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- 13:27, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) God Works Wonders in Steady-State Obedience and in Total Disobedience
- 13:25, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N God Works Wonders in Steady-State Obedience and in Total Disobedience (New page: {{info} '''1. Don’t dream too small or pray too small about what God may do to save sinners and glorify his name in the midst of steady-state obedience.''' God ordinarily works his won...)
- 12:08, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Hope-Giving Promises for Triumph over Sin (New page: {{info}} In my sermon on December 3, I argued that one of the reasons sin will not rule as lord over us while we are "under grace" (Romans 6:14) is that, while we are under grace, God is ...) (top)
- 11:59, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N If You Can Be Godly and Wrong Does Truth Matter? (If You Can Be Godly and Wrong Does Truth Matter? moved to If You Can Be Godly and Wrong, Does Truth Matter?) (top)
- 11:59, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) m If You Can Be Godly and Wrong, Does Truth Matter? (If You Can Be Godly and Wrong Does Truth Matter? moved to If You Can Be Godly and Wrong, Does Truth Matter?) (top)
- 11:58, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N If You Can Be Godly and Wrong, Does Truth Matter? (New page: {{info}}Since there are some Arminians who are more godly than some Calvinists and some Calvinists who are more godly than some Arminians, what is the correlation between true knowledge of...)
- 11:51, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Is it Ever Right to Be Angry at God? (New page: {{info}}I learned recently that when a person uses the words, "Is it right to be angry at God?" he may be asking a very different question. He may be asking, "Is it right to express anger ...)
- 11:48, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N It Is Never Right to Be Angry with God (New page: {{info}}Recently I said those words to a group of several hundred people: "It is never, ever, ever, right to be angry with God." As I looked out on the people there was an incredulous look...) (top)
- 11:46, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Lord Alone Will Be Exalted (New page: {{info}}''Making War on Pride'' During our staff days of prayer and planning, one of our focuses in prayer was to wage war on pride. For help, we looked at God's attitude toward pride, th...)
- 11:42, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N New Year's Resolutions? Oops. (New page: {{info}}This is the last week of the first quarter of 1981. How are you doing on your New Year’s resolutions? No, I won’t let you forget. What? You forgot what they were? Did you write...)
- 11:36, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Passion for Purity vs. Passive Prayers (New page: {{info}} <blockquote> ==== Matthew 5:28-29 ==== </blockquote><blockquote> I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his h...)
- 11:32, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Setting Our Minds on Things Above in Summer (New page: {{info}}''Thoughts on Colossians 3:1-2'' Originally published in ''A Godward Life ''(Multnomah, 1997). <blockquote> If then you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things ab...)
- 11:30, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Solution Is Closer Than You Think (New page: {{info}}''Three Ways of Seeing'' There are levels of seeing in the Bible. One is the seeing with the physical eyes of things which we are prepared to see and receive as real. Another is t...) (top)
- 11:26, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Storms Are the Triumph of His Art (New page: {{info}}''Away, Despair!'' I am still oozing Newton. John Newton, that is, who wrote "Amazing Grace" after God saved him from a life—as he says—of being "a wretch" on the high seas fo...)
- 11:22, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Sweet Commands of God (New page: {{info}}If, by God’s grace, you are assured that God is for you and not against you, then the more evidences you find of God’s sovereignty, the happier you are. And the wider the scope...)
- 11:14, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Transforming Power of Feeling Mercy (New page: {{info}}What a difference it makes in everything, if we feel like we have just been rescued from torment and death! Picture your attitude on a Navy ship after being plucked from the ocean ...) (top)
- 11:12, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Walk Worthy of God? (New page: {{info}}The Greek adverb, ''aksiws'', is translated "worthy of" in all six of its New Testament uses in the NASB. Five of those uses refer to our acting "worthy of God" or the gospel or ou...)
