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- 21:44, 14 February 2009 (hist) (diff) Charles Spurgeon: Preaching Through Adversity
- 21:34, 14 February 2009 (hist) (diff) Charles Spurgeon: Preaching Through Adversity
- 21:24, 14 February 2009 (hist) (diff) N Charles Spurgeon: Preaching Through Adversity (New page: {{info}}1995 Bethlehem Conference for Pastors ==== A Personal Introduction ==== My topic this year is "Preaching through Adversity," and the man I focus on is Charles Haddon Spurgeon, wh...)
- 20:59, 14 February 2009 (hist) (diff) N Challenging the Church and Culture with Truth (New page: {{info}}''Unfolding Bethlehem's Fresh Initiative #6'' Our mission and Spiritual Dynamic declare that the all-satisfying supremacy of God shines most brightly through sacrificial deeds of ...)
- 20:46, 14 February 2009 (hist) (diff) N Celebrating Two Concurrent Decades of Faithfulness to Youth and Adults (New page: {{info}}August marked the ten-year anniversary for both David and Karin Livingston and Brad and Cindy Nelson on the pastoral staff at Bethlehem. There is a reason why we have waited until ...)
- 20:40, 14 February 2009 (hist) (diff) N Can I still worship God even though I'm not entirely "pure and upright"? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''Can I still worship God even though I'm not entirely "pure and upright"?''' If being completely "pure and upright...) (top)
- 20:36, 14 February 2009 (hist) (diff) N Can I remarry if my spouse divorces me and marries another? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio.'' '''Can I remarry if my spouse divorces me and marries another?''' No. I know my standard here for Christian obedienc...)
- 18:49, 13 February 2009 (hist) (diff) N Call Me Husband, Not Baal (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Hosea ''' </blockquote> The book of Hosea describes Hosea's marriage to Gomer and its prophetic meaning for Israel. Chapters 4-14 give excerpts from Hosea's pr...) (top)
- 18:40, 13 February 2009 (hist) (diff) By Treasuring All That God Is, All Whom He Loves
- 18:36, 13 February 2009 (hist) (diff) N By Treasuring All That God Is, All Whom He Loves (New page: {{info}}''Unpacking the Master Planning Team Document'' <blockquote> '''Galatians 3:5''' </blockquote> We are in a season of life at Bethlehem that for many of us, contrary to the weather ...)
- 18:24, 13 February 2009 (hist) (diff) By Signs and Wonders: Where Christ Has Not Been Named
- 18:19, 13 February 2009 (hist) (diff) By Signs and Wonders: Where Christ Has Not Been Named
- 18:10, 13 February 2009 (hist) (diff) By Signs and Wonders: Where Christ Has Not Been Named
- 18:06, 13 February 2009 (hist) (diff) N By Signs and Wonders: Where Christ Has Not Been Named (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Romans 15:14-21''' </blockquote><blockquote> I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and a...)
- 17:59, 13 February 2009 (hist) (diff) N Building a Common Community Understanding of God (New page: {{info}}Next Sunday I will begin <u>'''my first expository Sunday morning series'''</u>. My aim is to unfold the message of 2 Peter for his day and our day. It will take about 10 messages ...) (top)
- 17:52, 13 February 2009 (hist) (diff) Brothers, We Must Not Mind a Little Suffering (top)
- 17:06, 13 February 2009 (hist) (diff) N Brothers, We Must Not Mind a Little Suffering (New page: {{info}}''Meditations on the Life of Charles Simeon ''<br>1989 Bethlehem Conference for Pastors ==== Introduction ==== In April, 1831, Charles Simeon was 71 years old. He had been the pa...)
- 16:48, 13 February 2009 (hist) (diff) N Breaking Nets, Sinking Boats and Saving Men (New page: {{info}}''Missions Week'' <blockquote> '''Luke 5:1-11''' </blockquote><blockquote> Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around Him and listening to the word of God, He was sta...)
