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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)
- 18:26, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) A Letter Found to the West of the Sanctuary on the Stairs Leading up to the Senior High Room (top)
- 18:25, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Letter Found to the West of the Sanctuary on the Stairs Leading up to the Senior High Room (New page: {{info}}Dear Subdevil Wormwood, We are not impressed at headquarters with your service at Bethlehem. Of course, there are some wonderfully dark spots, but that is hardly to your cre...)
- 18:18, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N If You're Hungry, Here's a Next Step (New page: {{info}}A lot of people at Bethlehem are hungrier for the fullness of God (Ephesians 3:19) now than they have ever been before. What should be your next move? Here is one suggestion. Take ...) (top)
- 18:12, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N I Plant, You Water (New page: {{info}}Picture the Sunday morning sermon as a man heaving great handfuls of seed onto the ground. Would it not be foolish for that sower to look behind him after thirty minutes’ work an...) (top)
- 18:06, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How You Can Change a City and a World (New page: {{info}}When we gather to pray at the Metrodome on Saturday evening, November 11 the seating will be in the basketball configuration. Last year about 7000 people gathered for united prayer...)
- 17:49, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How to Pray If You Are Dead to the Law and Love to Bear Fruit (New page: {{info}}O Lord Jesus, I am by nature a rebel and find more pleasure in what you made than in you. I am sick and corrupt. O Christ, how plain it is to me now that I need something so much d...)
- 17:38, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How to Pray for the Pastoral Staff (New page: {{info}}What a privilege to serve on the pastoral staff at Bethlehem! We on the staff all feel that way. There are many reasons. One of the greatest is that we get prayed for so often by s...)
- 17:28, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How To Pray For Half-an-Hour (New page: {{info}}Last Sunday I appealed to you in the name of the Lord to pray this week in a concerted way for harvest time at Bethlehem. If 1982 is going to be the year, the sign of it will be a ...) (top)
- 17:24, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How Do You Stay Inspired to Pray? (New page: {{info}}It isn’t easy. Prayer is contrary to our old nature because it strikes at self-reliance. Prayer is contrary to our culture because it looks passive instead of active. Prayer is c...)
- 10:48, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Does Prayer Spoil the Party? (New page: {{info}}What a unique group of people we would be at Bethlehem if prayer never spoiled the party—if we were the kind of people who were on such intimate terms with Jesus that he was neve...)
- 10:45, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Desire Starters and the Night of Prayer (New page: {{info}}Why might you want to pray all night on January 9 from 10:00 PM to 6:00 AM? Or even for part of it? We’ve done it every year for over 15 years during prayer week (January 4-11 th...)
- 10:40, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Big, Sweeping-But Not Insipid-Prayers (New page: {{info}}One of the amazing things about Bible prayers is how big and sweeping they often are. Yet they don't have the vague ring of "God bless the missionaries" that sounds so weak. We som...)
- 10:38, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Answers to Prayer in the Midst of Non-Answers (New page: {{info}}On the way to South Carolina last June our water pump froze up 16 miles east of Knoxville on the Interstate. The car immediately overheated and we had to stop. The nearest station ...)
- 10:33, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) When God Says, "Not Now"
- 10:31, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N When God Says, "Not Now" (New page: <blockquote> {{into}}'''Luke 11:1-13''' </blockquote> ==== God's "Not Now" to Bethlehem ==== Last Sunday I stood here and prayed publicly that the Lord would give us $1.4 million dollars ...)
- 10:14, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What Do Answers to Prayer Depend On? Part 2 (New page: {{info}}''Part 2: God's Will'' Two weeks ago I posed the question, "What do answers to prayer depend on?" The first and most fundamental part of the answer was that all answers to prayer ...)