- 11:06, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Wartime Empathy (New page: {{info}} ==== Uriah the Hittite ==== <blockquote></blockquote><blockquote> My lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field; shall I then go to my house, to eat and ...)
- 11:00, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N When to Be Merciful and When to Demand Justice (New page: {{info}} ==== Meditation on 2 Thessalonians 3:8-15 ==== <blockquote> [We did not] eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might ...) (top)
- 10:54, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Year End Thanks and New Year Hope (New page: {{info}}I wrote the first draft of this article on the last day of 2000 with a few hours left in the century and the millennium. Then I went to celebrate my 21st New Year's Eve communion s...) (top)
- 10:52, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N You Almost Cant Teach an Old Dog New Tricks (You Almost Cant Teach an Old Dog New Tricks moved to You Almost Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks) (top)
- 10:52, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) m You Almost Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks (You Almost Cant Teach an Old Dog New Tricks moved to You Almost Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks)
- 10:50, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N You Almost Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks (New page: {{info}}Bob Provo suggested after our evening service on July 26 that when Jesus said, “No one who drinks old wine desires the new, because he says the old is good” (Luke 5:39) what he...)
- 10:43, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Which error is more prevalent in the world—legalism or license? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcription of the audio. '' '''Which error is more prevalent in the world—legalism or license?''' Globally speaking, license is more common...) (top)
- 10:40, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What should we do when our spiritual life isnt what it should be? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''What should we do when our spiritual life isn't what it should be?''' I think it's a good place to be in this lif...) (top)
- 10:34, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What have you learned about God in the last year? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''What have you learned about God in the last year?''' There are two ways to answer that question. One is by answ...) (top)
- 10:31, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Is it a sin to smoke or eat junk food? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcription of the audio. '' '''Is it a sin to smoke or eat junk food?''' I think it is a sin to smoke, in general, because of the scientific ...) (top)
- 10:28, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Is anger more dangerous than lust? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''Is anger more dangerous than lust?''' I believe anger is more dangerous, because over time, for example, in a mar...)
- 10:25, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How do you glorify God through exercise? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''How do you glorify God through exercise?''' I wrote an article one time titled <u>'''How to Drink Orange Juice to...)
- 10:21, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N At the Passion07 breakout session you used language that seemed inappropriate to some. Will you explain why you did that? (New page: {{info}}I regret saying it. I am sitting here trying to figure out why I say things like that every now and then. I think it is a mixture of (sinful) audience titillation and (holy) scorn ...) (top)
- 05:02, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Is the Bible without error? (New page: {{info}}In this audio excerpt, listen to John Piper discuss the meaning of the inerrancy of the Bible. For additional points on the issue, we offer the following summary of the doctrine of...) (top)
- 05:00, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Is it wrong to copyright and sell the Bible? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''Is it wrong to copyright and sell the Bible?''' The Word of God is not synonymous with paper and ink. It doesn't ...) (top)
- 04:57, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Is it possible to believe the Bible is inerrant if you dont have faith? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''Is it possible to believe the Bible is inerrant if you don't have faith?''' If by faith you mean "believing" and ...) (top)
- 04:54, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Are all biblical doctrines equally essential? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''Are all biblical doctrines equally essential?''' Affirming every biblical doctrine is essential for perfection; b...)
- 04:50, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Why We Believe the Bible, Part 1 (top)
- 04:20, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Why We Believe the Bible, Part 1
- 02:50, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Why We Believe the Bible, Part 1
- 02:39, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Why We Believe the Bible, Part 1
- 02:18, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Why We Believe the Bible, Part 1 (New page: {{info}}''The Inspiration, Inerrancy, and Authority of the Bible <br>''A Seminar for The Bethlehem Institute ==== Seminar Notes ==== <blockquote> #Why Are We Concerned with the Bible? #Wh...)
