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- 01:18, 11 December 2008 (hist) (diff) For Tom Steller on His 10th Anniversary at Bethlehem Baptist (top)
- 01:17, 11 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N For Tom Steller on His 10th Anniversary at Bethlehem Baptist (New page: {{INFO}}Of all the classes that I taught<br>At Bethel then, of all I thought<br>Would be remembered when the years<br>Went by, one class alone appears<br>More clear, more sweet, more preci...)
- 01:13, 11 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N What is the role of a deacon? (New page: {{info}}The basic meaning of Greek word group behind the English translation "deacon" (''diakon''-) suggests the notion of service and servanthood (John 2:5; Romans 15:8; Matthew 20:26; Lu...)
- 01:10, 11 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N What is the role of an elder? (New page: {{info}}According to the New Testament, elders are responsible for the primary leadership and oversight of a church. The function and role of an elder is well summarized by Alexander Strau...)
- 00:58, 11 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Do you believe a church should be governed by one elder or several? (New page: {{info}}We believe the New Testament teaches that there is to be a plurality of elders. This means that a church is not to have unitary leadership where only one man has ultimate authority...)
- 00:36, 11 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Who Shall Shepherd the Flock? (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Peter 5:1-4''' </blockquote><blockquote> Therefore, I exhort the elders among you, as your fellow elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker al...)
- 00:28, 11 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Who Are the Elders? (New page: {{info}}''Then and Now'' <blockquote> '''1 Timothy 3:1-7; 5:17''' </blockquote><blockquote> The saying is sure: If any one aspires to the office of bishop, he desires a noble task. Now a b...)
- 00:14, 11 December 2008 (hist) (diff) What Did Deacons Do?
- 00:11, 11 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N What Did Deacons Do? (New page: {{info}} ==== 1. The Two Church Offices of Deacons and Elders ==== Deacons and elders (= pastors/overseers/bishops) are the two ongoing church offices taught in the New Testament. 1.1....)
- 23:55, 10 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N How Elder-Shepherds Prepare to Meet the Chief Shepherd (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Peter 5:1-4''' </blockquote> <blockquote> Therefore, I exhort the elders among you, as your fellow elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker o...)
- 23:46, 10 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N He Must Manage His Household Well (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Timothy 3:4-5''' </blockquote><blockquote> He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, 5 for if someone does not know...)
- 23:39, 10 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Elders, Pastors, Bishops, and Bethlehem (New page: {{info}} ==== I. Baptist Church Government Illustrated from Historic Baptist Confessions ==== The purpose of this survey is to show that historically Baptists have held to the view that ...) (top)
- 05:39, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Jonathan Edwards on the Problem of Faith and History (top)
- 05:26, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Jonathan Edwards on the Problem of Faith and History
- 05:24, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Jonathan Edwards on the Problem of Faith and History
- 05:10, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Jonathan Edwards on the Problem of Faith and History
- 04:20, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Jonathan Edwards on the Problem of Faith and History
- 04:06, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Jonathan Edwards on the Problem of Faith and History (New page: {{info}}''Published in the Scottish Journal of Theology, Vol. 31, pp. 217-228.'' ==== A Point of Contact With the Contemporary Discussion ==== The rebirth of interest in the thought and ...)
- 03:54, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Jonathan Edwards on the Pilgrim Mindset (New page: {{info}}In celebration of Jonathan Edwards' 300th birthday this month, let him teach us more about Bethlehem's vision called <u>Treasuring Christ Together</u>, and about the pilgrim mindse...)
- 03:47, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Jonathan Edwards and Our Fall Missions Focus (New page: {{info}} ==== Two Motives for Missions, or One? ==== As our fall ''Missions Focus ''approaches, Jonathan Edwards is still on my mind. One reason is that he helped me unite two motives fo...) (top)
- 03:37, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Zwingli and You Next Week (New page: {{info}}In 1982 we celebrated the 800th birthday of St. Francis. In 1983 the 500th birthday of Martin Luther and this year the 500th birthday of Ulrich Zwingli. Zwingli was born sev...) (top)
- 03:30, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Thanksgiving for the Lives of Flawed Saints
- 03:29, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Thanksgiving for the Lives of Flawed Saints (New page: {{info}}God ordains that we gaze on his glory, dimly mirrored in the ministry of his flawed servants. He intends for us to consider their lives and peer through the imperfections of their ...)
- 03:25, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Thank God for Diaries, Journals, and Biography! (New page: {{info}}O, the refreshing, liberating, exhilarating experience of living for several days with the saints in another century! In preparing for the Pastors’ Conference I immersed myself i...)