- 10:07, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What Do Answers to Prayer Depend On? (What Do Answers to Prayer Depend On? moved to What Do Answers to Prayer Depend On? Part 1) (top)
- 10:07, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) m What Do Answers to Prayer Depend On? Part 1 (What Do Answers to Prayer Depend On? moved to What Do Answers to Prayer Depend On? Part 1)
- 10:06, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What Do Answers to Prayer Depend On? Part 1 (New page: {{info}}''Part 1: Obedience'' Unanswered prayer is a universal Christian experience. Every one of us has asked God for particular things that have been denied: we asked for help to make a...)
- 09:55, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Weapon Serves the Wielding Power (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Ephesians 6:17-20''' </blockquote><blockquote> And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18 Pray at all times in the ...)
- 09:45, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N That Your Prayers May Not Be Hindered (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Peter 3:7''' </blockquote><blockquote> You husbands likewise, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with a weaker vessel, since she is a woman; and gra...)
- 04:26, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The "All or Nothing" Impediment to Prayer (New page: {{info}}I’ve made a discovery in the past three months that is revolutionizing my prayer life. I owe it to Francis MacNutt’s book, <u>''The Power to Heal''</u>. The discovery is that a...)
- 04:22, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Action Is Not the Essence (New page: {{info}}Before every service on Sunday morning, the platform worship leaders meet for prayer in the prayer room (third floor, east of choir loft) to pray with the Sunday Worship Watch. Thi...)
- 04:17, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) What Should We Pray For? (top)
- 04:12, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What Should We Pray For? (New page: {{info}}One way to answer this question is to look at what the early church prayed for. Here is a list gathered from the New Testament. It can guide you in how you pray. I suggest that per...)
- 04:04, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Why a Conference Commission on Prayer? (New page: {{info}}''Answer: War!'' Tuesdays and Thursdays I get up, put on my running shoes, and jog to the Metrodome five blocks from our house. I have Navigator memory cards in my right hand and ...) (top)
- 03:59, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Prayer and Predestination (New page: {{info}}''A Conversation Between Prayerful and Prayerless'' Prayerless: I understand that you believe in the providence of God. Is that right? Prayerful: Yes. Prayerless: Does that me...) (top)
- 03:57, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Winning Battles Through Prayer (New page: {{info}}''Advancing Churches in Missions Commitment (ACMC) <br>''Wheaton, IL There is no doubt that God has ordained in His all-encompassing foreknowledge and His infinite wisdom to respo...) (top)
- 03:47, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Should I pray in Jesus' name when asked to pray in public? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''Should I pray in Jesus' name when asked to pray in public?''' It doesn't take much thought anymore to answer that...) (top)
- 03:45, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Should I use the Bible when I pray?
- 03:44, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Should I use the Bible when I pray? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcription of the audio. '' Oftentimes we view prayer and reading the Bible as distinct disciplines in the Christian life. Is there a way in w...)
- 03:39, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What can I do to regain confidence in prayer? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio''. '''What can I do to regain confidence in prayer?''' The main way that God deepens, strengthens and awakens confidenc...) (top)
- 03:35, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What does it mean to bless God? (New page: {{info}}My thesis is that in the Scripture when God "blesses" men they are thereby helped and strengthened and made better off than they were before, but when men "bless" God he is not hel...)
- 03:31, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What's the difference between Christian prayer and mantra? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''What's the difference between Christian prayer and mantra?''' Jesus warned in the Sermon on the Mount, "Do not be...) (top)
- 03:28, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Prevailing Prayer for the Spirit's Power (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Luke 11:1-13''' </blockquote><blockquote> He was praying in a certain place, and when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, as John ...) (top)
- 03:18, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Praying From The Fullness of The Word (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''John 15:1-8''' </blockquote><blockquote> I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and eve...)
- 03:06, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Prayers of the Saints and the End of the World (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Revelation 8:1-5''' </blockquote><blockquote> And when he broke the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. And I saw the seven angels who...) (top)
- 02:54, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Prayer That Brought the Holy Spirit Down (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Acts 4:23-31''' </blockquote><blockquote> When they were released they went to their friends and reported what the chief priests and the elders had said to them. An...)
