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- 16:55, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Putting My Daughter to Bed Two Hours After the Bridge Collapsed (New page: {{info}}''What Do Tragedies Like This Mean for Us?'' At about 6 PM tonight the bridge of Interstate 35W over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis collapsed. I am writing this about three ...) (top)
- 16:48, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Passion of Jesus Christ and the Passion of Auschwitz (New page: {{info}}(This is the title of a chapter in the book I just finished, ''The Passion of Jesus Christ''. Thanks for praying. Here's an excerpt.) It is a tragedy that the story of Chris...) (top)
- 16:36, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Luther, Bunyan, Bible and Pain (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Psalm 119:71''' </blockquote> From 1660 to 1672, John Bunyan, the English Baptist preacher, and author of ''Pilgrim's Progress'', was in the Bedford county jail. He...)
- 16:21, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How God Teaches the Deep Things of His Words (New page: {{info}}''A Meditation on Psalm 119:65–72'' The reason Psalm 119 has 176 verses is that the Hebrew alphabet has 22 letters. The psalmist exults in the multifaceted preciousness of God...) (top)
- 16:05, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Embracing the Pain of Shame (New page: {{info}}There is a kind of shame that you should not be ashamed of. You might say, "Well, then it is not really shame." But the Bible calls it shame, and it really feels like shame - until...)
- 00:31, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Why We Can Rejoice in Suffering (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Peter 4:12-19''' </blockquote><blockquote> Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some stran...)
- 23:26, 20 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Where Is God? (New page: {{info}}''The Supremacy of Christ in an Age of Terror'' This weekend is the first anniversary of 9/11 that has occurred on the Lord's day, Sunday. Therefore it seemed good to us to step b...)
- 23:16, 20 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Today's Mercies for Today's Troubles (New page: {{info}}''Tomorrow's Mercies for Tomorrow's Troubles'' <blockquote> '''Matthew 6:34; Lamentations 3:22-23''' </blockquote><blockquote> Therefore do not be anxious for tomorrow; for tomorro...)
- 23:04, 20 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Today You Will Be with Me in Paradise (New page: {{info}}''Good Friday'' <blockquote> '''Luke 23:43''' </blockquote> ==== Two Ways to Respond to Suffering ==== There are two kinds of responses to our own personal suffering: 1) We can ra...)
- 22:55, 20 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Thanksgiving in Suffering (New page: {{info}}''Celebration of Thanksgiving at Maranatha Hall'' <blockquote> '''Hebrews 4:14-16''' </blockquote><blockquote> Since we have a great high priest, Jesus, the Son of God, who has pas...)
- 22:48, 20 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Suffering and the Second Coming (top)
- 22:45, 20 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Suffering and the Second Coming (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''2 Thessalonians 1:1-10''' </blockquote><blockquote> Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Gra...)
- 18:56, 20 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Spreading Power Through Persecution
- 18:56, 20 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Spreading Power Through Persecution
- 18:55, 20 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Spreading Power Through Persecution (New page: <blockquote> <span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1227206976265_733" />{{info}}'''Acts 8:1-8''' And on that day a great persecution arose against the church in Jerusalem; and they were all scatte...)
- 18:48, 20 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Spiritual Depression in the Psalms (top)
- 18:47, 20 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Spiritual Depression in the Psalms (New page: {{info}}''Psalms: Thinking and Feeling with God, Part 2'' <blockquote> '''Psalm 42''' ''To the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah.'' </blockquote><blockquote> As a deer pants for ...)
- 18:10, 20 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Sacrifice of Suffering (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Hebrews 13:13-14''' </blockquote><blockquote> Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever. Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings; for it...)
- 18:05, 20 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Price and the Preciousness of Spiritual Power (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Acts 5:17-21a''' But the high priest rose up and all who were with him, that is, the party of the Sadducees, and filled with jealousy they arrested the apostles an...)
- 17:42, 20 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Painful Discipline of Our Heavenly Father (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Hebrews 12:3-11''' </blockquote><blockquote> For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you may not grow weary and lose hea...)
- 17:31, 20 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Let Us Go with Jesus Bearing Reproach (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Hebrews 13:12-16''' </blockquote><blockquote> Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people through His own blood, suffered outside the gate. 13 So, let u...)
- 17:21, 20 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Job: Wrestling with Suffering (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Job 2:11-31:40''' </blockquote> It's one thing to experience a sudden tragedy—like the loss of a child or the discovery of some dreaded disease in your body. It's...)
- 16:49, 20 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Job: The Revelation of God in Suffering (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Job 38-42:6''' </blockquote> Job had been lying in unrelieved misery for months with open sores all over his body. During this time he bore the grief of seven dead ...) (top)
- 16:17, 20 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Job: Reversal in Suffering (top)
- 16:15, 20 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Job: Reversal in Suffering (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Job 42:7-17''' </blockquote> Neither bad theology (in the words of Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar) nor good theology (in the words of Elihu) gives us the knowledge of ...)
- 16:00, 20 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Job: Reverent in Suffering (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Job 1:1-2:10''' </blockquote><blockquote> There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turne...) (top)
- 15:46, 20 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Job: Rebuked in Suffering (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Job 32-37''' </blockquote> From chapter 4 to 31 Job conversed with his three friends, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, about the meaning of suffering. The upshot of it ...)
- 05:37, 20 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N I Will Sing of Thy Might and Mercy (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Psalm 59:16-17''' </blockquote><blockquote> But I will sing of thy might;<br>I will sing aloud of thy steadfast love in the morning.<br>For thou hast been to me a f...)
- 05:18, 20 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N He Trusted to Him Who Judges Justly (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Peter 2:18-25''' </blockquote><blockquote> Servants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to the kind and gentle but also to the overbearing. ...) (top)
- 04:46, 20 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Fail Not to Obtain the Grace of God (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Hebrews 12:12-17''' </blockquote><blockquote> Therefore, strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble, 13 and make straight paths for your feet,...)
- 04:35, 20 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Called to Suffer and Rejoice: To Finish the Aim of Christ's Afflictions
- 04:31, 20 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Called to Suffer and Rejoice: To Finish the Aim of Christ's Afflictions
- 04:30, 20 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Called to Suffer and Rejoice: To Finish the Aim of Christ's Afflictions
- 04:29, 20 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Called to Suffer and Rejoice: To Finish the Aim of Christ's Afflictions (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Colossians 1:24-29''' </blockquote><blockquote> Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I do my share on behalf of his body (which is the chur...)
- 04:19, 20 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Called to Suffer and Rejoice: That We Might Gain Christ
- 04:19, 20 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Called to Suffer and Rejoice: That We Might Gain Christ (New page: <blockquote>{{info}}'''Philippians 3:1-14''' Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you. Beware of the dog...)
- 03:56, 20 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Called to Suffer and Rejoice: For an Eternal Weight of Glory (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''2 Corinthians 4:7-18''' </blockquote><blockquote> But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the surpassing greatness of the power may be of God and not fro...)
- 03:46, 20 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Blessed Are the Persecuted
- 03:46, 20 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Blessed Are the Persecuted (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Matthew 5:10-12''' </blockquote> Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.<br>Blessed are you when men revi...)
- 03:32, 20 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Arming Yourself with the Purpose to Suffer (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Peter 4:1-6''' </blockquote><blockquote> Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same purpose, because he who has suffered...)
- 17:42, 19 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What would you say to a young man who is considering sleeping with his girlfriend? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio''. '''What would you say to a young man who is considering sleeping with his girlfriend?''' I would ask him if he was a...) (top)
- 17:38, 19 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N "It is better to marry than to burn with passion" -- What does this mean? (New page: {{info}}Piper briefly discusses 1 Corinthians 7:9 in the sermon <u>'''"Marriage, Singleness, and the Christian Virtue of Hospitality": '''</u> <blockquote> I should say just one brief...) (top)
- 17:33, 19 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Strategies for Fighting Sexual Sin (top)
- 17:26, 19 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Strategies for Fighting Sexual Sin
- 16:53, 19 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Strategies for Fighting Sexual Sin
- 16:36, 19 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Strategies for Fighting Sexual Sin
- 15:10, 19 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Strategies for Fighting Sexual Sin
- 15:05, 19 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Strategies for Fighting Sexual Sin (New page: {{info}}''Northwestern College Chapel'' 1. Recognize that sexuality is a good gift from God. <blockquote> Genesis 2:24-25 <br>For this cause a man shall leave his father and his moth...)
- 14:47, 19 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Sex and the Supremacy of Christ, Part 2 (New page: {{info}}''2004 Desiring God National Conference'' Sex and the Supremacy of Christ<br>Sunday Morning General Session On Friday night I waved a banner over this conference with two convict...) (top)
- 14:18, 19 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Sex and the Supremacy of Christ, Part 1 (New page: {{info}}''2004 Desiring God National Conference'' Sex and the Supremacy of Christ <br>Friday Evening General Session There is a connection between the beheadings of Jack Hensley and Euge...) (top)
- 13:56, 19 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How to Deal with the Guilt of Sexual Failure for the Glory of Christ and His Global Cause (New page: {{info}}''Passion07 Main Session'' The closest I have ever come to being fired from my position as a pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in the last twenty-six years was in the mid eightie...) (top)
- 02:57, 19 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N When Unclothed Is Unfitting (New page: {{info}}''Thoughts on Selling with Sex'' Jonathan Edwards once said that godly people can, as it were, smell the depravity of an act before they can explain why it is evil. There is a spi...) (top)
- 02:45, 19 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Two Sundays on Sex (New page: {{info}}This coming Sunday morning I aim to preach about "<u>'''Sex and the Single Person'''</u>." The Sunday after that my topic will be "<u>'''Sexual Relations in Marriage'''</u>." Why?&...) (top)
- 02:38, 19 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Sex Without Heads (New page: {{info}}''Lessons for the Praying Mantis'' If Solomon had read ''National Geographic ''he might have written this proverb: <blockquote> Like a man in search of a harlot<br>The Chinese ma...) (top)
- 02:34, 19 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Sex and the Supremacy of Christ: An Invitation (New page: {{info}}Downtown Minneapolis hotel receptionists are being blown away by phone calls from around the country asking, "Are you taking reservations for the ''Sex and the Supremacy of Christ'...) (top)
- 02:29, 19 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Rebellion of Nudity and the Meaning of Clothing (New page: {{info}}The first consequence of Adam’s and Eve’s sin mentioned in Genesis 3:7 is that “the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves to...) (top)
- 02:20, 19 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Nudity in Drama and the Clothing of Christ (New page: {{info}}The Sunday ''Star Tribune ''(November 19, 2006) carried an article entitled “Live! Nude! Onstage!” It began, “Suddenly, it seems you can’t attend a play in this town withou...) (top)
- 01:48, 19 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Most Controversial Star Article Yet (New page: {{info}}I thank God for those of you who approached me in love and respect ''and disagreement ''over the public dissemination of the Star (Taste & See) article entitled “<u>'''Missio...) (top)
- 01:42, 19 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Missions and Masturbation (New page: {{info}}Masturbation is the experience of sexual orgasm produced by self-stimulation. Virtually every man and almost as many women have tried it. It is a regular practice of most single me...) (top)
- 01:35, 19 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N "This is the Will of God for You: That You Abstain from Sexual Immorality" (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Thessalonians 4:1-8''' </blockquote><blockquote> Finally then, brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us instruction as ...)
