs, wrote me the other day about her continued vision for a corps of praying people to pray for the ministry of the word ''during our mor...)
- 22:18, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Tips for Praying the Word (New page: {{info}}1. Realize that there is a direct connection between the degree to which our minds are shaped by Scripture and the degree to which our prayers are answered. Jesus said, “If you a...)
- 22:10, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) A Theological Framework for Prayer '88
- 22:09, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Theological Framework for Prayer '88 (New page: {{info}}How our hearts long to see the day when the unity of Christ’s body will be manifest in truth and power! Not power without ''truth''! For the apostle says the last days wil...)
- 20:03, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Summary Theology of Prayer (New page: {{info}}Below are five statements from John Piper as a summary theology of prayer. An assumption behind these statements is that to know more of God's purpose will deepen our commitment to...)
- 20:00, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Signs of the Coming Revival (New page: {{info}}Before last Friday night’s “<u>'''Missions at the Manse'''</u>” Paul Lindberg had drafted a detailed proposal for a ''Bethlehem Men’s Prayer Breakfast''. Like the great “...) (top)
- 19:57, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Praying till Pentecost Comes (New page: {{info}}The rising tide of prayer precedes the flood of God’s Spirit. The apostles devoted themselves to prayer as they awaited the ''outpouring ''of Pentecost (Acts 1:14). Their friends...) (top)
- 19:49, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Prayer '90 (New page: {{info}}''November 10 at 6:00 p.m.<br>St. Paul Civic Center '' With all my heart I urge you to be a part of ''Prayer ’90''. I don’t want any of you to be left out of what God is ...) (top)
- 19:45, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Piper's Mealtime Prayers (New page: {{info}}John Piper wrote the following meal time prayers for his own family to use. The three longer ones have been used by his family for over 20 years, and all the children know the pray...) (top)
- 19:43, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Persevere in Prayer!
- 19:41, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Persevere in Prayer! (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Colossians 4:2-3''' </blockquote><blockquote> Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving; and pray for us also, that God may open to us ...)
- 19:37, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Our Incense Before the Lamb (New page: {{info}}Have you ever thought of your prayers as the aroma of heaven? Holy Week has drawn me again to read Revelation 4 and 5. Here is a glimpse of life in heaven. In Chapter 5 we see God ...) (top)
- 19:35, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N No Prayer, No Power (New page: {{info}} <blockquote> This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer (Mark 9:29). </blockquote><blockquote> Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation (Mark 14:38)....)
- 18:36, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N My Dream for the Prayer Life of Bethlehem (New page: {{info}}(In case you missed it in the sermon.) 1. Jesus said, in Matthew 6:6, ''“When you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Fa...) (top)
- 18:29, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Meal Time Prayers (New page: {{info}}I believe in spontaneous prayers and carefully crafted prayers. Both can be equally earnest and heart-felt. It is true that some small-souled people resort to written prayers becau...) (top)
- 18:26, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) A Letter Found to the West of the Sanctuary on the Stairs Leading up to the Senior High Room (top)
- 18:25, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Letter Found to the West of the Sanctuary on the Stairs Leading up to the Senior High Room (New page: {{info}}Dear Subdevil Wormwood, We are not impressed at headquarters with your service at Bethlehem. Of course, there are some wonderfully dark spots, but that is hardly to your cre...)
- 18:18, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N If You're Hungry, Here's a Next Step (New page: {{info}}A lot of people at Bethlehem are hungrier for the fullness of God (Ephesians 3:19) now than they have ever been before. What should be your next move? Here is one suggestion. Take ...) (top)
- 18:12, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N I Plant, You Water (New page: {{info}}Picture the Sunday morning sermon as a man heaving great handfuls of seed onto the ground. Would it not be foolish for that sower to look behind him after thirty minutes’ work an...) (top)
- 18:06, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How You Can Change a City and a World (New page: {{info}}When we gather to pray at the Metrodome on Saturday evening, November 11 the seating will be in the basketball configuration. Last year about 7000 people gathered for united prayer...)
- 17:49, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How to Pray If You Are Dead to the Law and Love to Bear Fruit (New page: {{info}}O Lord Jesus, I am by nature a rebel and find more pleasure in what you made than in you. I am sick and corrupt. O Christ, how plain it is to me now that I need something so much d...)
- 17:38, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How to Pray for the Pastoral Staff (New page: {{info}}What a privilege to serve on the pastoral staff at Bethlehem! We on the staff all feel that way. There are many reasons. One of the greatest is that we get prayed for so often by s...)
- 17:28, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How To Pray For Half-an-Hour (New page: {{info}}Last Sunday I appealed to you in the name of the Lord to pray this week in a concerted way for harvest time at Bethlehem. If 1982 is going to be the year, the sign of it will be a ...) (top)
- 17:24, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How Do You Stay Inspired to Pray? (New page: {{info}}It isn’t easy. Prayer is contrary to our old nature because it strikes at self-reliance. Prayer is contrary to our culture because it looks passive instead of active. Prayer is c...)
- 10:48, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Does Prayer Spoil the Party? (New page: {{info}}What a unique group of people we would be at Bethlehem if prayer never spoiled the party—if we were the kind of people who were on such intimate terms with Jesus that he was neve...)
- 10:45, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Desire Starters and the Night of Prayer (New page: {{info}}Why might you want to pray all night on January 9 from 10:00 PM to 6:00 AM? Or even for part of it? We’ve done it every year for over 15 years during prayer week (January 4-11 th...)
- 10:40, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Big, Sweeping-But Not Insipid-Prayers (New page: {{info}}One of the amazing things about Bible prayers is how big and sweeping they often are. Yet they don't have the vague ring of "God bless the missionaries" that sounds so weak. We som...)
- 10:38, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Answers to Prayer in the Midst of Non-Answers (New page: {{info}}On the way to South Carolina last June our water pump froze up 16 miles east of Knoxville on the Interstate. The car immediately overheated and we had to stop. The nearest station ...)
- 10:33, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) When God Says, "Not Now"
- 10:31, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N When God Says, "Not Now" (New page: <blockquote> {{into}}'''Luke 11:1-13''' </blockquote> ==== God's "Not Now" to Bethlehem ==== Last Sunday I stood here and prayed publicly that the Lord would give us $1.4 million dollars ...)
- 10:14, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What Do Answers to Prayer Depend On? Part 2 (New page: {{info}}''Part 2: God's Will'' Two weeks ago I posed the question, "What do answers to prayer depend on?" The first and most fundamental part of the answer was that all answers to prayer ...)
- 10:07, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What Do Answers to Prayer Depend On? (What Do Answers to Prayer Depend On? moved to What Do Answers to Prayer Depend On? Part 1) (top)
- 10:07, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) m What Do Answers to Prayer Depend On? Part 1 (What Do Answers to Prayer Depend On? moved to What Do Answers to Prayer Depend On? Part 1)
- 10:06, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What Do Answers to Prayer Depend On? Part 1 (New page: {{info}}''Part 1: Obedience'' Unanswered prayer is a universal Christian experience. Every one of us has asked God for particular things that have been denied: we asked for help to make a...)
- 09:55, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Weapon Serves the Wielding Power (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Ephesians 6:17-20''' </blockquote><blockquote> And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18 Pray at all times in the ...)
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