- 02:35, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Prayer Changes People's Wills (top)
- 02:28, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Prayer Changes People's Wills (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Romans 15:30-31''' </blockquote><blockquote> Now I urge you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your pr...)
- 02:14, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Prayer at Harvest Time: Now! (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Matthew 9:35-38''' </blockquote><blockquote> And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the k...) (top)
- 01:48, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Prayer and the Victory of God
- 01:46, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Pray Without Ceasing (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Thessalonians 5:12-18''' </blockquote><blockquote> But we request of you, brethren, that you appreciate those who diligently labor among you, and have charge over...)
- 01:40, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Pray Like This: Hallowed Be Your Name
- 01:30, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Pray Like This: Hallowed Be Your Name (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Matthew 6:5-18''' </blockquote><blockquote> And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the str...)
- 01:09, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Pray for Kings and All in High Positions (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Timothy 2:2''' </blockquote> The apostle Paul has a word from God which we need to hear all the time, but especially the Sunday before a presidential inauguration...) (top)
- 00:43, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Practical Help for Praying for Help
- 00:37, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Practical Help for Praying for Help
- 00:23, 26 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Practical Help for Praying for Help (New page: {{info}}I want to talk this morning, very practically, about how to live the Christian life—and more specifically how prayer fits into that hour by hour activity. ==== A Descript...)
- 17:31, 25 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Power that Wields the Weapon (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''2 Thessalonians 3:1-2''' </blockquote><blockquote> Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored, as happened among you, ...)
- 17:21, 25 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Our Father Hears Us! (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 John 5:14-17''' </blockquote><blockquote> And this is the confidence which we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we kn...)
- 16:36, 25 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Line of Prayer (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''2 Corinthians 1:11''' </blockquote> The thing that I want to accomplish this morning by the Spirit and the Word of God is to stir you up to pray earnestly in the we...) (top)
- 16:26, 25 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Let Your Requests Be Made Known to God (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Philippians 4:4-7''' </blockquote><blockquote> Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at h...)
- 16:18, 25 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Learning to Pray in the Spirit and the Word, Part 2 (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Jude 1:17-25''' </blockquote><blockquote> But you, beloved, ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, 18 tha...)
- 16:07, 25 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Learning to Pray in the Spirit and the Word, Part 1 (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Jude 1:17-25''' </blockquote><blockquote> But you, beloved, ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, 18 tha...) (top)
- 15:58, 25 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Incentives to Strive in Prayer (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Romans 15:30''' </blockquote><blockquote> Now I urge you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your praye...) (top)
- 15:45, 25 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N If My Words Abide In You . . . (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''John 15:7''' </blockquote><blockquote> If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask whatever you will and it shall be done for you. </blockquote> ==== The Most...)
- 15:37, 25 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How to Pray for a Desolate Church (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Daniel 9:1-23''' </blockquote> The reason I titled this message "How to Pray for a Desolate Church" is that I see much of the Christian church today as desolate. Th...) (top)
- 15:31, 25 November 2008 (hist) (diff) How to Argue with God (top)
- 15:28, 25 November 2008 (hist) (diff) How to Argue with God
- 15:27, 25 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How to Argue with God (New page: {{info}}''Summer Psalms <br>''Sunday Evening Message <blockquote> '''Psalm 143''' </blockquote> Back in the spring I read a sermon that Charles Spurgeon preached in London about a century ...)
- 21:05, 24 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Devote Yourselves to Prayer (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Colossians 4:2-4''' </blockquote><blockquote> Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving; (3) praying at the same time for us...)
- 17:25, 24 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Daniel's Defiance of Darius in Prayer (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Daniel 6:1-13''' </blockquote><blockquote> It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, to be throughout the whole kingdom; and over them...)
- 17:12, 24 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Word of God: Living, Active, Sharp (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Hebrews 4:12-13''' </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 s...)