- 01:38, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Why I Trust the Scriptures (top)
- 01:14, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Why I Trust the Scriptures
- 00:50, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Why I Trust the Scriptures
- 00:43, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Why I Trust the Scriptures (New page: {{info}}''2008 Resurgence Conference'' (''The following is an outline of the message with the texts and notes. It's not a complete manuscript.)'' ==== Trust the Bible for What? My Convic...)
- 00:24, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What does John Piper think about the TNIV? (New page: {{info}}John Piper signed the <u>''Statement of Concern about the TNIV Bible''</u>. In a recent interview with World magazine, he stated many of his reasons: <blockquote> In a nutshe...) (top)
- 00:19, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What commentaries does DG recommend? (New page: {{info}}John Piper has often remarked that he finds the most help from old commentaries. It is the Puritans and other Christians from previous generations that usually made a point to wres...) (top)
- 00:05, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Where can I learn more about the Bible study method called "arcing"? (New page: {{info}}Arcing is a tool for following and documenting the flow of thought in the Biblical text. In brief, arcing involves dividing the text into its propositions and then noting the logic...)
- 00:00, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What We Believe About Scripture (New page: {{info}}''The Word of God Written <br>''The Bethlehem Baptist Church Elder Affirmation of Faith, Part 1 1.1 We believe that the Bible, consisting of the sixty-six books of the Old and New...) (top)
- 23:53, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What Bible translation does John Piper recommend? (New page: {{info}}There are two main translations today which John Piper and DG would recommend: the NASB and the ESV. Both of these translations seek to capture as fully as possible the precise wor...) (top)
- 23:46, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Never in January (New page: {{info}}A year ago I set out to read the whole Bible. That's nothing new; I've begun to read the whole Bible every other year for about 28 years-emphasis on "begun." But with all the best ...) (top)
- 23:33, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Good English With Minimal Translation Why Bethlehem Uses the ESV (Good English With Minimal Translation Why Bethlehem Uses the ESV moved to Good English With Minimal Translation: Why Bethlehem Uses the ESV) (top)
- 23:33, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) m Good English With Minimal Translation: Why Bethlehem Uses the ESV (Good English With Minimal Translation Why Bethlehem Uses the ESV moved to Good English With Minimal Translation: Why Bethlehem Uses the ESV) (top)
- 23:32, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Good English With Minimal Translation: Why Bethlehem Uses the ESV
- 23:21, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Good English With Minimal Translation: Why Bethlehem Uses the ESV
- 22:32, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Good English With Minimal Translation: Why Bethlehem Uses the ESV (New page: {{info}}''Why I would like to see the English Standard Version become the most common Bible of the English-speaking church, for preaching, teaching, memorizing, and study''. <blockqu...)
- 22:09, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) The Authority And Meaning Of The Christian Canon (top)
- 21:58, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) The Authority And Meaning Of The Christian Canon
- 21:45, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) The Authority And Meaning Of The Christian Canon
- 20:33, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Authority And Meaning Of The Christian Canon (New page: {{info}}''A Response To Gerald Sheppard On Canon Criticism ''<br>Published in The Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 19/2 (1976), pp. 87-96. In the October 1974 issue of Studi...)
- 20:27, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Where Can You Find Something That Is... (New page: {{info}}'''1. True and Reliable '''– “The ordinances of the Lord are true and righteous altogether” (Psalm 19:9). “Sanctify them in the truth; thy word is truth” (John 17:17; cf....) (top)
- 20:23, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Thoughts on the Sufficiency of Scripture (New page: {{info}}''What It Does and Doesn't Mean'' My <u>'''biographical message'''</u> at the pastors’ conference this year was on Athanasius who was born in A. D. 298. So I spent a good bit of...) (top)
- 20:18, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Problems with Inclusive Language Translations of the Bible (New page: {{info}}“Inclusive language” editions of the Bible run the risk of letting contemporary cultural pressures distort not only the wording, but also the meaning, of the original text of S...) (top)
- 20:11, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Precious Gift of Baby Talk (New page: {{info}}Human language is precious. It sets us off from the animals. It makes our most sophisticated scientific discoveries and our deepest emotions sharable. Above all, God chose to revea...) (top)
- 20:08, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Pierced By the Word of God (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Hebrews 4:12''' </blockquote><blockquote> For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul...)