- 01:18, 19 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Sexual Relations in Marriage (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Hebrews 13:4-5''' </blockquote><blockquote> Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the immoral and adult...) (top)
- 00:56, 19 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Sex and the Single Person (New page: {{info}}If the Bible addresses an issue with unrelenting frequency and urgency, and if that issue is one of the strongest natural forces in the world today, then ministers of the Word of G...) (top)
- 00:32, 19 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Satan Uses Sexual Desire (top)
- 21:13, 18 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Battling the Unbelief of Impatience/es
- 20:39, 18 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Battling the Unbelief of Impatience/es
- 20:30, 18 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Battling the Unbelief of Impatience/es
- 19:49, 18 November 2008 (hist) (diff) The Gospel in 6 Minutes/es
- 19:25, 18 November 2008 (hist) (diff) True Love/es
- 02:09, 18 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Satan Uses Sexual Desire (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Corinthians 7:1-7''' </blockquote><blockquote> Now concerning the matters about which you wrote. It is well for a man not to touch a woman. But because of the tem...)
- 01:47, 18 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Enthronement of Desire (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Ephesians 5:3-6''' </blockquote><blockquote> But fornication and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is fitting among saints. Let ther...) (top)
- 16:53, 17 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Avoiding Sexual Sin, Part 1 (top)
- 16:53, 17 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Avoiding Sexual Sin, Part 1 (New page: {{info}}Pitfalls and Protections for Christian Leaders <br>Sunday Evening Message Background: <blockquote> *Gary Hart's withdrawal from the presidential campaign after what appeared...)
- 16:06, 17 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Money, Markets, and Ministry (top)
- 15:51, 17 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Money, Markets, and Ministry
- 15:48, 17 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Money, Markets, and Ministry
- 15:40, 17 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Money, Markets, and Ministry (New page: {{info}}''Giving and Selling in the Mission of Desiring God'' ==== Preface ==== This booklet is a window into the heart of Desiring God (DG). John Piper wrote the original draft for the ...)
- 15:08, 17 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What's the difference between living for the Kingdom and living for the American dream? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcription of the audio. '' '''What's the difference between living for the Kingdom and living for the American dream?''' The essential diffe...) (top)
- 15:04, 17 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What is the danger in being a middle-class comfortable Christian? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcription of the audio''. '''Being a Christian these days in America is very comfortable, middle-class, and respectable. What are the danger...) (top)
- 15:01, 17 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Should I invest for retirement? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''Should I invest for retirement?''' I want to bless those who lean away from big fat retirement accounts and big f...) (top)
- 01:54, 17 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Why I Am Opposed To A State Lottery (New page: {{info}}Article 13, section 5 of Minnesota’s state constitution says, “The legislature shall not authorize any lottery or the sale of lottery tickets.” State Senator Clarence Purfeer...) (top)
- 01:28, 17 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What Is the "Bad Eye" in Matthew 6:23? (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Matthew 6:23''' </blockquote> The fighter verse <u>'''(church-wide memory verse)'''</u> for August 14, 2005 was difficult to understand. It seems to dangle in the S...) (top)
- 01:22, 17 November 2008 (hist) (diff) The Tragedy of Langston Hughes and a Warning I Will Heed (top)
- 01:21, 17 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Tragedy of Langston Hughes and a Warning I Will Heed (New page: {{info}}It’s Black History Month. The biggest book in my entire library is ''<u>'''The Norton Anthology: African American Literature'''</u>''<u></u>. It has 2,665 pages. Flop it open to ...)
- 01:08, 17 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Picture Jesus Playing the Lottery (New page: {{info}}Can you? What would happen inside the soul of Jesus when he reads, “Win up to $10,000 now—$1,000,000 later…play anywhere, win anytime…''for people who just can’t wait to ...) (top)
- 01:04, 17 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N An Open Letter To Governor Tim Pawlenty Concerning the Expansion of State-Supported Casino Gambling in Minnesota (New page: {{info}}Many of us who have admired your gifted leadership of our state are stunned by <u>'''your support'''</u> for expanding the gambling industry in this state. We hope that you will re...) (top)
- 00:04, 17 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N God Can Turn This Around (New page: {{info}}''God's Will for Our Money'' My main emotions in regard to money at Bethlehem are gratitude and hope, not anxiety. God has always met our needs. I would insult God if I fretted ov...) (top)
- 00:00, 17 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N "The Eye is the Lamp of the Body" (New page: {{info}}''A Meditation on Matthew 6:19-24'' <blockquote> '''Matthew 6:19-24''' </blockquote><blockquote> Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and wh...)
- 23:57, 16 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Don't Play the Lottery for Me! (New page: {{info}}The West Virginia pastors who accepted Jack Whittaker's tithe on his $170 million Powerball booty should be ashamed of themselves. One of them said, "That's a blessing to have that...) (top)
- 23:54, 16 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Acclaim for Christ vs. Craving Praise
- 23:51, 16 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Acclaim for Christ vs. Craving Praise (New page: {{info}}I have <u>'''suggested that we should dream'''</u> of ways to make much of Christ in the way we use our economic stimulus checks that will be arriving soon. That raises the questio...)
- 23:19, 16 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Magnifying God with Money (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Luke 12:32-34''' </blockquote><blockquote> Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has chosen gladly to give you the kingdom. (33) Sell your possessions and...)
- 22:56, 16 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Gideon Venture (New page: {{info}}''Education for Exultation: Debt-Free'' <blockquote> '''Judges 7:1-22''' </blockquote><blockquote> Then Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him, rose early...) (top)
- 22:49, 16 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Fear of God and Freedom from Goods (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Acts 2:42-47''' </blockquote><blockquote> And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And fear c...)
- 22:38, 16 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Enough for Us (New page: {{info}}''Abundance for Every Good Work'' <blockquote>'''<span id="1226874181452S" style="display: none"> </span>2 Corinthians 9:6-12''' </blockquote><blockquote> The point is this: h...) (top)
- 22:19, 16 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Dont Be Anxious, Lay Up Treasure in Heaven, Part 2 (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Matthew 6:19-34''' </blockquote><blockquote> "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 ...) (top)
- 22:11, 16 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Dont Be Anxious, Lay Up Treasure in Heaven, Part 1 (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Matthew 6:19-34''' </blockquote><blockquote> "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 ...) (top)
- 21:36, 16 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What do you mean by "future grace"? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''What do you mean by "future grace"?''' I don't just mean grace that comes to us in the distant future, like at th...) (top)
- 13:56, 16 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Desiring God, Part 1a (top)
- 04:16, 16 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Desiring God, Part 1a (New page: {{info}}''The Pursuit of Joy in Life and Ministry <br>''A Seminar for The Bethlehem Institute ==== Seminar Notes ==== <blockquote> #<u>'''Mission Statement'''</u> #<u>'''Introduction and ...)
- 03:30, 16 November 2008 (hist) (diff) The Supremacy of Christ and Joy in a Postmodern World (top)
- 03:23, 16 November 2008 (hist) (diff) The Supremacy of Christ and Joy in a Postmodern World
- 03:19, 16 November 2008 (hist) (diff) The Supremacy of Christ and Joy in a Postmodern World
- 03:17, 16 November 2008 (hist) (diff) The Supremacy of Christ and Joy in a Postmodern World
- 03:14, 16 November 2008 (hist) (diff) The Supremacy of Christ and Joy in a Postmodern World
- 02:40, 16 November 2008 (hist) (diff) The Supremacy of Christ and Joy in a Postmodern World
- 02:16, 16 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Supremacy of Christ and Joy in a Postmodern World (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''John 17:13''' But now I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves. </blockquote> (See <u>'''all th...)
- 01:51, 16 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What approach should I take when others seem opposed to Christian Hedonism? (New page: {{info}}With the presentation of almost any doctrine, there will usually be some people in whom the truths do not seem to take root. Sometimes it may be because they are closed to learning...) (top)
- 01:47, 16 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N We Want You to Be a Christian Hedonist! (New page: {{info}} ==== What Is Christian Hedonism? ==== My shortest summary of Christian Hedonism is: ''God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him''. We all make a god o...) (top)
- 01:26, 16 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Response to Richard Mouw's Treatment of Christian Hedonism in The God Who Commands (New page: {{info}}The irony of this interchange is that I love Richard Mouw's focus on "divine command ethics" which makes God the basic criterion of all morality. More amazing than that, I even see...) (top)
- 15:46, 15 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Is love an act of the will, or an emotion? (New page: {{info}}We believe that love is indeed an act of the will. But we need to go one step further and affirm that love is ''also ''an emotion. Affections are part of the essence of love. These...) (top)
- 15:35, 15 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Is God concerned more about our holiness than our happiness?
- 15:33, 15 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Is God concerned more about our holiness than our happiness? (New page: {{info}}We would say that if God is concerned about our holiness (and He is), then He ''must ''also be concerned about our happiness--not the shallow, superficial type of happiness, but th...)
- 15:17, 15 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How to Drink Orange Juice to the Glory of God (New page: {{info}}When I asked two weeks ago, "Is the Doctrine of Total Depravity Biblical" my answer was, Yes. And one thing I meant was that all of our actions (apart from saving grace) are morall...)
- 15:15, 15 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How Shall We Fight for Joy? (New page: {{info}}1. Realize that authentic joy in God is a gift. 2. Realize that joy must be fought for relentlessly. 3. Resolve to attack all known sin in your life. 4. Learn the secret of guts...)
- 15:10, 15 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How Has God Made Much of Us (How Has God Made Much of Us moved to How Has God Made Much of Us?) (top)
- 15:10, 15 November 2008 (hist) (diff) m How Has God Made Much of Us? (How Has God Made Much of Us moved to How Has God Made Much of Us?) (top)
- 15:08, 15 November 2008 (hist) (diff) How Has God Made Much of Us?
- 15:00, 15 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How Has God Made Much of Us? (New page: {{info}}(''This article is excerpted from God Is the Gospel, pages 155-162)'' The way God has made much of us is by creating us in his image and calling this creation “very good....)
- 06:48, 10 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N "As Yourself" (New page: {{info}}After my sermon last Sunday someone may wonder how I understand Jesus’ command, “Love your neighbor ''as yourself''” (Luke 10:27). I was very critical of what I called the ...)
- 06:43, 10 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Call to Greatness (New page: {{info}}Greatness in Jesus' eyes is serving the needs of others. And Jesus' eyes are the only ones that count in the end. He said, "Whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your s...)
- 06:39, 10 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Can Christians Be Held Hostage by the Sins of the Beloved? (New page: {{info}}The sins of those we love can be as painful as the labor of childbearing. I have seen women who labored so long and hard in childbirth that blood vessels broke in their faces. Paul...)