- 16:54, 24 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Word of God Abides in You, and You Have Overcome the Evil One (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 John 2:12-14''' </blockquote><blockquote> I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his name’s sake. 13 I am writing to you, fath...) (top)
- 16:43, 24 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Wonderful Things from Your Word (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Psalm 119:18''' </blockquote><blockquote> Open my eyes, that I may behold Wonderful things from Your law. </blockquote> ==== Our Desperate Need for God's Illuminati...)
- 16:37, 24 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Thy Word I Have Treasured in My Heart
- 16:35, 24 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Thy Word I Have Treasured in My Heart (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Psalm 119:9-16''' </blockquote><blockquote> How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping it according to Thy word. 10 With all my heart I have sought Thee; Do ...)
- 16:08, 24 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N There Shall Be a Fountain Opened (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Zechariah ''' </blockquote> Three of Zechariah's prophetic messages are dated (1:1; 1:7; 7:1), so we know that Zechariah was a contemporary of Haggai. Both pro...)
- 16:01, 24 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Thank God for an Inspired Bible
- 15:59, 24 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Sweeter than Honey, Better than Gold (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Psalm 19:7-11''' </blockquote><blockquote> The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple; the precept...) (top)
- 15:52, 24 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Songs That Shape the Heart and Mind (New page: {{info}}''Psalms: Thinking and Feeling with God, Part 1'' <blockquote> '''Psalm 1''' </blockquote><blockquote> Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, <br>nor stands...) (top)
- 15:30, 24 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Seed of the Word and the Fruit of Love (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Peter 1:22-25''' </blockquote><blockquote> Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one ano...)
- 15:18, 24 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Receive with Meekness the Implanted Word (top)
- 14:39, 24 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Open My Eyes That I May See (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Psalm 119:17-24''' </blockquote><blockquote> Deal bountifully with Your servant, That I may live and keep Your word. 18 Open my eyes, that I may behold Wonderful th...)
- 14:16, 24 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Men Moved by the Holy Spirit Spoke from God (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''2 Peter 1:20-21''' </blockquote> We can sum up what we have seen so far in 2 Peter 1 with three pictures: the hot fudge sundae, a man swimming against an ocean curr...) (top)
- 13:55, 24 November 2008 (hist) (diff) “BBC Sevens”
- 13:54, 24 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N “BBC Sevens” (New page: {{info}}''90 by 90'' In 1882 D.L. Moody held one week of meetings at Cambridge University. Within two years the “Cambridge Seven” committed themselves to foreign missions. It was not ...)
- 13:18, 24 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Be Filled with the Spirit (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Ephesians 5:18''' </blockquote><blockquote> And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit. </blockquote> The apostle Paul co...)
- 12:26, 24 November 2008 (hist) (diff) The Anatomy of Backsliding (top)
- 12:20, 24 November 2008 (hist) (diff) The Anatomy of Backsliding
- 12:17, 24 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Anatomy of Backsliding (New page: {{info}}''Sunday Evening Message'' <blockquote>'''Psalm 119:176''' </blockquote><blockquote> I have gone astray like a lost sheep;<br>seek thy servant,<br>for I do not forget thy commandm...)
- 00:13, 24 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Ask Your Father in Heaven (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Matthew 7:7-12''' </blockquote><blockquote> Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks ...)
- 23:27, 23 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Ask Whatever You Wish (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''John 15:7''' </blockquote><blockquote> If you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it shall be done for you. </blockquote> Our focus th...)
- 23:18, 23 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Angels and Prayer (top)
- 23:16, 23 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Angels and Prayer (New page: {{info}}''Daniel's Experience and Ours'' <blockquote> '''Daniel 10''' </blockquote> ==== How Shall We Think About "Territorial Spirits"? ==== ==== <span id="fck_dom_range_temp_12274815981...)
- 23:03, 23 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Always Pray and Do Not Lose Heart (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Luke 18:1-8''' </blockquote><blockquote> And he told them a parable, to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. He said, "In a certain city th...)