- 20:05, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Morning Meditations on 4 Parts of the Bible (New page: {{info}}I hope you are reading your Bible steadily through the summer. I hope you don’t miss a day. “On his law he meditates day and night” (Psalms 1:2). I pray that there are times ...)
- 20:00, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Morning I Heard the Voice of God (New page: {{info}}Let me tell you about a most wonderful experience I had early Monday morning, March 19, 2007, a little after six o’clock. God actually spoke to me. There is no doubt that it was ...) (top)
- 19:51, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Bethlehem: House of Bread (New page: {{info}}This figure which many of you have seen in our (sporadic Saturday Tribune) newspaper ads is the Hebrew Letter “B”. More than three-fourths of our Christian Bible is written in ...)
- 19:46, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N About My Other Wife (New page: {{info}}I want to perform a wedding for you. I would like to officiate at the marriage between you and the Letter to the Galatians. Letters from God, unlike people, are allowed to have man...) (top)
- 19:28, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N 2 Birthdays and Biblical Inerrancy (New page: {{info}}Two birthdays fill me with thankfulness because of what they signify about the truth of God’s word. On June 22, <u>'''Bethlehem Baptist Church'''</u> turns 137, and the <u...) (top)
- 04:59, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Wayne Grudem on Offensive Language (New page: {{info}} <center>''Note: The following is an email from Wayne Grudem to John Piper, posted with permission.''</center><center>''In it, Grudem responds to Piper's explanation of why ...) (top)
- 04:43, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Resolutions of Jonathan Edwards (New page: {{info}}The following list is from volume one of ''The Works of Jonathan Edwards''. This two volume set can be purchased or read online for free. Being sensible that I am unable to ...) (top)
- 04:27, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) The Appearance of the Unwasted Life, Part 2
- 03:53, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Appearance of the Unwasted Life, Part 2 (New page: {{info}}''What Does this Life Look Like? <br>''Regional Conference, San Luis Obispo (''John Piper finishes his list of 20 ways to not waste your life that he began in ''<u>''part 1 of thi...)
- 03:46, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Appearance of the Unwasted Life, Part 1 (New page: {{info}}''What Does this Life Look Like? <br>''Regional Conference, San Luis Obispo (''The following are notes taken during the session, not a manuscript''.) If the gospel conquers my d...)
- 03:38, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Don't Waste Your Life (Message) (New page: {{info}}''Campus Crusade Christmas Conference <br>''Minneapolis, MN As we meet tonight on this 29th of December, 2003, the body count of those killed in the earthquake in Bam, Iran, stand...)
- 03:30, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) The Essence of the Unwasted Life (top)
- 03:28, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Essence of the Unwasted Life (New page: {{info}}''What Is the Ultimate Aim of the Life That Truly Counts <br>''Regional Conference, San Luis Obispo ==== Why Regional Conferences? ==== Why does Desiring God host regional confer...)
- 03:17, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Preaching Practical Holiness (New page: {{info}}''Bethel Seminary Chapel'' <blockquote> '''1 Thessalonians 4:1-8''' </blockquote><blockquote> Finally, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you learned fr...) (top)
- 03:07, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Origin of the Unwasted Life (New page: {{info}}''What Must Happen for Such a Life to Be Lived? <br>''Regional Conference, San Luis Obispo ''(The following are notes taken during the session, not a manuscript''.) One of the t...) (top)
- 02:57, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Who's Coming to Bethlehem? (Removing all content from page) (top)
- 02:56, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Who's Coming to Bethlehem? (New page: {{info}}Last summer Noël and I heard David Bryant for five days at the annual conference of the Association of Church Mission Committees in Washington D.C. Two months ago 60 of our young ...)