- 16:39, 13 February 2009 (hist) (diff) N Bodies, Breakfast and the Marriage Bed (New page: {{info}}''Meditation on Daily Worship'' “Worship” is the term we use to cover all the acts of the heart and mind and body that intentionally express the infinite worth of God. This is...)
- 16:33, 13 February 2009 (hist) (diff) Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit Who Mourn
- 06:21, 12 February 2009 (hist) (diff) Biblical Eldership, Part 1a (top)
- 05:46, 12 February 2009 (hist) (diff) Biblical Eldership, Part 1a
- 17:39, 8 February 2009 (hist) (diff) Biblical Eldership, Part 1a
- 17:28, 8 February 2009 (hist) (diff) Biblical Eldership, Part 1a
- 17:03, 8 February 2009 (hist) (diff) Biblical Eldership, Part 1a
- 16:50, 8 February 2009 (hist) (diff) N Biblical Eldership, Part 1a (New page: {{info}}''Shepherd the Flock of God Among You <br>''A Seminar for The Bethlehem Institute<br> Listen to the rest of this seminar: <blockquote> '''►<u>Biblical Eldership, Part 1b</...)
- 05:50, 23 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N Bible Story Audio: Recommendations? (New page: {{info}}''Dear Noël,<br>In'' Treasuring God in Our Traditions, ''you write that your children listened to stories on tape while they were too young to read. Could you recommend some good,...) (top)
- 05:40, 23 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N Bethlehem's Nerve System (New page: {{info}}''How it Works'' Take the example of Carla Christenson and the Elliot Park Neighborhood Big Brother-Big Sister Project. It started with God. He sent an irresistible longing to Car...)
- 05:36, 23 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N Being Loved and Being Hated (New page: {{info}}''What I Pray for in Missions Week'' I will try to be sensitive in the way I give the details of this story. A few name and detail changes to protect the innocent. It comes from a...)
- 05:33, 23 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N Behind the Heroic Image (New page: {{info}}Is there any virtue in uncovering the vice of great men? Certainly not to gloat. But perhaps to warn. I know in my head the tables will be turned someday—the last will be first. ...) (top)
- 05:29, 23 January 2009 (hist) (diff) Becoming All Things to All Men to Save Some
- 05:24, 23 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N Becoming All Things to All Men to Save Some (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Corinthians 9:19-23''' </blockquote><blockquote> For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, that I might win the more. 20 And to the Je...)
- 05:11, 23 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N Bad Title, Great Book (New page: {{info}}''The Church Is Bigger Than You Think By Patrick Johnstone'' <blockquote> '''Psalm ''' </blockquote> The following are quotes from Johnstone's book that I hope will whet your ...)
- 04:56, 23 January 2009 (hist) (diff) Avoiding Sexual Sin (top)
- 04:42, 23 January 2009 (hist) (diff) Avoiding Sexual Sin
- 04:28, 23 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N Avoiding Sexual Sin (New page: {{info}}''Pitfalls and Protections for Christian Leaders <br>''A Biblical Analysis of Ten Steps Toward Sexual Sin<br>Northwestern College Chapel <blockquote> '''1 Corinthians 10:12''' </bl...)
- 04:07, 23 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N At the Price of God's Own Blood (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Acts 20:28''' </blockquote><blockquote> Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God...)
- 03:58, 23 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N Are we free to use any means necessary, except for sinful ones, to reach the lost? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''Are we free to use any means necessary, except for sinful ones, to reach the lost?''' The problem with saying Yes...) (top)
- 03:54, 23 January 2009 (hist) (diff) Answers to Objections to Going into Missions
- 03:49, 23 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N Answers to Objections to Going into Missions (New page: {{info}}''What I Said at Missions in the Main Hall'' When I spoke at Missions in the Main Hall Sunday night, I tried to give a biblical response to possible obstacles that are in the way ...)
- 03:48, 19 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N Another Desiring God (New page: {{info}}Earlier this year the Council of Deacons approved a vision statement drafted by Cole Grace for developing a radio ministry of Bethlehem. Cole is willing and eager to serve as the p...)