- 22:50, 23 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Meditate on the Word of the Lord Day and Night (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Psalm 1''' </blockquote><blockquote> How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked,<br>Nor stand in the path of sinners,<br>Nor sit in the s...)
- 21:57, 23 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Long for the Pure Milk of the Word (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Peter 2:1-3''' </blockquote><blockquote> Therefore, putting aside all malice and all guile and hypocrisy and envy and all slander, like newborn babes, long for th...)
- 21:42, 23 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Listen to the Eyewitness of His Majesty (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''2 Peter 1:12-19''' </blockquote> In what we have seen so far in 2 Peter (up through 1:11), the main point has been to urge Christians to make sure that they are tru...)
- 12:22, 23 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N I Will Meditate on All Your Work and Muse on Your Deeds (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Psalm 77''' </blockquote><blockquote> My voice rises to God, and I will cry aloud; My voice rises to God, and He will hear me. 2 In the day of my trouble I sought t...) (top)
- 12:16, 23 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How to Receive the Word of Man as the Word of God (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Thessalonians 2:9-16''' </blockquote><blockquote> For you recall, brethren, our labor and hardship, how working night and day so as not to be a burden to any of y...) (top)
- 12:07, 23 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Holy Spirit: Author of Scripture (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''2 Peter 1:20-21''' </blockquote><blockquote> First of all you must understand this, that no prophecy of scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation, because n...) (top)
- 11:39, 23 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Hold Fast to the Word and Pray for Us (New page: {{info}}''How the Spirit and the Word Produce Change'' <blockquote> '''2 Thessalonians 2:13 - 3:5''' </blockquote><blockquote> But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren bel...)
- 11:27, 23 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Delighting in the Law of God
- 11:26, 23 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Delighting in the Law of God (New page: {{info}}''Summer Psalms'' <blockquote> '''Psalm 1''' </blockquote> For some people the word "argument" only means "dispute" or "haggling" or "wrangling." But I want to use the word "argume...)
- 06:30, 23 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Danger of Drifting from the Word (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Hebrews 2:1-4''' </blockquote><blockquote> For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. 2 For if the word sp...) (top)
- 06:23, 23 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Building Our Lives on the Bible (New page: {{info}}''Education for Exultation: By the Word'' <blockquote> '''2 Timothy 3:10-17''' </blockquote><blockquote> Now you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, pers...)
- 06:17, 23 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N All Scripture Is Breathed Out by God and Profitable (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''2 Timothy 3:14-4:4''' </blockquote><blockquote> But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how...)
- 06:05, 23 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Meaning of Membership and Church Accountability (New page: {{info}}Revised February 2001 ==== Is Church Membership Taught in the New Testament? ==== Membership in a local church involves commitment to worship the Lord corporately, edifying...) (top)
- 05:59, 23 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Issue Is Scripture! (New page: {{info}}Baptists, to a greater degree than any other group, have strengthened the protest of evangelical Protestantism against traditionalism. This they have done by their constant witness...)
- 05:55, 23 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Why a Church Covenant? (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Hebrews 8''' </blockquote> Last fall we spent almost all our Sunday morning messages and all our BITC Plenary Sessions searching the Scriptures to answer the questi...) (top)
- 05:46, 23 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Total Abstinence and Church Membership (New page: {{info}}''Sunday Evening Message'' There are two questions I want to discuss tonight. One is: Should Christians in America today abstain from the use of alcoholic drink as a beverage? The...) (top)
- 05:40, 23 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Renewing the Covenant for the Sake of God's Name (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Nehemiah 9:38''' </blockquote> Nehemiah 9:38 describes very briefly a covenant reaffirmation among the people of God in Jerusalem after decades of exile in Babylon....) (top)
- 05:34, 23 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Preserving the Covenant Community In Spite of Sickness and Sin (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''James 5:16-20''' </blockquote><blockquote> Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of...) (top)
- 05:25, 23 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Obey Your Joyful Leaders, Part 2 (New page: {{info}}''Part Two'' <blockquote> '''Hebrews 13:17''' </blockquote><blockquote> Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account....) (top)
- 05:19, 23 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Obey Your Joyful Leaders, Part 1 (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Hebrews 13:17-19''' </blockquote><blockquote> Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Let them ...) (top)
- 05:14, 23 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The New Covenant and the New Covenant People (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Corinthians 11:17-34''' </blockquote><blockquote> But in giving this instruction, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the wo...) (top)
- 05:02, 23 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Model of Covenant Exhortation (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Thessalonians 4:1-12''' </blockquote><blockquote> Finally then, brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as you received from us instruction a...)