- 03:21, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Taste of Mueller and His God (New page: {{info}}Pastor George Mueller was born in Germany in 1805, spent most of his life in Bristol , England , preached nine times in Minneapolis in 1880, traveled to 42 countries between the ag...)
- 03:14, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Pastor John's Special Invitation to the Jonathan Edwards Conference (New page: {{info}}When I conceived the <u>Jonathan Edwards Conference </u>for this fall, I had in mind a great all-church event for Bethlehem that we could share with others from around the country....) (top)
- 03:03, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Origin of Calvinism (New page: {{info}}Of course, like every other man besides Jesus Christ, John Calvin was imperfect. His renown is not owing to infallibility, but to his relentless allegiance to the Scriptures as the...) (top)
- 02:57, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Lenin, Francis and Paul (New page: {{info}}Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, the Russian revolutionary who founded Bolshevism which became Soviet Communism, said, “I made a mistake. Without doubt, an oppressed multitude had to be li...)
- 02:52, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Good, Insane Concordance Maker (New page: {{info}}There’s a catch to this story that comes later. I hope you read to the end. I think you’ll be encouraged. I was. I read in a recent issue of ''Books and Culture ''a <u>review <...) (top)
- 02:47, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Every Hero Gets Hiccups (New page: {{info}}I remember back in 1967 the first time I saw my college philosophy professor cutting his own grass in grubby clothes. There seemed at the time to be such a gulf between mowing gras...) (top)
- 02:43, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Dawning of the Final Era (New page: {{info}}''Introducing Ralph Winter'' Besides Virgil Olson and John Marrs and the Eshenaurs from our own Conference, we will be honored to interact during missions week with Ralph Winter, ...)
- 02:15, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Sabbath Hedonism (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Isaiah 58:13-14''' </blockquote><blockquote> If you turn back your foot from the sabbath,<br>from doing ''your pleasure ''on my holy day,<br>and call the sabbath a ...)
- 02:01, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N If the Lord's Day Is Sunday, Why Do We Have a Saturday Evening Service? (New page: {{info}}This article is an extension of the sermon from 10-2-05 entitled “Is There a Lord’s Day?” In that message I was trying to answer the question of whether Romans 14:5 means the...) (top)
- 01:54, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Remember the Sabbath Day to Keep It Holy (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Exodus 20:8-11''' </blockquote> The institution of a Saturday worship service raises the question whether what we are doing here is right in view of 2,000 years of ...)
- 01:43, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Is There a "Lord's Day"? (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Romans 14:1-9''' </blockquote><blockquote> As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. One person believes he may eat anythi...)
- 00:48, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Can I take the Lord's Supper if I've had a bad week spiritually? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''Can I take the Lord's Supper if I've had a bad week spiritually?''' It depends on the transaction of the moment, ...)
- 00:31, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Why We Eat the Lord's Supper, Part 3
- 00:20, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Why We Eat the Lord's Supper, Part 3 (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Corinthians 11:17-34''' </blockquote> Today, Lord willing, we will finish the three part series on the meaning of the Lord's Supper. If you think this is all abou...)
- 00:06, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Why We Eat the Lord's Supper, Part 2
- 23:53, 8 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Why We Eat the Lord's Supper, Part 2 (New page: {{info}}We believe that the Lord Jesus has commanded the church to observe two ordinances. One is baptism, which is unrepeated and signifies the beginning of life in Christ by symbolically...)
- 23:31, 8 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Why We Eat the Lord's Supper, Part 1 (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Corinthians 11:23-26''' </blockquote><blockquote> For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed...)
- 23:15, 8 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Why and How We Celebrate the Lord's Supper (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Corinthians 11:17-34''' </blockquote><blockquote> But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better ...)
- 22:32, 8 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Idolatry, the Lord's Supper, and the Body of Christ (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Corinthians 10:14-22''' </blockquote><blockquote> Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. I speak as to wise men; you judge what I say. Is not the cup of bless...)
- 22:23, 8 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Response to Grudem on Baptism and Church Membership (New page: {{info}}Lots of people know that Wayne Grudem and I are the deepest of friends. We love to room together at conferences. We love to do things together with our wives. We were both in semin...) (top)
- 22:14, 8 December 2008 (hist) (diff) More Clarifications on the Baptism and Membership Issue (top)
- 22:14, 8 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N More Clarifications on the Baptism and Membership Issue (New page: {{info}}''How Important is Church Membership?'' To help you keep thinking and praying about your vote on December 18 at the Annual All-Church Strategy Meeting concerning the Elder proposa...)