- 03:37, 19 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N An Overview of the History of Missions (New page: {{info}}(Based on Ralph Winter, <u>'''The Kingdom Strikes Back: Ten Epochs of Redemptive History'''</u>''' '''in ''Perspectives on the World Christian Movement'') ==== Phase O...)
- 03:31, 19 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N An Open Letter to Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman, Temple Israel (New page: {{info}}Dear Rabbi Zimmerman, Thank you for your email of 2-27-04 addressed to some of us among the downtown clergy concerning Mel Gibson's movie, ''The Passion of the Christ''. I read mo...) (top)
- 03:23, 19 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N An Open Letter to Michael Prowse (New page: {{info}}Dear Mr. Prowse, It would be my great joy to persuade you that God's demand for worship is beautiful love, not ugly pride. On March 30, 2003 you wrote in the London ''Financ...)
- 03:16, 19 January 2009 (hist) (diff) An Invitation to QuILT (top)
- 03:13, 19 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N An Invitation to QuILT (New page: {{info}}''Qu''estions and<br>''I''ssues in<br>''L''eadership and<br>''T''heology ==== What? ==== QuILT is a bi-weekly 1½ hour class in which Pastor John will lead a discussi...)
- 03:07, 19 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N An Invitation to Join a New Venture in Missions (New page: {{info}}Last Sunday night I presented to the church my view of the overarching mission of BBC. Out of that mission statement (which I will make available in writing soon) came a specific g...)
- 03:03, 19 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N An “Uncommon Union†(New page: {{info}}My dominant emotion tonight on the last day of vacation is a strong affection for the staff at Bethlehem. I have not seen them for almost five weeks. But I have prayed for them by ...) (top)
- 22:37, 13 January 2009 (hist) (diff) Always Singing One Note—A Vernacular Bible
- 21:59, 13 January 2009 (hist) (diff) Always Singing One Note—A Vernacular Bible
- 21:46, 13 January 2009 (hist) (diff) Always Singing One Note—A Vernacular Bible
- 19:44, 13 January 2009 (hist) (diff) Always Singing One Note—A Vernacular Bible
- 19:11, 13 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N Always Singing One Note—A Vernacular Bible (New page: {{info}}''Why William Tyndale Lived and Died <br>''2006 Bethlehem Conference for Pastors ==== What Was the “One Note” He Always Sang? ==== Stephen Vaughn was an English merchan...)
- 18:57, 13 January 2009 (hist) (diff) All Jews and Gentiles Are Under Sin
- 18:56, 13 January 2009 (hist) (diff) All Jews and Gentiles Are Under Sin
- 18:52, 13 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N All Israel Will Be Saved (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Romans 11:22-29''' </blockquote><blockquote> Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provi...) (top)
- 18:21, 13 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N Advice to Pastors: Preach the Word (New page: {{info}}''Installation Sermon <br>'' ==== Introduction ==== I am more honored and more happy to be in this role right now than most people can know. I am honored because what we are abou...)
- 18:09, 13 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N A Word on Bruce Leafblad... (New page: {{info}}Tom Pals will be finishing his seminary training next December. During the fall he will be busy looking for a full-time ministerial position. Therefore he is terminating his minist...)
- 17:43, 13 January 2009 (hist) (diff) A Vision of God for the Final Era of Frontier Missions
- 17:39, 13 January 2009 (hist) (diff) A Vision of God for the Final Era of Frontier Missions
- 16:41, 13 January 2009 (hist) (diff) A Vision of God for the Final Era of Frontier Missions
- 16:28, 13 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N A Vision of God for the Final Era of Frontier Missions (New page: {{info}}''A work of gratitude to Daniel Payton Fuller on his 60th birthday'' <blockquote> ''Daniel Payton Fuller is professor of Hermeneutics at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, Ca...)