- 06:36, 10 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Find a New Way to Love (top)
- 06:35, 10 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Find a New Way to Love
- 06:32, 10 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Find a New Way to Love
- 06:30, 10 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Find a New Way to Love (New page: {{info}}God is breaking into lives and giving new abilities to love. He is doing it for wives and husbands and children and single people. He is breaking people open and showing them that ...)
- 06:26, 10 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N If You Want to Love, You Must Die to the Law (New page: {{info}}Ever since we arrived at Romans 7:4, I have stressed that the Old Testament Law is not the first and decisive means of bearing the fruit of love. Now I want to show you this from 1...) (top)
- 06:16, 10 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Imperfect Love Fulfills the Law and Pleases the Perfection-Demanding God (New page: {{info}}Christians can love each other in a way that is never perfect in this life but which nevertheless pleases God and fulfills the law, even though the law demands perfection. How can ...) (top)
- 06:07, 10 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N "Only Wounded Soldiers Can Serve" (New page: {{info}}Some of you are going through things right now that are painfully preparing you for some precious service to the Lord and to his people. When a person strikes rock bottom with a se...)
- 05:45, 10 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Part About Mercy I Left Out of the Sermon (New page: {{info}} ==== Verse 9b: “Abhor What Is Evil” ==== On June 5/6 I exhorted you to build your lives on the mercies of God in Jesus Christ. “I appeal to you therefore brothers, ''by th...) (top)
- 05:37, 10 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Surrendering and Demanding Rights: Two Kinds of Love (New page: {{info}}''Thoughts on Mercy and Justice in 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15'' <blockquote> '''2 Thessalonians 3:6-15''' </blockquote><blockquote> Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lor...) (top)
- 05:28, 10 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Talking to People Rather Than About Them (New page: {{info}}''What I Left Out of the Sermon on August 6'' In my first sermon after being away five months, I left something out. It was in the notes, but didn’t seem to flow with the main f...)
- 05:21, 10 November 2008 (hist) (diff) What Love Does and Does Not Do (top)
- 05:20, 10 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What Love Does and Does Not Do (New page: {{info}}''Anniversary Thoughts on 1 Corinthians 13:4-7'' <blockquote> '''1 Corinthians 13:4-7''' Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does...)
- 05:11, 10 November 2008 (hist) (diff) What to Say to the Depressed, Doubting, Skeptical, Confused, Angry
- 05:09, 10 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What to Say to the Depressed, Doubting, Skeptical, Confused, Angry (New page: {{info}}If you care about people and risk talking to the depressed, the doubting, the skeptical, the confused, and the angry, you will soon run into a person who says to your counsel: I’...)
- 05:03, 10 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N On the Possibility of Saying "I Love You, But I Dont Like You" (New page: {{info}}''The Opinion, v10 n2, pp. 5-7'' In the fall of 1967 when winter was about to make its entry into northern Illinois I received a revelation that “Love is not liking.” The prop...) (top)
- 04:56, 10 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Whom Shall We Invite to Thanksgiving Dinner? (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Luke 14:12-14''' </blockquote> Matthew 28:19 and 20 is called the Great Commission not because it is better than all the other commissions in the Bible, but because...) (top)
- 04:48, 10 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What We See When the Spirit Reigns: Love (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Romans 8:3-4''' </blockquote> The response to last week's message was mixed. The more I thought about the responses, the more I knew I had to expand on the things I...)
- 04:36, 10 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Summer Is for Seeing and Showing Christ (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''2 Corinthians 3:12-18''' </blockquote><blockquote> Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness in our speech, and are not as Moses, who used to put a veil o...) (top)
- 04:24, 10 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Savoring God by Serving the Saints (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Hebrews 6:9-12''' </blockquote><blockquote> Though we speak thus, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things that belong to salvation. For God is not ...) (top)
- 04:13, 10 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The One Who Loves Lives in Light (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 John 2:7-11''' </blockquote> ==== Introduction: Love and Live in the Light ==== There is a direct link between last week's text and today's text. <u>'''Last week...)
- 04:05, 10 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The New Commandment of Christ: Love One Another As I Have Loved You (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''John 13:31-35''' When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. 32 If God is glorified in him, God will also gl...) (top)
- 22:17, 9 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The New Birth Produces Love (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 John 4:7-21''' Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Anyone who does not love does not ...)
- 21:58, 9 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Mind of Christ: Looking Out for the Interests of Others (New page: {{info}}In the <u>'''message that I gave'''</u> just before leaving on vacation, I focused on my hope for a kind of relational culture at Bethlehem that would give rise to wisdom—the kin...) (top)
- 21:12, 9 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Marriage, Singleness, and the Christian Virtue of Hospitality (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Peter 4:7-11''' The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers. 8 Above all, keep loving one anothe...)
- 20:57, 9 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Love: A Matter of Life & Death
- 20:56, 9 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Love: A Matter of Life & Death (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 John 3:11-18''' </blockquote><blockquote> For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another, and not be like Cain w...)
- 20:43, 9 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Love Your Neighbor as Yourself, Part 2 (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Matthew 22:34-40''' </blockquote><blockquote> But when the Pharisees heard that He had put the Sadducees to silence, they gathered themselves together. And one of t...) (top)
- 20:24, 9 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Love Your Neighbor as Yourself, Part 1 (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Matthew 22:34-40''' </blockquote><blockquote> But when the Pharisees heard that He had put the Sadducees to silence, they gathered themselves together. And one of t...) (top)
- 20:09, 9 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Love One Another for Love Is of God (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 John 4:7-11''' </blockquote><blockquote> Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God, and he who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love...)
- 19:47, 9 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Let Love Be Genuine (top)
- 19:40, 9 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Greatest of These Is Love: An Introduction to the Series (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 John 4''' </blockquote> This new <u>'''series of messages'''</u> has been in my heart and on my mind for a long time—for several years, at least. I am calling t...)
- 15:35, 9 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Freed to Love (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Galatians 5:13-15''' </blockquote><blockquote> For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through l...)
- 15:18, 9 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Faith: The Link Between God's Love for Us and Ours for Others (top)
- 15:13, 9 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Faith: The Link Between God's Love for Us and Ours for Others (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Galatians 5:1-6''' </blockquote><blockquote> It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slave...)
- 13:58, 9 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Dying as a Means of Loving, Part 2 (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Corinthians 13:4-7''' Love is patient, love kind, and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own...) (top)
- 13:34, 9 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Dying as a Means of Loving, Part 1 (top)
- 13:34, 9 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Dying as a Means of Loving, Part 1 (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''John 12:20-26''' </blockquote> Now there were certain Greeks among those who were going up to worship at the feast; these therefore came to Philip, who was from Bet...)
- 12:30, 9 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Doing Mercy to the Brothers of Jesus and the Broken Neighbor
- 12:27, 9 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Doing Mercy to the Brothers of Jesus and the Broken Neighbor (New page: <blockquote>{{info}}'''Matthew 25:31-46''' </blockquote><blockquote> When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 Before...)
- 11:47, 9 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Consider How to Stir Up One Another to Love
- 11:43, 9 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Consider How to Stir Up One Another to Love
- 11:40, 9 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Consider How to Stir Up One Another to Love (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Hebrews 3:12-14; 10:23-25''' Hebrews 3:12 Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God...)
- 11:21, 9 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N But I Say to You, Love Your Enemies, Part 2 (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Matthew 5:43-48''' You have heard that it was said, "You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy." But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those wh...) (top)
- 11:08, 9 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N But I Say to You, Love Your Enemies, Part 1 (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Matthew 5:43-48''' </blockquote><blockquote> You have heard that it was said, "You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy." But I say to you, love your enemi...) (top)
- 10:56, 9 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Be Kind to One Another (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Ephesians 4:31-5:2''' Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, with all malice, and be kind to one another, tenderhearte...)
- 22:07, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Crossway Books Interview with John Piper on A Hunger for God (top)
- 22:06, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Crossway Books Interview with John Piper on A Hunger for God
- 22:02, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Crossway Books Interview with John Piper on A Hunger for God
- 21:56, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Crossway Books Interview with John Piper on A Hunger for God
- 21:55, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Crossway Books Interview with John Piper on A Hunger for God
- 21:51, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Crossway Books Interview with John Piper on A Hunger for God
- 21:42, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Crossway Books Interview with John Piper on A Hunger for God
- 20:43, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Crossway Books Interview with John Piper on A Hunger for God (New page: {{info}} ==== 1. What do you mean by calling Fasting a homesickness for God? ==== Matthew 9:15 "The attendants of the bridegroom cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can ...)
- 20:35, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How can I conquer gluttony? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcription of the audio''. '''How can I conquer gluttony?''' There are a lot of reasons for obesity in our culture. It's not just that we ea...) (top)
- 20:29, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Revival and Fasting (New page: {{info}}''Bethlehem Day of Prayer'' There was a Presbyterian minister in Albany, New York, who died in 1876. He had been the pastor of the Presbyterian church in Albany for 40 years. His ...) (top)
- 20:16, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N You Are About to Change Your Job (New page: {{info}}God is calling many of you to rethink your life goals, and your life work. These are exciting days. Unsettling days. But you are yearning deep inside to live and work closer to the...)
- 20:13, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Fasting in 1984? (New page: {{info}}Why should I, a child of grace, to whom all good things are given to enjoy, expose myself to hunger, headaches and dizziness by fasting? Answer: 1) “While they were wors...) (top)
- 20:03, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Call to Fast for Humility and Power (New page: {{info}}King Artaxerxes of Persia made a decree to send Ezra back to Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile was over (Ezra 7:11ff). “The good hand of his God was upon him, for he had set h...) (top)
- 19:52, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) How Not to Be a Mule (top)
- 19:51, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How Not to Be a Mule (New page: {{info}}''Summer Psalms'' Sunday Evening Message <blockquote> '''Psalm 32''' </blockquote> The psalm we want to ponder tonight is Psalm 32, and what we want to find out from it is "How No...)
- 18:32, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Treasuring Christ Together The North Campus Extension, Part 2 (Treasuring Christ Together The North Campus Extension, Part 2 moved to Treasuring Christ Together: The North Campus Extension, Part 2) (top)
- 18:32, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) m Treasuring Christ Together: The North Campus Extension, Part 2 (Treasuring Christ Together The North Campus Extension, Part 2 moved to Treasuring Christ Together: The North Campus Extension, Part 2) (top)
- 18:30, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Treasuring Christ Together: The North Campus Extension, Part 2 (New page: {{info}}''Grace Abounding for Every Good Work'' <blockquote> '''2 Corinthians 9:1-15''' </blockquote><blockquote> Now it is superfluous for me to write to you about the ministry for the sa...)
- 18:08, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Toward the Tithe and Beyond (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}''How God Funds His Work'' '''Matthew 23:23''' </blockquote> ==== An Open Letter to My Sons ==== I almost designed this message as an open letter to my elder sons. K...) (top)
- 17:45, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N These You Ought to Have Done Without Neglecting the Others (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Luke 11:37-42''' While he was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him; so he went in and sat at table. The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not f...) (top)
- 17:36, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Kingdom of Heaven Is a Treasure (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Matthew 13:44''' The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and ...)