- 04:55, 23 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Flesh Tank and Peashooter Regulations (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Colossians 2:16-23''' </blockquote> This coming Thursday evening, at the second half of our annual business meeting, we will be voting on the proposed amendment to ...) (top)
- 04:48, 23 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Advancing and Sustaining the Covenant Community (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Thessalonians 3:11 - 4:2''' </blockquote><blockquote> Now may our God and Father himself and Jesus our Lord direct our way to you; and may the Lord cause you to i...) (top)
- 14:09, 22 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N L’ Amour Abondante (L’ Amour Abondante moved to Abundant Love/fr over redirect) (top)
- 14:09, 22 November 2008 (hist) (diff) m Abundant Love/fr (L’ Amour Abondante moved to Abundant Love/fr over redirect)
- 14:07, 22 November 2008 (hist) (diff) m Abundant Love/fr (Abundant Love/fr moved to L’ Amour Abondante)
- 13:55, 22 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Abundant Love/fr
- 01:45, 22 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Sustained by Sovereign Grace—Forever/fr
- 23:52, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Why would a Christian choose to suffer? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''Why would a Christian choose to suffer?''' I want to be careful because I don't think we should jump off the temp...)
- 23:50, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Should we question our salvation if we hate the idea of suffering? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''Should we question our salvation if we hate the idea of suffering?''' If wanting nothing to do with suffering and...) (top)
- 23:45, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Should suffering lead to self-examination? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''Should suffering lead to self-examination?''' It shouldn't lead to a lot of time in self-examination, but some ti...) (top)
- 23:42, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Should Christians use anti-depressants? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcription of the audio. '' '''Should Christians use anti-depressants?''' It is a gray area. I don't preach against anti-depressants, though ...) (top)
- 23:39, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Is it crazy to think that we can rejoice in suffering?
- 23:37, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Is it crazy to think that we can rejoice in suffering? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''Is it crazy to think that we can rejoice in suffering?''' Well, it might be crazy by the world's standards. Paul ...)
- 23:23, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N If we suffer does that mean God is our enemy? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''If we suffer, does that mean God is our enemy?''' If you are a professing Christian—that is, if you have receiv...)
- 22:42, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How do you talk about suffering with people who are in the midst of it? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio.'' '''How do you talk about suffering with people who are in the midst of it?''' I think you need a pastoral, wise, ten...)
- 22:39, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How can I comfort my brother whose daughter has cancer? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''How can I comfort my brother whose daughter has cancer?''' The comfort that we have is finally and ultimately in ...) (top)
- 22:36, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Does suffering always make sense? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''Does suffering always make sense?''' Certainly it doesn't make sense to us, no. But it does make sense to God. Th...)
- 22:33, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Can we learn something from Job's friends about how to help the hurting? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''Can we learn something from Job's friends about how to help the hurting?''' Absolutely. Those first seven days we...)
- 22:31, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Can faithful living exempt me from suffering? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio''. '''Can faithful living exempt me from suffering?''' No. God's grace through Christ on the cross has obtained for u...)