- 16:13, 13 January 2009 (hist) (diff) A Theology for Missions
- 15:59, 13 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N A Theology for Missions (New page: {{info}}''Conference on Missions Education ''<br>Crystal Evangelical Free Church I would like to begin by mentioning the impact that Patrick Johnstone's book, ''Operation World ''has...)
- 04:46, 7 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N A Summary of the Gospel to Help You Enjoy It and Share It (New page: {{info}}'''God Created Us for His Glory ''' “Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth, everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory” ...)
- 04:42, 7 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N A Statement on Divorce & Remarriage in the Life of Bethlehem Baptist Church (New page: {{info}}This statement on divorce and remarriage is the product of several years of study and discussion by the Council of Deacons of Bethlehem Baptist Church. The final approval of its pr...) (top)
- 04:30, 7 January 2009 (hist) (diff) A Reply To Gerhard Maier (top)
- 18:09, 4 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N A Reply To Gerhard Maier (New page: {{info}}''A Review Article ''<br>Published in The Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 22/1 (1979), pp. 79-85. <center>The End of the Historical-Critical Method.<br>Gerhard Maie...)
- 17:24, 4 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N A Prayer for Our Church (New page: {{info}}O Lord, by the truth of your Word, and the power of your Spirit and the ministry of your body, build men and women at Bethlehem . . . <blockquote> *Who don't love the world more th...)
- 17:18, 4 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N A Prayer for Bethlehem One Hundred Years From Now (New page: {{info}}''To Be Put in the Time Capsule in the New Building'' Dear friends in the future, I am writing this prayer on May 14, 2002. My name is John Piper, and I have been the senior pas...) (top)
- 17:08, 4 January 2009 (hist) (diff) A Personal Encounter with Jonathan Edwards (top)
- 06:21, 3 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N A Personal Encounter with Jonathan Edwards (New page: {{info}}Published in ''The Reformed Journal ''28 (11): 13-17. <br>Reprinted by permission of Eerdmans Publishing Company. <br>All rights reserved. When I was in seminary, a wise professor...)
- 05:35, 3 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N A Pastor's Role in World Missions (New page: {{info}}''Bethel Seminary Chapel'' <blockquote> '''Psalm''' </blockquote> The way a pastor sees his role in relation to world missions will depend on his vision of God and his view of man....)
- 00:29, 1 January 2009 (hist) (diff) A Pastor's Offering to God of Holy People
- 00:28, 1 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N A Pastor's Offering to God of Holy People (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Romans 15:14-21''' </blockquote><blockquote> I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and a...)
- 00:11, 1 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N A Passion for the Supremacy of God for the Joy of All Peoples (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Acts 13:36''' </blockquote><blockquote> David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep, and was laid among his fathers. </blockquo...)
- 23:48, 31 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Passion for Missions in the Men Who Stay (New page: {{info}}I cannot get over the fact that there are more churches in the Twin Cities than there are Protestant North American missionaries to 1,930,000,000 Muslim, Hindu, Han Chinese and Bud...)
- 23:40, 31 December 2008 (hist) (diff) A Passion for God’s Supremacy and Compassion for Man’s Soul (top)
- 23:39, 31 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Passion for God’s Supremacy and Compassion for Man’s Soul (New page: {{info}}''Jonathan Edwards on the Unity of Motives in World Missions <br>''Resolved 2007Tools In the final session of Resolved 2007, Piper answered how the truth that “God is the go...)
- 05:47, 30 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Passion for Christ-Exalting Power (New page: {{info}}''Martyn Lloyd-Jones on the Need for Revival and Baptism with the Holy Spirit ''<br>1991 Bethlehem Conference for Pastors<br> ==== Martyn Lloyd-Jones The Preacher ==== In July, 1...)
- 05:18, 30 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Parting Word (New page: {{info}}One more word on Sunday night while Noël packs for vacation. These have been great months of joy between me and Noël. I feel like a very favored Boaz. My “Ruth” is jus...)