- 17:21, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N He Who Sows Bountifully Will Reap Bountifully (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''2 Corinthians 9:6-15''' </blockquote> What I want us to look at this morning is the way Paul motivates giving in 2 Corinthians 9:6–14. My aim here is mainly to he...) (top)
- 17:12, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Prayer, Meditation, and Fasting Part 1 (Prayer, Meditation, and Fasting Part 1 moved to Prayer, Meditation, and Fasting, Part 1) (top)
- 17:12, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) m Prayer, Meditation, and Fasting, Part 1 (Prayer, Meditation, and Fasting Part 1 moved to Prayer, Meditation, and Fasting, Part 1) (top)
- 16:56, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) On Lending to God
- 16:55, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N When Gratitude Gets Complicated (New page: {{info}}''Thoughts on Saying Thank You at Bethlehem and Desiring God'' When you are in a position of receiving great blessing from many people, expressing gratitude can get complicated. T...) (top)
- 16:51, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Can we give anything to Christ? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcription of the audio. '' '''Can we give anything to Christ?''' When the psalmist cried out, "What shall I render to the Lord for all of hi...)
- 16:48, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Should all of my tithe go to the local church? (New page: {{info}}'''Should all of my tithe go to the local church? ''' There's no clear biblical mandate that your generosity has to be in a certain proportion to your church and to other min...) (top)
- 16:45, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Do Not Grow Weary in Well-Doing (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Galatians 6:6-10''' </blockquote> Probably the worst enemy of enthusiasm is time. Human beings have a remarkable and sad capacity for getting tired of wonderful thi...)
- 16:33, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Christmas Joy Vs. the Kirchensteuer (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''2 Corinthians 8:1-9; 9:6-15''' </blockquote> Noël and I lived in West Germany for three years. We lived in Munich, the capital of Bavaria (one of the German states...) (top)
- 16:07, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Call upon Me in the Day of Trouble and I Will Deliver You (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Psalm 50:1-15''' The Mighty One, God the Lord, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God s...)
- 15:39, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Why do you emphasize Bible reading and prayer so much? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcription of the audio. '' '''Why do you emphasize Bible reading and prayer so much?''' I don't think there is anything more basic to knowin...)
- 15:36, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What does it mean to have a relationship with God? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcription of the audio. '' '''What does it mean to have a relationship with God?''' O that all believers would make it a priority to grow in...)
- 15:33, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What can we do practically to help set our minds on heavenly things? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcription of the audio. '' '''What can we do practically to help set our minds on heavenly things?''' The first step is to recognize our nee...)
- 14:15, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Is it more important to have a mind for God or a heart for God? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcription of the audio. '' '''Is it more important to have a mind for God or a heart for God?''' A balance is necessary for sure, but both a...) (top)
- 14:06, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How do you do family devotions? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcription of the audio.'' '''How do you do family devotions?''' The Bible is central during family devotions. You don't ever need another b...) (top)
- 13:42, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Prayer, Meditation, and Fasting, Part 1
- 13:40, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Prayer, Meditation, and Fasting, Part 1
- 12:36, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Prayer, Meditation, and Fasting, Part 1
- 12:31, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Prayer, Meditation, and Fasting, Part 1
- 12:21, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Prayer, Meditation, and Fasting, Part 1 (New page: {{info}}''The Pursuit of Communion with God'' A Seminar for The Bethlehem Institute<br> Listen to the rest of this seminar: <blockquote> *<u>Prayer, Meditation, and Fasting, Part 2a</u> ...)
- 11:47, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Devotion, Criticism and the Bible (New page: {{info}}''The Opinion, v10 n1, p. 9'' I was paging through the Princeton Seminary Catalogue the other day and ran across a very interesting course being offered there. The title is ''NT 0...) (top)
- 11:43, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Making a Difference by Fire (New page: {{info}}Have you ever prayed a prayer like this? <blockquote> Lord, let me make a difference for you utterly disproportionate to who I am? </blockquote> That’s the prayer I wrote in the ...) (top)
- 11:39, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Early Morning at the Manse (New page: {{info}}Click. KSJN plays softly. Click. I turn it off in three seconds. It is 6:00 a.m. I want Noël to sleep ‘til 6:30. I slip out from under the sheet and quilt and tuck them in aroun...) (top)
- 11:37, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N David Gink Meets the Snake (New page: {{info}}David Gink rose before dawn last Friday. As he turned the light on in the bathroom he heard a soft sucking noise which he thought came from the bathtub drain. “An airlock,” he ...) (top)
- 06:13, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Dissatisfied Contentment (top)
- 06:07, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Dissatisfied Contentment (New page: {{info}}''Toward an Ethic of Christian Hedonism'' The basic tenet of Christian hedonism is that the desire to be happy is a proper motive for every good deed. Or conversely, if you abando...)
- 05:53, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) A Christian Hedonist Looks at "Love Within Limits" (top)
- 05:52, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) A Christian Hedonist Looks at "Love Within Limits"
- 05:17, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Christian Hedonist Looks at "Love Within Limits" (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}''This article first appeared in The Reformed Journal 29, (August, 1979), pp. 9-13. It is reprinted here by permission of Eerdmans Publishing Company. All rights reser...)
- 05:02, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Christian Hedonism
- 04:54, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Christian Hedonism (New page: {{info}}''Forgive the Label, But Don't Miss the Truth'' ('''<u>Read</u>''' a condensed version of this article.) If you must, forgive me for the label. But don't miss the truth because ...)
- 04:37, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Why Desiring God Exists (top)
- 04:33, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Why Desiring God Exists (New page: {{info}}Desiring God, like all fallen, finite human ministries and people, sees “in a mirror dimly” (1 Corinthians 13:12). We do not claim to be perfect in what we know. And we do not ...)
- 04:22, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N When the "Want To" and the "Ought To" Dont Match (New page: {{info}}If your "want to" does not conform to God's "ought to," what can you do to have peace? I see at least five possible strategies. <blockquote> #You can avoid thinking about the "ough...) (top)
- 04:19, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) The Unashamed God
- 04:18, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Unashamed God (New page: {{info}}''Meditation on Hebrews 11:16'' <blockquote> '''<span id="1226117424215S" style="display: none"> </span>Hebrews 11:16''' But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, ...)
- 04:07, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Treating Delight As Duty Is Controversial (New page: {{info}}Christian Hedonism is not new So if Christian Hedonism is old-fashioned, why is it so controversial? One reason is that it insists joy is not just the spin-off of obedience ...)
- 04:00, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) The Treasure That Turns Treasures to Garbage
- 03:59, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Treasure That Turns Treasures to Garbage (New page: {{info}}''The Text I Didn't Preach On'' <blockquote> '''Philippians 3:7-15''' But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because...)
- 03:54, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N There is a Way to Be Happy, Even in Sadness (New page: {{info}}''Godly Sorrow: Jesus' and Ours'' Christian Hedonists embrace necessary sorrow for the glory of God. On the one hand, we are utterly committed to pursuing joy in God at all times....)
- 03:10, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Softball, Sex and Augustus Strong (New page: {{info}}On June 19, 1917, Augustus Hopkins Strong attended his 60th class anniversary at Yale. Dr. Strong had been the president of Rochester Theological Seminary for 40 years, resigning i...) (top)
- 02:58, 8 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Preview to The Dangerous Duty of Delight (New page: {{info}}A Personal Letter from John Piper to All Our Web Visitors Dear Friends of Desiring God, May I encourage you to dream with me of what our kind and merciful God might do for unbeli...)
- 21:36, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Clarifying Christian Hedonism (New page: {{info}}Now that school has started we have begun a new routine at bedtime. Abraham, Benjamin and Karsten each come to me in my study alone one by one. Each night I give them a new questio...) (top)
- 21:32, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) A Birthday Gift to My Father on His 89th Birthday (top)
- 21:29, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Birthday Gift to My Father on His 89th Birthday (New page: {{info}}Today is my father’s 89th birthday. He’s been in heaven for ten months. But I can’t shake the thought that I should keep giving him gifts. Perhaps it would be an honor to him...)
- 21:24, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Advent Began Early (New page: {{info}}“People like to go to church where people like to go to church.” Which means that you help Bethlehem grow when you enjoy the Lord on Sunday. Isn’t God good to set things up s...) (top)
- 18:47, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N True Christianity: Inexpressible Joy in the Invisible Christ (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Peter 1:8-9''' And though you have not seen him, you love him, and though you do not see him now, but believe in him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible ...)
- 18:38, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Present Power of a Future Possession (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Hebrews 10:32-39''' But remember the former days, when, after being enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings, 33 partly, by being made a public spec...) (top)
- 18:26, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Liberated for Love by Looking to the Reward/ (Liberated for Love by Looking to the Reward/ moved to Liberated for Love by Looking to the Reward) (top)
- 18:26, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) m Liberated for Love by Looking to the Reward (Liberated for Love by Looking to the Reward/ moved to Liberated for Love by Looking to the Reward) (top)
- 18:26, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Liberated for Love by Looking to the Reward (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Hebrews 11:23-28''' </blockquote> ==== Faith Makes the Difference When we Walk Through Crisis ==== As we look at four more instances of what faith produces, keep i...)
- 18:20, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) It's My Pleasure! (top)
- 18:19, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N It's My Pleasure! (New page: {{info}}''Humility & Christian Hedonism'' Those who know me best know that I am a Christian hedonist. That means that I think my desire to be happy is a proper motive for everything I...)
- 18:04, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Good Deeds and the Glory of God (New page: {{info}}''Sunday Evening Message'' <blockquote> ''1 Peter 2:12'' </blockquote><blockquote> Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see y...)
- 17:55, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Blinding Effects of Serving God (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Luke 15:25-31''' Now his older son was in the field, and when he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing. And he summoned one of the servants and...) (top)
- 07:48, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What is so important about Christian hope? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''What is so important about Christian hope?''' If our future is not secured and satisfied by God then we are going...)
- 07:45, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How is our hope evident to others? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcription of the audio. '' '''How is our hope evident to others?''' This question is absolutely crucial for Americans to ask themselves espe...)
- 07:42, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How did your emphasis on "Hope in God" begin? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''How did your emphasis on "Hope in God" begin?''' That's a good question, and I'm not sure that I know the answer ...)
- 07:39, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Can Christians be depressed? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcription of the audio. '' '''Does being depressed mean that something is wrong with our hope?''' Every Christian who struggles with depress...) (top)
- 07:25, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Use of "Hope" in Hebrews (New page: {{info}} ==== 1. Usage of "Hope" ==== The word "hope" (''elpis'') occurs in Hebrews in five places: <blockquote> *3:6 Christ was faithful as a son over his house, whose house we are if w...)
- 07:11, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Recovering from the Disease of Sin (New page: {{info}}There is life at Bethlehem. With all our imperfections we have tasted the honey of divine Life and it has made our eyes sparkle. Christ is walking among us. Not because we are so m...) (top)
- 07:06, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Promise for You! (New page: {{info}}''"I will make with them an everlasting covenant that I will not turn away from doing good to them ... I will rejoice in doing good to them" (Jeremiah 32:40, 41).'' This is ...)