- 20:23, 8 December 2008 (hist) (diff) How Old Is Infant Baptism? (top)
- 20:22, 8 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N How Old Is Infant Baptism (How Old Is Infant Baptism moved to How Old Is Infant Baptism?) (top)
- 20:22, 8 December 2008 (hist) (diff) m How Old Is Infant Baptism? (How Old Is Infant Baptism moved to How Old Is Infant Baptism?)
- 05:26, 8 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Teaching and Admonishing One Another in All Wisdom (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Colossians 3:12-17''' </blockquote><blockquote> Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patie...)
- 05:17, 8 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N How Important Is Church Membership? (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Corinthians 12:12-31''' </blockquote><blockquote> For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so...)
- 05:03, 8 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N What Is Baptism, and How Important Is It? (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Colossians 2:8-15''' </blockquote><blockquote> See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to th...) (top)
- 04:35, 8 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N What is Baptism and Does it Save? (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Peter 3:18-22''' </blockquote><blockquote> For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, in order that He might bring us to God, having bee...) (top)
- 04:19, 8 December 2008 (hist) (diff) United with Christ in Death and Life, Part 2 (top)
- 04:09, 8 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Thoughts on Baptism (New page: {{info}}''Sunday Evening Message'' The New Testament teaches very plainly that we are saved by faith. "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved" (Acts 16:31; see also John ...) (top)
- 04:02, 8 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Strengthened to Suffer: Christ, Noah, and Baptism (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Peter 3:18-22''' </blockquote><blockquote> For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, in order that He might bring us to God, having bee...)
- 21:19, 7 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Go and Make Disciples, Baptizing Them... (top)
- 21:14, 7 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Go and Make Disciples, Baptizing Them... (New page: {{info}}Matthew 28:18-20 <blockquote> Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing the...)
- 21:08, 7 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Christ Did Not Send Me to Baptize (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Corinthians 1:10-17''' </blockquote> It is surprising to me that Paul would say, "Christ did not send me to baptize," when, in fact, one of the last things Jesus ...)
- 19:28, 7 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Celebration of Baptism (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Acts 2:36-42''' </blockquote> Just before Jesus came on the scene "preaching the gospel of God, and saying, 'The time is fulfilled, the kingdom of God is at hand; r...)
- 18:39, 7 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Buried and Raised in Baptism Through Faith
- 18:38, 7 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Buried and Raised in Baptism Through Faith (New page: {{info}}'''Colossians 2:8-15''' <blockquote> See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary ...)
- 18:31, 7 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N "There Was Much Water There" (in Minneapolis) (New page: {{info}}''Why a Series on Baptism?'' During the month of May, I will preach (God willing) from biblical texts on baptism. This was a decision the pastoral staff thought through and prayed...) (top)
- 17:34, 7 December 2008 (hist) (diff) m Lutheran, Episcopal and Catholic Views of Infant Baptism (Lutheran, Episcopal and Catholic Views of Infant Baptism moved to Lutheran, Episcopal, and Catholic Views of Infant Baptism)
- 17:32, 7 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N How Old Is Infant Baptism? (New page: {{info}}The earliest explicit mention if infant “baptism” in the history of the church is from the African church father, Tertullian, who lived from about A.D. 160 to about 220. He was...)
- 17:24, 7 December 2008 (hist) (diff) m Lutheran, Episcopal and Catholic Views of Infant Baptism (How Old Is Infant Baptism? moved to Lutheran, Episcopal and Catholic Views of Infant Baptism)
- 17:23, 7 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Lutheran, Episcopal and Catholic Views of Infant Baptism (New page: {{info}}The Augsburg Confession of 1530 is an early Lutheran confession of faith, authored mainly by Philip Melancthon and approved by Martin Luther and presented to King Charles V. In Art...)
- 17:07, 7 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N For Talitha at Her Baptism (New page: {{info}}The Lord himself once stood<br>With John the Baptist in the river, just<br>The way you stand with me<br>Tonight, the Son of Man with perfect trust, Fulfilling everything<br>...) (top)
- 17:04, 7 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Infant Baptism and the New Covenant Community (New page: {{info}} ==== 1. In every New Testament command and instance of baptism repentance and faith precede baptism. ==== Acts 2:37-38, 41 <blockquote> 37 Now when they heard this, they were pi...) (top)
- 07:51, 7 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Where I Am There Will My Servant Be: A Call to Treasure Christ Together
- 07:39, 7 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Where I Am There Will My Servant Be: A Call to Treasure Christ Together (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''John 12:20-26''' </blockquote><blockquote> Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. 21 So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida ...)