- 22:13, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Suffering for the Sake of the Body, Part 1 (New page: {{info}}''The Pursuit of People Through Pain <br>''A Seminar for The Bethlehem Institute ==== Seminar Notes ==== <blockquote> #<u>'''Introduction'''</u> #<u>'''God's Sovereignty Over Suff...) (top)
- 21:09, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Waiting for My Husband After the Bridge Collapsed (New page: {{info}}John Piper wrote this poem when he heard of a newlywed waiting for her husband after the Interstate 35 bridge over the Mississippi collapsed on August 1, 2007. ==== Waiting ...) (top)
- 21:04, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Job: When the Righteous Suffer, Part 2 (top)
- 21:01, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Job: When the Righteous Suffer, Part 2 (New page: {{info}}''Desiring God Fall 2008 Regional Conference <br>''Austin, TX (''These are notes from the session, not the manuscript that the message was preached from. They are adapted from the...)
- 20:18, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Job: When the Righteous Suffer, Part 1 (top)
- 20:16, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Job: When the Righteous Suffer, Part 1 (New page: {{info}}''Desiring God Fall 2008 Regional Conference <br>''Austin, TX ''(These are notes from the session, not the manuscript that the message was preached from.)'' ==== Why I Have Come ...)
- 19:14, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) How the Supremacy of Christ Creates Radical Christian Sacrifice (top)
- 19:08, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) How the Supremacy of Christ Creates Radical Christian Sacrifice
- 19:06, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How the Supremacy of Christ Creates Radical Christian Sacrifice (New page: {{info}}''2008 Together for the Gospel'' I invite you to look with me at a sequence of six passages in the New Testament book of Hebrews. These six passages contain the answer to the ques...)
- 18:41, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Filling Up What Is Lacking in Christ's Afflictions (top)
- 18:40, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Filling Up What Is Lacking in Christ's Afflictions (New page: {{info}}''High Pointe Baptist Church ''<br>Austin, TX The following is based on notes taken during the message and the manuscript of "Called to Suffer and Rejoice." ==== Three Introduct...)
- 18:17, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N When There's Crisis at Christmas (New page: {{info}}One November a friend of mine almost lost her child. By Christmas the crisis was past, but they still were not sure of the long-term implications. She e-mailed me in mid-December, ...)
- 18:04, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Letter to the Suffering Saints in Beslan, Russia (New page: {{info}}Dear brothers and sisters in Christ who lost loved ones in Beslan, We at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, extend our heart-aching sympathy to all of you wh...)
- 18:02, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Where the Great King Keeps His Wine (New page: {{info}}I have never heard anyone say, “The really deep lessons of my life have come through times of ease and comfort.” But I have heard strong saints say, “Every significant advanc...)
- 17:59, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N When Satan Hurts Christ's People (New page: {{info}}''Reflections on Why Christians Suffer Losses'' <blockquote> '''Revelation 2:10''' </blockquote> When huge pain comes into your life—like divorce, or the loss of a precious famil...)
- 17:52, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Three 911's We Need to Know (top)
- 17:49, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Three 911's We Need to Know
- 17:47, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Three 911's We Need to Know
- 17:39, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Three 911's We Need to Know (New page: {{info}}''How to Mark and Honor This Day'' This September 11 is the sixth anniversary of 9/11. Let us mark this day with thoughts about the 9/11 we know about, the one we never knew, and ...)
- 17:31, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N "That I May Share His Sufferings" (New page: {{info}}''A Lenten Meditation on the Christian Life'' <blockquote> “Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one.<br>Three times I have been beaten with rods....) (top)
- 17:06, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Sore Throat, Sympathy, and Sonnet (New page: {{info}}I had a sore throat last week. It was good for me. The doctor put me on ten days worth of pink antibiotic pills that smell like vanilla flavoring. The instructions said: “One tab...) (top)
- 17:00, 21 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Sheep, Wolves, Snakes, and Doves (New page: {{info}}''Thoughts on Matthew 10:16'' <blockquote> '''Matthew 10:16''' </blockquote><blockquote> “Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and...)
- 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...)
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