- 07:00, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Why the Son of God Came into the World (New page: {{info}}''A Christmas Message'' <blockquote> '''Mark 10:45''' </blockquote> Last night some time before 9:00, little Eric Larson, Glen and Patty's almost-two-year-old, died in his crib. At...)
- 06:49, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Why Hope? Grace! (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''2 Thessalonians 2:16-17''' Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace, comfort...)
- 06:36, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Why Hope? Gospel! (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Colossians 1:15-23''' 15) He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation; 16) for in him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, vis...)
- 06:27, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) What Is Hope?
- 06:23, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What Is Hope? (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Hebrews 6:1-12''' Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and o...)
- 06:09, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Ruth: The Best Is Yet to Come (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Ruth 4''' </blockquote> As we come to the end of our <u>series on the book of Ruth</u>, the main question we should ask is, What is the lesson of this book? What on...)
- 05:57, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Remember That You Were Hopeless
- 05:47, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Remember That You Were Hopeless (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Ephesians 2:11-12''' </blockquote> This is the word of God to us this morning. Let us obey it together and not resist its discomfort. This is the word of God: "''Re...)
- 05:39, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) The Power of Hope
- 05:16, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Power of Hope (New page: {{info}}''Easter Sunday'' <blockquote> '''1 Peter 1:3-9''' Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a liv...)
- 05:09, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Our Hope: The Appearing of Jesus Christ (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Titus 2:11-13''' For the grace of God has appeared for the salvation of all men, training us to renounce irreligion and worldly passions, and to live sober, uprigh...)
- 04:55, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Our Hope: Righteousness (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Galatians 5:1-12''' For freedom Christ has set us free; stand fast therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Now I, Paul, say to you that if you rec...)
- 04:46, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Our Hope: Eternal Life!
- 04:43, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Our Hope: Eternal Life! (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Titus 3:7''' </blockquote><blockquote> So that we might be justified by his grace and become heirs in hope of eternal life. </blockquote> The portion of this mornin...)
- 04:12, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) How Can I Hope? New Birth!
- 04:08, 7 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How Can I Hope? New Birth! (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Peter 1:3, 22-25''' Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy we have been born anew to a living hope through the resurrection o...)
- 22:36, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Hope of Exiles on the Earth (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Hebrews 11:13-22''' </blockquote><blockquote> All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance...) (top)
- 22:24, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Hope Anchored in Heaven
- 22:21, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Hope Anchored in Heaven
- 22:20, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Hope Anchored in Heaven (New page: <blockquote>{{info}}'''Hebrews 6:19-20''' </blockquote><blockquote> This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a ''hope ''both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil, 20 ...)
- 21:26, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) God Has Given Us Good Hope Through Grace, Part 2 (top)
- 21:17, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N God Has Given Us Good Hope Through Grace, Part 2 (New page: {{info}}''Sunday Evening Message'' '''2 Thessalonians 2:13-17''' 1. Point out the inadequacy of <u>this morning's image of the Christian life</u>. &nb...)
- 19:46, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N God Has Given Us Good Hope Through Grace, Part 1 (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''2 Thessalonians 2:13-17''' </blockquote><blockquote> But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God chose you ...) (top)
- 19:35, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Girding the Mind to Guard Your Hope (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Peter 1:13''' </blockquote><blockquote> Therefore, gird your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at...)
- 19:27, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Fullness of Hope and the Fellowship of Love (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Hebrews 10:19-25''' </blockquote><blockquote> Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way ...) (top)
- 19:21, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Fruit of Hope: Love (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Colossians 1:3-8''' </blockquote><blockquote> We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard of your faith in...)
- 18:30, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Fruit of Hope: Endurance (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Thessalonians 1:2-3''' </blockquote><blockquote> We give thanks to God always for you all, constantly mentioning you in our prayers, remembering before our God an...)
- 18:21, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) The Fruit of Hope: Boldness
- 18:15, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Fruit of Hope: Boldness (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''2 Corinthians 3:12''' </blockquote> Today we look at a third fruit of hope, namely, boldness. The first fruit of hope which we looked at two weeks ago was joy (Roma...)
- 17:58, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Educating for Hope (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Psalm 78:1-8''' </blockquote><blockquote> Give ear, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth! I will open my mouth in a parable; I wi...)
- 17:47, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Christ Is Hallowed in Us When We Hope in Him (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Peter 3:13-17''' </blockquote><blockquote> And who is there to harm you if you prove zealous for what is good? But even if you should suffer for the sake of right...)
- 17:18, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Christ Appeared That We Might Hope in God (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Peter 1:20-21''' </blockquote> He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for your sake, 21 who through him are b...)
- 08:09, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Tragically Widening the Grounds of Legitimate Divorce (New page: {{info}}''A Response to Instone-Brewer's Article in Christianity Today'' The October issue of ''Christianity Today ''carried an astonishing article on divorce and remarriage by David Inst...) (top)
- 07:56, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Divorce and Remarriage at Bethlehem (New page: {{info}}After some three years of study and prayer and discussion concerning the biblical teachings about divorce and remarriage, the Council of Deacons, at their May 2 meeting, put the fi...) (top)
- 07:53, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What God Has Joined Together, Let Not Man Separate, Part 2 (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Matthew 19:3-12''' </blockquote><blockquote> And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?” 4 He a...)
- 07:22, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What God Has Joined Together, Let Not Man Separate, Part 1 (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Mark 10:1-12''' </blockquote><blockquote> And he left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan, and crowds gathered to him again. And again, as w...)
- 06:54, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Things I Have Learned (New page: {{info}}Since my father died on March 6, I have been looking through his papers. I found a small sheet with the following fifteen counsels, titled “Things I Have Learned.” He didn't ma...)
- 06:45, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) The Wisdom We Speak
- 06:28, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Wisdom We Speak (New page: <blockquote> <span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1225952171375_159"></span>{{info}}'''1 Corinthians 2:6-13''' </blockquote> Last week our text was 1 Corinthians 2:1–5, and the main point was th...)
- 06:15, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Wisdom of Men and the Power of God (New page: {{info}}''John Piper's Installation'' <blockquote> '''1 Corinthians 2:1-5''' </blockquote><blockquote> In coming to you brothers and sisters, I come proclaiming to you the testimony of God...)
- 06:06, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Test the Spirits to See Whether They Are of God (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 John 3:24b-4:6''' </blockquote><blockquote> And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us. Beloved, do not believe every spirit, b...)
- 05:55, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Ruth: Strategic Righteousness (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Ruth 3''' 1Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, "My daughter, should I not seek a home for you, that it may be well with you? 2Now is not Boaz our kinsman, wi...)
- 05:44, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) The Renewed Mind and How to Have It
- 05:39, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Is There Christian Eloquence? Clear Words and the Wonder of the Cross (top)
- 05:25, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Is There Christian Eloquence? Clear Words and the Wonder of the Cross
- 05:19, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Make It Free
- 05:08, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Make It Free
- 05:02, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Make It Free (New page: {{info}}''Improving Online Effectiveness by Removing All Barriers to Accessing and Sharing Content'' If you are a Christian media ministry, I commend the following vision for maximizing ...)
- 04:47, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N This Is Dedicated to You (New page: {{info}}Philip Yancey told a story in ''Christian Century ''recently that has helped me understand something about work and art. He wrote: <blockquote> A friend of mine, a hand surge...) (top)
- 04:45, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Some Questions to Ask When Considering a Job (New page: {{info}}'''1. Can you earnestly do all the parts of this job “to the glory of God,” that is, in a way that highlights his superior value over all other things? '''“Whether, then, you...)
- 04:40, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Sluggard Says, There Is a Lion Outside! I Shall Be Slain (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Proverbs 22:13''' </blockquote><blockquote> The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets!" </blockquote> This is not what I expected...)
- 04:37, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N On Laboring in Vain (New page: {{info}}Discouragement comes in many forms and so our array of weapons must be varied. Before I accepted the call to become pastor of Bethlehem my father wrote and told me about the many p...)
- 04:34, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N In Quest of Rest (New page: {{info}}Garrison Keillor has quit the Prairie Home Morning Show on KSJN. For those of you hooked on KTIS or WCCO who haven’t discovered Minnesota Public Radio, Garrison Keillor is a comp...)
- 04:31, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Your Job as Ministry (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Corinthians 7:17-24''' </blockquote> The main point of my message this morning can be stated as a ''declaration ''and as a prayer. As a declaration it would be: H...)
- 04:08, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Why God Wills Work (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Thessalonians 4:9-12''' </blockquote> The most fruitful question that I asked in preparing for this message is: How does a human being differ from a beaver? I was...)
- 03:57, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Tentmakers in Minneapolis (top)
- 03:53, 6 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Tentmakers in Minneapolis (New page: <blockquote>{{info}}'''1 Peter 2:12''' </blockquote><blockquote> Maintain good conduct among the Gentiles, so that in case they speak against you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deed...)
- 17:52, 5 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Don't Steal, Work and Give! (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Ephesians 4:28''' </blockquote><blockquote> Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing good with his own hands, so that he may be able to give t...)
- 17:10, 5 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Don't Eat the Bread of Anxious Toil (New page: {{info}}''Summer Psalms'' Sunday Evening Message <blockquote> '''Psalm 127''' </blockquote> Wherever there are people whose hearts are not fretful or anxious or in a resentful frenzy, but...)
- 17:00, 5 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Do Not Labor for the Food Which Perishes (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''John 6:27''' </blockquote> Labor Day has been a national holiday in America for 87 years. The purpose is to honor the working people of our land. In 1956 a commemor...)
- 16:44, 5 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How should we respond to inappropriate humor? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''How should we respond to inappropriate humor?''' I hate to be in a situation where something you think is offensi...)
- 16:39, 5 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N War of Words: Getting to the Heart for God's Sake (New page: {{info}}''Desiring God 2008 National Conference'' (''These are notes taken during the session, not a manuscript''.) There are three things I know about you: <blockquote> #'''You ta...)
- 16:26, 5 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Panel Discussion - Piper, Tripp, Kauflin, and Taylor
- 16:22, 5 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Panel Discussion - Piper, Tripp, Kauflin, and Taylor (New page: {{info}}''Desiring God 2008 National Conference'' In this panel discussion, Justin Taylor asks questions of John Piper, Paul Tripp, Dan Taylor, and Bob Kauflin. Here are the questions and...)
- 16:14, 5 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Panel Discussion - Piper, Driscoll, and Ferguson (New page: {{info}}''Desiring God 2008 National Conference'' This panel discussion featured Sinclair Ferguson, Mark Driscoll, and John Piper, with questions by Justin Taylor. Here's what was asked: ...) (top)
- 15:51, 5 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Is There Christian Eloquence? Clear Words and the Wonder of the Cross
- 15:50, 5 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Is There Christian Eloquence? Clear Words and the Wonder of the Cross
- 15:48, 5 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Is There Christian Eloquence? Clear Words and the Wonder of the Cross
- 15:29, 5 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Life-Shaping Power of Story: God's and Ours (New page: {{info}}''Desiring God 2008 National Conference'' (''These are notes taken during the session, not a manuscript''.) Thesis of this message: <blockquote> The single best way of conceivi...)