- 20:48, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Treasuring Christ Together: The Vision and Its Cost (New page: {{info}}Today we take a little byway in our exposition of Romans 12. I am going to talk about the practicalities of church life, including what you will hear this Wednesday at the all-chur...) (top)
- 14:21, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Treasuring Christ Together: North Campus Expansion, Part 1 (top)
- 14:20, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Treasuring Christ Together: North Campus Expansion, Part 1 (New page: {{info}}''Begging for the Favor of Blessing Others'' <blockquote> '''2 Corinthians 8:1-9''' We want you to know, brothers,about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of ...)
- 14:03, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Treasuring Christ Together, Part 2 (top)
- 14:03, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Treasuring Christ Together, Part 2 (New page: {{info}}''Lessons in Love from 1 John'' <blockquote> '''1 John''' </blockquote> What should a pastor say when he wants to encourage a Biblical kind of life-together in a large church? That...)
- 13:58, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Treasuring Christ Together, Part 1 (top)
- 13:56, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Treasuring Christ Together, Part 1
- 13:47, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Treasuring Christ Together, Part 1
- 12:26, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Treasuring Christ Together, Part 1
- 12:13, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Treasuring Christ Together, Part 1
- 12:05, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Treasuring Christ Together, Part 1
- 11:50, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Treasuring Christ Together, Part 1 (New page: <blockquote>{{info}}'''1 Peter 2:1-12''' So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. 2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it ...)
- 11:15, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Treasuring Christ Together Above All Things (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Peter 2:1-10''' </blockquote><blockquote> So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. 2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure ...) (top)
- 06:04, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Must I speak in tongues in order to be saved? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcription of the audio. '' '''Must I speak in tongues in order to be saved?''' Go to 1 Corinthians 12:30 and read how Paul said that not all...)
- 05:58, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Part 1: Are Wonders against the Word? (Part 1: Are Wonders against the Word? moved to Signs and Wonders: Then and Now) (top)
- 05:58, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) m Signs and Wonders: Then and Now (Part 1: Are Wonders against the Word? moved to Signs and Wonders: Then and Now)
- 05:54, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Signs and Wonders: Then and Now (New page: {{info}} ==== Part 1: Are Wonders against the Word? ==== I am one of those Baptist General Conference people who believes that "signs and wonders" and all the spiritual gifts of 1 Corint...)
- 05:44, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Why Some Spiritual Gifts Attract Unstable People (New page: {{info}}The Bible is aware of “unstable” people. For example, 2 Peter 3:16 says, “There are some things [in Paul’s letters] hard to understand, which the ignorant and ''unstable ''...)
- 05:39, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Testing Bethlehem's Charismatic Quotient (top)
- 05:34, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Testing Bethlehem's Charismatic Quotient (New page: {{info}}Sunday February 26, we took a survey in the evening service at Bethlehem to see what our present convictions are about the spiritual gifts of tongues, healing and prophecy. One hun...)
- 05:26, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) The New Testament Gift of Prophecy
- 05:22, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) The New Testament Gift of Prophecy
- 05:21, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N The New Testament Gift of Prophecy (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Definition, Theses and Suggestions''' </blockquote> '''Theses''' <blockquote> #It is still valid and useful for the church today. This is the clear implication of 1...)
- 05:09, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N High-Hurdling on Sunday Morning (New page: {{info}}When 1 Corinthians 12:29f. says that “''not all'' are teachers, ''not all ''work miracles, ''not all ''possess gifts of healing,” it means that we shouldn’t feel bad when we ...)
- 05:02, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N The California Conference on Holiness: Kudos and Cautions (New page: {{info}}Last week fifty eight people from Bethlehem went to a conference in Anaheim, California called “Holiness Unto the Lord.” It was sponsored by Vineyard Ministries International. ...) (top)
- 04:16, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Spiritual Gifts
- 04:16, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Spiritual Gifts (New page: {{info}}'''1 Corinthians 12:1''' The apostle Paul wrote to the Corinthians, "Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed" (1 Corinthians 12:1). I assume t...)
- 03:10, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Jesus' Name Made This Man Strong
- 03:04, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Jesus' Name Made This Man Strong (New page: {{info}}'''Acts 3:1-16''' <blockquote> Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid dai...)
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