- 05:14, 30 December 2008 (hist) (diff) A God-Entranced Vision of All Things: Why We Need Jonathan Edwards 300 Years Later
- 05:01, 30 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N A New Full-Time Minister? (New page: {{info}}I have proposed to the Council of Deacons that in September of 1982 we add a new full-time minister at Bethlehem. The conviction guiding my decision is that we should add staff, no...) (top)
- 01:37, 27 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Mind in Love with God (New page: {{info}}''The Private Life of a Modern Evangelical <br>''The Jonathan Edwards Institute<br>A Passion for Truth<br>Evangelicalism in the Modern World My topic in this first address is "Jon...) (top)
- 04:37, 25 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N A God-Entranced Vision of All Things: Why We Need Jonathan Edwards 300 Years Later (New page: {{info}}''2003 Desiring God National Conference <br>''The Unrivaled Legacy of Jonathan Edwards<br>Friday Evening General Session<br> One of the reasons that the world and the church need ...)
- 04:14, 25 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Future and a Hope (New page: {{info}}Here’s a summary of the future I sketched last Sunday. ==== Holding the Course ==== We have a theology and a philosophy of ministry. We will try to hold to this as a steady cou...)
- 04:09, 25 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Crucial Time to Focus Prayer on Pastoral Leadership (New page: {{info}}“Taking heed to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit has made us overseers to care for the church of God which he ordained with his own blood”—a ''momentous calling ''for t...)
- 04:05, 25 December 2008 (hist) (diff) A Church-Based Hope for "Adultolescents"
- 04:04, 25 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Church-Based Hope for "Adultolescents" (New page: {{info}}Christian Smith, professor of sociology at Notre Dame, wrote in the most recent ''Books and Culture ''<u>'''a review of six books'''</u>that deal with the new phenomenon of “adul...)
- 03:22, 25 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Broken and Contrite Heart God Will Not Despise (New page: {{info}}''Psalms: Thinking and Feeling with God, Part 3'' <blockquote> '''Psalm 51''' </blockquote><blockquote> ''To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him,...)
- 03:11, 25 December 2008 (hist) (diff) "Safe for Democracy" or "Sent for the Gospel" (top)
- 03:10, 25 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N "Safe for Democracy" or "Sent for the Gospel" (New page: {{info}}''When a Cause Matters'' <span id="1230174483807S" style="display: none">President Woodrow Wilson’s efforts to maintain neutrality were disregarded by German submarines. Februar...)
- 03:02, 25 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N From His Fullness We Have All Received, Grace Upon Grace (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''John 1:14-18''' </blockquote><blockquote> And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full o...) (top)
- 15:32, 11 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Is it okay to use secular media to teach Christian principles? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''Is it okay to use secular media to teach Christian principles?''' It certainly is possible in discipleship to tak...)
- 15:29, 11 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Search for the Minister for Children's Discipleship (New page: {{info}}Before I left for Manila back in July, I put together with the staff a packet of information about Bethlehem and about the position of Minister for Children’s Discipleship so tha...)
- 15:19, 11 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Good Doctrine Makes Better (Teenage) Saints (New page: {{info}}Here it is again. More evidence from surveys what the Bible makes so plain: superficial, non-doctrinal, non-serious Christians sin pretty much like the world; but more serious, mor...)
- 15:03, 11 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Christian Elders in the New Testament
- 14:54, 11 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Christian Elders in the New Testament (New page: {{info}} ==== 1. The Background of the Term “Elder” in Judaism ==== '''1.1''' Almost all early societies or religious communities were guided in some way by elders, that is, by the o...)
- 01:40, 11 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Public Thanksgiving for Gordon Cunningham and Erv Mickelberg (New page: {{info}}I love the quiet, dogged, humble faithfulness of old men. Men like Gordon Cunningham and Erv Mickelberg. I pray that when I am their age I will have the push to do as they have don...) (top)
- 01:22, 11 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Why does having disobedient children unfit a man for church leadership? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''Why does having disobedient children unfit a man for church leadership?''' While children are little the father i...) (top)
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