- 05:04, 5 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Is There Christian Eloquence? Clear Words and the Wonder of the Cross
- 04:29, 5 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Is There Christian Eloquence? Clear Words and the Wonder of the Cross
- 04:05, 5 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Is There Christian Eloquence? Clear Words and the Wonder of the Cross
- 04:02, 5 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Is There Christian Eloquence? Clear Words and the Wonder of the Cross
- 03:59, 5 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Is There Christian Eloquence? Clear Words and the Wonder of the Cross
- 03:40, 5 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Is There Christian Eloquence? Clear Words and the Wonder of the Cross (New page: {{info}}''Desiring God 2008 National Conference'' I begin by showing why this question is urgent for me, and in the process I hope to clarify what the question means and what eloquence me...)
- 03:07, 5 November 2008 (hist) (diff) How Sharp the Edge? Christ, Controversy, and Cutting Words (top)
- 02:58, 5 November 2008 (hist) (diff) How Sharp the Edge? Christ, Controversy, and Cutting Words
- 01:47, 5 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How Sharp the Edge? Christ, Controversy, and Cutting Words (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}''Desiring God 2008 National Conference'' </blockquote> ''(These are notes taken during the session, not a manuscript.)'' I was asked to speak on “Christ, Controver...)
- 01:24, 5 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Prison Profanity and the Meaning of Advent (New page: {{info}}While spending two days in jail for trespassing to save life, I read Paul’s prison epistles. This helped me understand what I heard. What I heard coming from the cells aro...)
- 01:19, 5 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Make Your Mouth a Means of Grace (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Ephesians 4:29-30''' </blockquote><blockquote> Let no rotten word come out of your mouth, but if something is good for the upbuilding of a need, (let that come out ...)
- 01:07, 5 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Let the Young Speak (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Job 32:7-11''' </blockquote> ==== The Story of Job ==== The book of Job begins in chapter 1 with a description of how good and prosperous and religious Job was. Jo...)
- 23:54, 4 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Funeral Message for Luke Kenneth Anderson (New page: {{info}}''A Meditation on John 11:1-44'' <blockquote> '''John 11:1-44''' </blockquote> [<u>Listen</u> to the whole service. <u>Read</u> a personal note from Ross and Barbie Anderson.] Th...) (top)
- 23:44, 4 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Funeral Meditation for a Christian Who Committed Suicide (1988) (New page: {{info}}''The following message was preached by John Piper in 1988 at a memorial service for a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church. Identifying information has been removed.'' We nee...) (top)
- 23:33, 4 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Funeral Meditation for a Christian Who Committed Suicide (1981) (New page: {{info}}''The following is a funeral meditation given by John Piper for a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church who committed suicide in 1981. Identifying information has been removed''. ...)
- 23:18, 4 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Where is it most difficult to be a Christian? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcription of the audio. '' '''Where is it most difficult to be a Christian?''' There are different kinds of difficulties. It isn't necessari...)
- 23:14, 4 November 2008 (hist) (diff) What Happened at OneDay03? (top)
- 23:13, 4 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What Happened at OneDay03? (New page: {{info}}Thank you for praying for me. I cannot survive in the ministry without your "Epaphras Effort." What! You didn’t know you were making the "Epaphras Effort"? That’s OK. Making it...)
- 23:07, 4 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Charles Wesley's Radical, Fruitful Risk (New page: {{info}}On July 18, 1738, two months after his conversion, Charles Wesley did an amazing thing. He had spent the week witnessing to inmates at the Newgate prison with a friend named “Bra...)
- 23:03, 4 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Call for Christian Risk (New page: {{info}}By removing eternal risk, Christ calls his people to continual temporal risk. For the followers of Jesus the final risk is gone. "There is now no condemnation for those who ...)
- 22:59, 4 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Risk and the Cause of God: Today (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Luke 21:16''' </blockquote><blockquote> You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and kinsmen and friends, and some of you they will put to death. </blo...) (top)
- 22:47, 4 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Risk and the Cause of God (top)
- 22:47, 4 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Risk and the Cause of God (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''2 Samuel 10:12''' </blockquote> Be of good courage and let us play the man for our people, and for the cities of our God; and may the Lord do what seems good to him...)
- 22:33, 4 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Joy+Debt = A Two-Thousand Mile Detour to Jerusalem (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Romans 15:20-28''' </blockquote><blockquote> Thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on someone else'...)
- 22:18, 4 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Isaac Factor (New page: {{info}}''Education for Exultation: Beyond the Possible'' <blockquote> '''Genesis 18:10-15''' </blockquote><blockquote> He said, "I will surely return to you at this time next year; and be...) (top)
- 20:58, 3 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Don't Waste Your Cancer/fr (top)
- 20:29, 3 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Christian Courage/fr (top)
- 19:07, 3 November 2008 (hist) (diff) m Five Easy Steps/fr (Five Easy Steps/fr moved to Cinque Etapes Faciles)
- 19:06, 3 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Five Easy Steps/fr
- 18:42, 3 November 2008 (hist) (diff) A Handbook of Enemy Strategies
- 17:50, 3 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Handbook of Enemy Strategies (New page: {{info}}''Teaching Notes'' A wartime mindset must include shrewd knowledge of enemy tactics: Ephesians 5:11, "Take no part in unfruitful works of darkness, but instead ''expose them''." ...)
- 17:37, 3 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Cosmic-Level Spiritual Warfare (top)
- 16:27, 3 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Cosmic-Level Spiritual Warfare (New page: {{info}}On February 12 of this year about 30 prayer leaders met in Pasadena at the invitation of Peter Wagner for a Post-Lausanne II Consultation on Cosmic-Level Spiritual Warfare. At leas...)
- 16:22, 3 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How to Be Strong in the Lord (New page: {{info}}1. “''The '''joy '''of the Lord is your strength”'' (Nehemiah 8:10). Is it not good to belong to a God that makes gladness the pathway to power? Satan is a very gloomy g...)
- 16:16, 3 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Dont Go Back from Sonship to Slavery (Dont Go Back from Sonship to Slavery moved to Don't Go Back from Sonship to Slavery) (top)
- 16:16, 3 November 2008 (hist) (diff) m Don't Go Back from Sonship to Slavery (Dont Go Back from Sonship to Slavery moved to Don't Go Back from Sonship to Slavery)
- 16:15, 3 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Don't Go Back from Sonship to Slavery
- 16:07, 3 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Don't Go Back from Sonship to Slavery (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Galatians 4:1-11''' </blockquote><blockquote> I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no better than a slave, though he is the owner of all the estate; b...)
- 05:46, 3 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Real Guilt Is Rare (New page: {{info}}My dad has always told me that in his work as an evangelist the big problem is not getting people saved but getting them lost. People who really feel lost reach for the gospel. But...)
- 05:38, 3 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Pride of Being Afraid (New page: {{info}}The Lord has used some unusual texts in my life to help me begin to overcome the fear of men. One of those texts is Isaiah 51:12 where God says, “I, I am he that comforts you; wh...)
- 05:35, 3 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How To Fight the Sin of Pride, Especially When You Are Praised (New page: {{info}}''Ten Things I Do'' I call to mind that I am not self-existent; only the triune God is. Only God is absolute, but I am contingent. I remind myself that I am utterly dependent on G...)
- 05:31, 3 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Pride of Babel and the Praise of Christ (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Genesis 11:1-9''' </blockquote><blockquote> Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the...)
- 05:20, 3 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How should I spend my time? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''How should I spend my time?''' The way I do it—and it's the only biblical way I know, though I'm not as good at...)
- 05:18, 3 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How can I discern what ministry God wants me to pursue? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcription of the audio. '' '''How can I discern what ministry God wants me to pursue?''' Discerning the will of God for your ministry would ...)
- 05:15, 3 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How can I discern the specific calling of God on my life? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcription of the audio. '' '''How can I discern the specific calling of God on my life?''' The Bible expects us to walk in the good works th...)
- 05:13, 3 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What Is Good and Acceptable and Perfect (New page: {{info}}''Thoughts on Romans 12:2'' When we were focusing attention on Romans 12:2 you may recall that I did not say much about the last part of the verse. Verse 2 says, “ Do not be con...)
- 05:02, 3 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N He Will Send His Angel Before You (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Genesis 24:1-9''' </blockquote> Jesus taught us to pray, "Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven." Therefore, everyone who confesses Jesus as Lord aims daily ...)
- 04:53, 3 November 2008 (hist) (diff) The Goodness of God and the Guidance of Sinners
- 00:20, 3 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Goodness of God and the Guidance of Sinners (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Psalm 25''' </blockquote> I hope to talk mainly this morning about getting guidance from God for our personal lives and for our church. Psalm 25 is one of the most ...)
- 23:01, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N When I Fall, I Will Rise! (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Micah 7:7-9''' </blockquote> The message today is about bold brokenness. BOLD BROKENNESS. The main point of the message is that, since we sin against God every day,...) (top)
- 22:31, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Let Him Who Boasts Boast in the Lord!
- 22:13, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Let Him Who Boasts Boast in the Lord! (New page: <blockquote> {{INFO}}'''1 Corinthians 1:31''' </blockquote> ==== Hatred as the Echo of Love ==== I hope you will agree with me this morning that in order to love deeply, there are things ...)
- 20:55, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) John Was Not the Light, But a Witness to the Light
- 18:42, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N John Was Not the Light, But a Witness to the Light (New page: {{info}}We return now to John 1:6–8 which we skipped last time. These verses are surprising because they seem to break into the flow of the text. They seem sudden and jarring. If you lef...)
- 18:35, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How Much Do You Own? (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Corinthians 3:18-23''' </blockquote> One of the many things that continually deepens my confidence in the Bible as God's Word is its ability to lay bare the compl...)
- 18:24, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit Who Mourn
- 18:20, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Are You Humble Enough to Be Care-Free? (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Peter 5:5-7''' </blockquote> You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is...)
- 17:52, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Urgency and Gratitude (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Ephesians 5:15-20''' </blockquote><blockquote> Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil. ...)
- 17:39, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Thanks Be to God for His Inexpressible Gift (New page: ''Celebration of Thanksgiving'' <blockquote> '''2 Corinthians 9:15''' </blockquote> ==== The Utterly Crucial Questions in Life ==== Do you think that the major communication media of our ...) (top)
- 17:02, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Thank God for the Mercies of Christ (New page: {{info}}''Festival of Thanksgiving'' <blockquote> '''Lamentations 3:21-25''' </blockquote> First, I want to tell you what my goal is in the minutes we have together; then tell you how I ho...)
- 16:50, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N I Will Magnify God with Thanksgiving! (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Psalm 69:30-32''' </blockquote><blockquote> I will praise the name of God with a song;<br>I will magnify him with thanksgiving.<br>This will please the Lord more th...)