- 02:52, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N When Does God Answer Prayer? (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 John 3:22-23''' </blockquote><blockquote> We receive from him whatever we ask, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. And this is his commandme...)
- 02:47, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) A Week of Prayer (top)
- 02:44, 27 November 2008 (hist) (diff) A Week of Prayer
- 22:30, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Week of Prayer (New page: {{info}}''Going Hard after the Holy God'' Prayer requires constant renewal. The first week of the year is a good time for renewing the life of prayer. The life of prayer is the life of pe...)
- 22:24, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N "We Have Not Because We Ask Not" (New page: {{info}}One of the signs that God is going to do a great work is that he begins to stir up his people to pray for it. He lays a burden on a person here and a person there. He brings it bac...)
- 22:22, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Wanted: Worm Work (New page: {{info}}Barb Beck, one of our prayer week spark plugs, wrote me the other day about her continued vision for a corps of praying people to pray for the ministry of the word ''during our mor...)
- 22:18, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Tips for Praying the Word (New page: {{info}}1. Realize that there is a direct connection between the degree to which our minds are shaped by Scripture and the degree to which our prayers are answered. Jesus said, “If you a...)
- 22:10, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) A Theological Framework for Prayer '88
- 22:09, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Theological Framework for Prayer '88 (New page: {{info}}How our hearts long to see the day when the unity of Christ’s body will be manifest in truth and power! Not power without ''truth''! For the apostle says the last days wil...)
- 20:03, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Summary Theology of Prayer (New page: {{info}}Below are five statements from John Piper as a summary theology of prayer. An assumption behind these statements is that to know more of God's purpose will deepen our commitment to...)
- 20:00, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Signs of the Coming Revival (New page: {{info}}Before last Friday night’s “<u>'''Missions at the Manse'''</u>” Paul Lindberg had drafted a detailed proposal for a ''Bethlehem Men’s Prayer Breakfast''. Like the great “...) (top)
- 19:57, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Praying till Pentecost Comes (New page: {{info}}The rising tide of prayer precedes the flood of God’s Spirit. The apostles devoted themselves to prayer as they awaited the ''outpouring ''of Pentecost (Acts 1:14). Their friends...) (top)
- 19:49, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Prayer '90 (New page: {{info}}''November 10 at 6:00 p.m.<br>St. Paul Civic Center '' With all my heart I urge you to be a part of ''Prayer ’90''. I don’t want any of you to be left out of what God is ...) (top)
- 19:45, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Piper's Mealtime Prayers (New page: {{info}}John Piper wrote the following meal time prayers for his own family to use. The three longer ones have been used by his family for over 20 years, and all the children know the pray...) (top)
- 19:43, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Persevere in Prayer!
- 19:41, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Persevere in Prayer! (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Colossians 4:2-3''' </blockquote><blockquote> Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving; and pray for us also, that God may open to us ...)
- 19:37, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Our Incense Before the Lamb (New page: {{info}}Have you ever thought of your prayers as the aroma of heaven? Holy Week has drawn me again to read Revelation 4 and 5. Here is a glimpse of life in heaven. In Chapter 5 we see God ...) (top)
- 19:35, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N No Prayer, No Power (New page: {{info}} <blockquote> This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer (Mark 9:29). </blockquote><blockquote> Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation (Mark 14:38)....)
- 18:36, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N My Dream for the Prayer Life of Bethlehem (New page: {{info}}(In case you missed it in the sermon.) 1. Jesus said, in Matthew 6:6, ''“When you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Fa...) (top)
- 18:29, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Meal Time Prayers (New page: {{info}}I believe in spontaneous prayers and carefully crafted prayers. Both can be equally earnest and heart-felt. It is true that some small-souled people resort to written prayers becau...) (top)
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