- 16:32, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Guard Yourself With Gratitude (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Colossians 2:1-8''' </blockquote> ==== A Song Which Defeats the Enemy ==== Imagine for a moment that your city is surrounded by enemy forces who aimed to destroy y...)
- 16:09, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Grace, Gratitude, and the Glory of God (New page: {{info}}''Thanksgiving Day'' <blockquote> '''2 Corinthians 4:15''' </blockquote><blockquote> It is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thank...)
- 07:53, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Bless the Lord, O My Soul
- 07:16, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Bless the Lord, O My Soul (New page: {{info}}''Psalms: Thinking and Feeling with God, Part 4'' <blockquote> '''Psalm 103''' ''Of David.'' </blockquote><blockquote> Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless ...)
- 07:05, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Endings Are for Gratitude, Beginnings Are for Faith (New page: {{info}}The embrace may be only with the heart, or sometimes with physical arms, depending on proximity and the degree of the emotion. But in either case . . . Gratitude embraces a ...) (top)
- 07:02, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Ganging Up on Gratitude (New page: {{info}}''The Bishop and the Atheist Warn of Too Much Thanks <br>''A Thanksgiving Meditation These are days of strange alliances in evil. That is what evil has always done. Remember how P...)
- 06:52, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Hmm, I Think That to You I Shall Give Eyes (New page: {{info}}You are a millionaire. Yes, you are. A millionaire is not a person who has a million dollars in cash, but a person who has something worth a million dollars. What you have is worth...) (top)
- 06:50, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How Does Gratitude Motivate? (New page: {{info}}On May 29 in <u>my message on Galatians 5:1-5</u>, I opposed the “Gratitude Ethic” which says: “God has worked for me, now I will return the favor and work for him;” or: ...)
- 06:44, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Kathy and Kenny Stokes (New page: {{info}}''Celebrating 10 Years of Ministry at Bethlehem'' We are marking Pastor Kenny and Kathy Stokes’s 10 years of ministry at Bethlehem. Kenny and Kathy met at Bethel College and w...) (top)
- 06:39, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Thanks—to “God” for This List (New page: {{info}}''Thanks ''to Bruce Leafblad and the Sanctuary Choir for love’s labor and the fruit of beautiful praise last Sunday night. ''Thanks ''to June Leafblad and the ''Children...)
- 06:34, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Is gratitude a bad motivation for obeying God? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''Is gratitude a bad motivation for obeying God?''' It can be a bad thing if we conceive of acting out of gratitude...)
- 06:30, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Is gratitude nothing more than a thoughtless feeling? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcription of the audio. '' '''Is gratitude nothing more than a thoughtless feeling?''' Gratitude is a feeling, not a thought. If you don't f...)
- 06:25, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Why can't I overcome my bitterness and anger? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''Why can't I overcome my bitterness and anger?''' Most of our bitterness and anger towards others is rooted in an ...)
- 06:23, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How should we relate to someone who has significantly hurt us? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcription of the audio. '' '''How should we relate to someone who has significantly hurt us?''' '''For example: How should a woman relate to...) (top)
- 06:19, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N "Forgive Us Our Debts as We Forgive Our Debtors" (New page: {{info}}''A Meditation on Matthew 6:12'' <blockquote> '''Matthew 6:12''' </blockquote><blockquote> Matthew 6:14-15 “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your father who is in heaven ...) (top)
- 06:09, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Getting Right with God and Each Other (top)
- 05:47, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Getting Right with God and Each Other (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Matthew 5:21-26''' </blockquote><blockquote> 21 You have heard that the ancients were told, "You shall not commit murder" and "Whoever commits murder shall be liabl...)
- 05:37, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Forgive Just as God in Christ Also Has Forgiven You (top)
- 05:32, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Forgive Just as God in Christ Also Has Forgiven You (New page: {{info}}''Palm Sunday'' <blockquote> '''Ephesians 4:32-5:2''' </blockquote><blockquote> And be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has for...)
- 05:18, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Why do you think some people reject the command that wives should submit to their husbands? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcription of the audio. '' '''Is negative reaction to the command that wives should submit to their husbands a result of misunderstanding amo...) (top)
- 05:10, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What would you say to a couple who feel very differently about the direction their life should take? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''What would you say to a couple who feel very differently about the direction their life should take?''' I believe...) (top)
- 05:07, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Should women become pastors? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''Should women become pastors?''' The Bible draws a connection between the home and the church. Just as there is a ...) (top)
- 05:04, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Sexual Complementarity, Part 1 (New page: {{info}}''The Pursuit of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood'' A Seminar for The Bethlehem Institute Listen to the rest of this seminar: <blockquote> *Sexual Complementarity, Part 2 *Sexual ...) (top)
- 04:35, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Ultimate Meaning of True Womanhood (New page: {{info}}''2008 True Woman Conference <br>''Chicago, IL My aim in this message is to clarify from God’s word the ultimate meaning of true womanhood, and to motivate you, by God’s grace...)
- 04:17, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Some Sweet Blessings of Masculine Christianity (New page: {{info}}''Fidelis Foundation Pastors Luncheon'' (''There is no manuscript for this message. The following is an outline''.) By “masculine Christianity,” I mean (though words are ina...)
- 04:10, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How Dispensable is Gender? (New page: {{info}}The ''Inclusive Language Edition ''of the ''NIV ''Bible published in Britain in 1995 says in the preface, “It was often appropriate to mute the patriarchalism of the culture of t...)
- 04:04, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Manhood, Womanhood, and the Freedom to Minister (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Timothy 2:8-15''' </blockquote><blockquote> I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling; also that women...) (top)
- 03:53, 2 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Manhood and Womanhood: Conflict and Confusion After the Fall (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Genesis 3:16; 4:7''' </blockquote><blockquote> To the woman he said, "I will greatly multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children, yet...)
- 22:57, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N As We Forgive Our Debtors (New page: {{info}}''What Does Forgiveness Look Like?'' <blockquote> '''Matthew 6:7-15''' </blockquote><blockquote> And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition, as the Gentiles do, fo...) (top)
- 22:36, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Reasons Believers in Christ Need Not to Be Afraid (New page: {{info}} ==== We will not die apart from God's gracious decree for his children. ==== James 4:14-15 "If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that." Matthew 10:29-30 "Ar...)
- 22:28, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Project '84 and the Fear of the Lord (New page: {{info}}There are two great commands in the Bible. The first is: “Fear the Lord.” And the second is “Fear not!” I tried to explain <u>last Sunday</u> from Exodus 20:20 that what we...) (top)
- 22:16, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Pace of Faith (New page: {{info}}When we are about to die so much of life looks different. So much former frenzy seems foolish. When we lie on our deathbed, 99% of the jitters of our life look ridiculous. S...)
- 22:10, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Lessons from a Lost Master Card (New page: {{info}}I carry a Master Card for identification and rare, unforeseen expenses. Noël and I quit using it a year ago after the personal finance seminar with Doug Anderson. We have not over...) (top)
- 22:03, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N God's Favorite Color (New page: {{info}}''A Meditation on Crossing Portland Avenue'' I was walking to Oudal’s Used Book Store last Thursday with Tom Steller. We were discussing Jesus’ words about anxiety. As I quote...) (top)
- 21:59, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Sojourn on Earth in Confident Fear (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Peter 1:17-19''' </blockquote><blockquote> And if you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each man's work, conduct yourselves in fear du...)
- 21:52, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Perfect Love Casts Out Fear
- 21:04, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Perfect Love Casts Out Fear (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 John 4:17-19''' </blockquote><blockquote> In this is love perfected with us, that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so are we in th...)
- 20:48, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Do Not Be Anxious About Your Life (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Matthew 6:24-34''' </blockquote><blockquote> 24"No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one a...)
- 20:32, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Anxieties: To Be Cast Not Carried (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Peter 5:1-11''' </blockquote><blockquote> Therefore, I exhort the elders among you, as your fellow elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker a...)
- 20:24, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Toward a Theology of Church Picnics (New page: {{info}}If picnics don’t have to do with God we may as well close up shop. Either ''all ''we do has to do with God or he is not God. “Whether you eat or drink, or ''whatever ''you do (...) (top)
- 20:10, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Hospitality, Handicapped and the Open Heart (New page: {{info}}Architecture is not enough. Ten years ago Bethlehem added an elevator to make our three floors accessible to the elderly and handicapped. Last year we remodeled the lower restrooms...)
- 20:06, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N He Knows My Name! He Knows My Name! (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''John 10:3''' </blockquote><blockquote> The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. </blockquote> Jesus knows your name. He neve...)
- 19:57, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N On Sharing Your Own Soul (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Thessalonians 2:1-12''' </blockquote><blockquote> For you yourselves know, brethren, that our visit to you was not in vain; but though we had already suffered and...)
- 19:45, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) The Nature of the Unity We Seek (top)
- 19:38, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Nature of the Unity We Seek (New page: {{info}}''Sunday Evening Message'' <blockquote> '''1 Corinthians 1:10''' </blockquote><blockquote> I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree an...)
- 18:16, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Law of Christ (New page: {{info}}''Bearing Each Other's Burdens'' <blockquote> '''Galatians 6:1-5''' </blockquote> Who is in danger in this passage of Scripture? According to verse 1 somebody has been overtaken in...)
- 18:02, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Explosive Fellowship (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Acts 12:1-17''' </blockquote><blockquote> About that time Herod the king laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church. He killed James the brother of Joh...) (top)
- 17:55, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Consider Each Other How to Stir Up Love (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Hebrews 10:23-25''' </blockquote><blockquote> Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; 24 and let us consider ...)
- 17:47, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Christian Unity and the Cross (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Corinthians 1:10-17''' </blockquote> For many years I have heard the saying: if two people think the same way about everything, one of them is unnecessary. It is ...)
- 17:39, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How do you keep from getting discouraged by Christians who arent passionate for God and his word? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcription of the audio''. '''How do you keep from getting discouraged when it is apparent that so many people, even in your own church, just...) (top)
- 17:36, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How can I bless my pastor? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''How can I bless my pastor?''' Lead somebody to Christ. Live a holy life. Don't lose your faith when you get cance...)
- 17:33, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What Is That to You? You Follow Me! (New page: {{info}}''Freed from Comparing by Blunt Words'' After his resurrection from the dead, Jesus asked Peter three times if he loved him. He answered yes three times. Then Jesus told Peter how...)
- 17:26, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N An Invitation to an Unusual Conference (New page: {{info}}Dear Friends at Bethlehem and Beyond, I’m writing to invite you to an unusual conference. This Fall’s <u>Desiring God National Conference</u> is one of the most extraord...) (top)
- 17:19, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Does God Really Want You to Be Encouraged, (Does God Really Want You to Be Encouraged, moved to Does God Really Want You to Be Encouraged?) (top)
- 17:19, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) m Does God Really Want You to Be Encouraged? (Does God Really Want You to Be Encouraged, moved to Does God Really Want You to Be Encouraged?)
- 17:19, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Does God Really Want You to Be Encouraged? (New page: {{info}}Holidays are dangerous times of discouragement. The expectations for gladness are higher, so realities of sadness are heavier. You’re ''supposed ''to be gloomy in February; so it...)
- 17:11, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N You Have Come to Mount Zion (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Hebrews 12:18-29''' </blockquote><blockquote> For you have not come to a mountain that may be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind...) (top)
- 17:05, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Third Word from the Cross (New page: {{info}}''Good Friday'' <blockquote> '''John 19:26-27''' </blockquote><blockquote> So Jesus, seeing his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing there, said to his mother, "Woman, be...)
- 16:44, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Sustained by the Faithfulness of God
- 16:42, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Sustained by the Faithfulness of God (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Corinthians 1:1-9''' </blockquote> ==== The Centrality of Who We Are in Relation to God ==== In Paul's thirteen letters he almost always begins by telling us who...)
- 16:21, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Shepherd, the Host, and the Highway Patrol (New page: {{info}}''Summer Psalms <br>''Sunday Evening Message <blockquote> '''Psalm 23''' </blockquote> Last week we drew out some lessons from the form of Psalm 23—the fact that at verse 4 it sh...)
- 16:06, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Resting and Wrestling for the Cause of Christ--Together (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Romans 15:28-33''' </blockquote><blockquote> When therefore I have completed this and have delivered to them what has been collected, I will leave for Spain by way ...) (top)
- 15:52, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Restful Words for Labor Day (New page: {{info}}''Summer Psalms <br>''Sunday Evening Message <blockquote> '''Psalm 23''' </blockquote> Here is a version of Psalm 23 you have probably never heard before. (Recite the psalm in Germ...) (top)
- 15:37, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Lord Is My Shepherd (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Psalm 23''' </blockquote><blockquote> The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want; he makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters, he restore...)
- 15:30, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Looking Back to Witnesses, Up to Jesus, and Forward to Joy (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Hebrews 11:39-12:2''' </blockquote><blockquote> And all these, though well attested by their faith, did not receive what was promised, since God had foreseen someth...)
- 15:24, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Encouraging Each Other at the End of the Age (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Hebrews 10:19-25''' </blockquote><blockquote> Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the new and living...)
- 15:13, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Be Strengthened By Grace (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Hebrews 13:7-16''' </blockquote><blockquote> Remember those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you; and considering the result of their conduct, imitate thei...)
- 05:32, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Why do you believe that infants who die go to heaven? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcription of the audio. '' '''Why do you believe that infants who die go to heaven?''' I believe it not because of a sentimental notion that...) (top)
- 05:29, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What has the loss of your father taught you about ministering to the dying? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcription of the audio''. '''Has the recent experience of your father's death been comparable to your experience as a pastor when older sain...) (top)
- 05:28, 1 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What are some old truths that our generation desperately needs to recover? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcription of the audio. '' '''What are some old truths that our generation desperately needs to recover?''' You'll notice, if you read 300-y...) (top)
- 23:44, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N How should we teach children about death and eternal life? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcription of the audio. '' '''Is there anything in particular that you have done to help your children think about death and the life to come...)
- 23:22, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N What happens to infants who die? (New page: {{info}}This is a difficult and sensitive issue. Any answer must take into account that all of us are <u>born sinful </u>and thus worthy of judgment. The consistent New Testament emphasis ...) (top)
- 23:10, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N What happens at death? (New page: {{info}}The Bible does not give a large number of details concerning what happens right after we die. It is certainly safe to say that we will enter a reality that is far beyond anything w...)
- 23:00, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N What do you believe about the intermediate state? (New page: {{info}}The "intermediate state" is the time between the death and the resurrection. Some have held that during this time we are unconscious or possibly even go out of existence. We do not...) (top)
- 22:49, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N What If Our Dying Is Discipline? (New page: {{info}}''Meditation on 1 Corinthians 11:29-32'' Next to living for Christ, dying for him is the hardest thing to do. We need all the help we can get. The issue is faith. Will we trust hi...)
- 22:43, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N What I Said at My Granddaughter's Funeral (New page: {{info}}''A Granddaddy’s Thoughts'' I had the privilege of sitting with my family while Tom Steller and Sam Crabtree ministered to us at the funeral of Felicity Margaret Piper who was s...)
- 22:32, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Seneca, C.S. Lewis, and a Sale (New page: {{info}}Strange how these things fell together. I was reading Seneca’s letter on saving time and came across this insight: “We are mistaken when we look forward to death; the major por...)
- 22:29, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Magnifying the Gospel and End-of-Life Issues (New page: {{info}}My mother has entered what I call “the frowning season.” These are the times of discouraging diagnoses, meds by the bulk, and medical appointments as full-time employment. Like...) (top)
- 22:07, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N It Is Sown in Dishonor, It Is Raised in Glory (New page: {{info}}Romantic death is rare. More common are involuntary groanings and screams of pain. The ignominy of dying is pathetic. It is more often hellish than heroic. The apostle Paul uses tw...) (top)
- 22:04, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Hello, My Father Just Died (New page: {{info}}''The following is John Piper’s journal entry narrating <u>his father’s death</u> on Tuesday, March 6, 2007. '' ''The funeral is scheduled for Friday, March 9, 2007, at 2...) (top)
- 21:54, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Get Ready, O Please, Get Ready (New page: {{info}}I got home on Tuesday, June 1, from speaking to a conference in Pennsylvania. One of my messages there was based on Philippians 1:21, "To live is Christ and to die is gain." The fi...) (top)
- 21:51, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) Dying for the Glory of Christ
- 21:47, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Dying for the Glory of Christ (New page: {{info}}God’s main purpose for our existence is to reflect the glory of Jesus Christ. God gave us life so that with our bodies and minds and hearts we might draw attention to Jesus and m...)
- 21:44, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N By What Death Will You Glorify God? (New page: {{info}}When John wrote his gospel, Peter had probably already been killed by the Roman emperor, Nero. So when he recorded the words of Jesus about Peter's coming death he was able to look...)
- 21:42, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Alone on Sunday Night (New page: {{info}}It is late Sunday night. The Festival is over. Missions in the Manse II is over. The all-night prayer is over. Nineteen weeks of preaching on the Holy Spirit are over. I have said ...) (top)
- 21:00, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N What Happens When You Die? The Dead Will Be Raised Imperishable (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Corinthians 15:50-58''' </blockquote><blockquote> Now I say this, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does the perishable inheri...) (top)
- 20:52, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N What Happens When You Die? At Home with the Lord (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''2 Corinthians 4:16-5:10''' </blockquote><blockquote> Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by...)
- 20:43, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N What Happens When You Die? All Appear Before the Judgment Seat of Christ (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''2 Corinthians 5:1-10''' </blockquote><blockquote> For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not mad...) (top)
- 20:34, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) The Holy Spirit Will Help You Die
- 20:27, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Funeral Meditation for Patty May Larson (New page: {{info}}''Therefore We Do Not Lose Hope'' Question: ''What has God said that would encourage our hearts and strengthen us in view of Patty's great suffering and death – especially her s...) (top)
- 20:17, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Funeral Meditation for Owen Glenn Shramek (New page: {{info}}'''1. Owen Shramek was and is a human being created in God's image. ''' So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created th...) (top)
- 20:07, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N "If Our Hearts Do Not Condemn Us, We Have Confidence Before God" (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 John 3:19-24''' </blockquote><blockquote> By this we shall know that we are of the truth, and reassure our hearts before him whenever our hearts condemn us; for G...)
- 19:53, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Where is the balance between being bold and being gentle? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcription of the audio. '' ===== Where is the balance between being bold and being gentle? ===== That's a really good question. I was just ...)
- 19:50, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N How bold should Christians be? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcription of the audio. '' ===== How bold should Christians be? ===== Is a Christian navigating his life so as to avoid conflict? That woul...)
- 19:43, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Call to Courage (New page: {{info}}''2008 Desiring God Conference for Pastors'' <blockquote> '''Joshua 1:1-9''' </blockquote> ''(The following is a summary from notes taken during the message.)'' Crawford Loritts l...) (top)
- 19:33, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Is Zeal for Good Praised or Persecuted? (New page: {{info}}''Meditation on 1 Peter 3:13-16'' <blockquote> '''1 Peter 3:13-16''' </blockquote><blockquote> (13) Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is right? </blockquote>...)
- 19:26, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N He Will Fight Your Battles (New page: {{info}}As we headed south from Banner Elk, North Carolina, there was a long steep grade curving through the Blue Ridge Mountains. We saw a sign that said “runaway truck ramp one mile....)
- 19:21, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) You Joyfully Accepted the Plundering of Your Property
- 19:20, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N You Joyfully Accepted the Plundering of Your Property (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}Hebrews 10:32-36 </blockquote><blockquote> But remember the former days, when, after being enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings, partly, by being ma...)
- 19:13, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N We Had Boldness in Our God (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Thessalonians 2:1-12''' </blockquote><blockquote> For you yourselves know, brethren, that our coming to you was not in vain, but after we had already suffered and...)
- 19:03, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Things Are Worse Than and Better Than They Seem (New page: <blockquote>{{info}}'''Revelation 2:8-11''' </blockquote> And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life, says this: "I know you...)
- 17:34, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) The Righteous Are Bold as a Lion
- 17:31, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) The Righteous Are Bold as a Lion
- 17:22, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) The Righteous Are Bold as a Lion
- 17:22, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) The Righteous Are Bold as a Lion
- 17:10, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Noble Army of the Martyrs Praise Thee (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Philippians 1:19-21''' </blockquote><blockquote> For I know that this shall turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesu...)
- 16:53, 31 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Loved Flock, Do Not Be Afraid to Give It Away (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Luke 12:13-34''' And someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me." But he said to him, "Man, who appointed...)
- 16:11, 30 October 2008 (hist) (diff) Biblical Repentance/The Fruits of Repentance/es
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- 02:52, 30 October 2008 (hist) (diff) m Biblical Repentance/The Means of Repentance/es (Biblical Repentance/The Means of Repentance/es moved to Arrepentimiento Bíblico/El Medio del Arrepentimiento)
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- 21:54, 29 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Biblical Repentance/The Means of Repentance/es (New page: {{info}}Consideremos ahora el medio por el cual el arrepentimiento obra en el corazón. ==== La Palabra de Dios es el instrumento del arrepentimiento ==== En el arrepentimiento auténtic...)
- 21:38, 29 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N Four Mistakes I Hope You Dont Make (Four Mistakes I Hope You Dont Make moved to Four Mistakes I Hope You Don't Make) (top)
- 21:38, 29 October 2008 (hist) (diff) m Four Mistakes I Hope You Don't Make (Four Mistakes I Hope You Dont Make moved to Four Mistakes I Hope You Don't Make)
- 19:58, 29 October 2008 (hist) (diff) N How Believers Experienced the Spirit Before Penecost/es (How Believers Experienced the Spirit Before Penecost/es moved to How Believers Experienced the Spirit Before Pentecost/es) (top)
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