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- 05:17, 8 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N How Important Is Church Membership? (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Corinthians 12:12-31''' </blockquote><blockquote> For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so...)
- 05:03, 8 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N What Is Baptism, and How Important Is It? (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Colossians 2:8-15''' </blockquote><blockquote> See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to th...) (top)
- 04:35, 8 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N What is Baptism and Does it Save? (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Peter 3:18-22''' </blockquote><blockquote> For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, in order that He might bring us to God, having bee...) (top)
- 04:19, 8 December 2008 (hist) (diff) United with Christ in Death and Life, Part 2 (top)
- 04:09, 8 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Thoughts on Baptism (New page: {{info}}''Sunday Evening Message'' The New Testament teaches very plainly that we are saved by faith. "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved" (Acts 16:31; see also John ...) (top)
- 04:02, 8 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Strengthened to Suffer: Christ, Noah, and Baptism (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Peter 3:18-22''' </blockquote><blockquote> For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, in order that He might bring us to God, having bee...)
- 21:19, 7 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Go and Make Disciples, Baptizing Them... (top)
- 21:14, 7 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Go and Make Disciples, Baptizing Them... (New page: {{info}}Matthew 28:18-20 <blockquote> Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing the...)
- 21:08, 7 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Christ Did Not Send Me to Baptize (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Corinthians 1:10-17''' </blockquote> It is surprising to me that Paul would say, "Christ did not send me to baptize," when, in fact, one of the last things Jesus ...)
- 19:28, 7 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Celebration of Baptism (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Acts 2:36-42''' </blockquote> Just before Jesus came on the scene "preaching the gospel of God, and saying, 'The time is fulfilled, the kingdom of God is at hand; r...)
- 18:39, 7 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Buried and Raised in Baptism Through Faith
- 18:38, 7 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Buried and Raised in Baptism Through Faith (New page: {{info}}'''Colossians 2:8-15''' <blockquote> See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary ...)
- 18:31, 7 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N "There Was Much Water There" (in Minneapolis) (New page: {{info}}''Why a Series on Baptism?'' During the month of May, I will preach (God willing) from biblical texts on baptism. This was a decision the pastoral staff thought through and prayed...) (top)
- 17:34, 7 December 2008 (hist) (diff) m Lutheran, Episcopal and Catholic Views of Infant Baptism (Lutheran, Episcopal and Catholic Views of Infant Baptism moved to Lutheran, Episcopal, and Catholic Views of Infant Baptism)
- 17:32, 7 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N How Old Is Infant Baptism? (New page: {{info}}The earliest explicit mention if infant “baptism” in the history of the church is from the African church father, Tertullian, who lived from about A.D. 160 to about 220. He was...)
- 17:24, 7 December 2008 (hist) (diff) m Lutheran, Episcopal and Catholic Views of Infant Baptism (How Old Is Infant Baptism? moved to Lutheran, Episcopal and Catholic Views of Infant Baptism)
- 17:23, 7 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Lutheran, Episcopal and Catholic Views of Infant Baptism (New page: {{info}}The Augsburg Confession of 1530 is an early Lutheran confession of faith, authored mainly by Philip Melancthon and approved by Martin Luther and presented to King Charles V. In Art...)
- 17:07, 7 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N For Talitha at Her Baptism (New page: {{info}}The Lord himself once stood<br>With John the Baptist in the river, just<br>The way you stand with me<br>Tonight, the Son of Man with perfect trust, Fulfilling everything<br>...) (top)
- 17:04, 7 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Infant Baptism and the New Covenant Community (New page: {{info}} ==== 1. In every New Testament command and instance of baptism repentance and faith precede baptism. ==== Acts 2:37-38, 41 <blockquote> 37 Now when they heard this, they were pi...) (top)
- 07:51, 7 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Where I Am There Will My Servant Be: A Call to Treasure Christ Together
- 07:39, 7 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Where I Am There Will My Servant Be: A Call to Treasure Christ Together (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''John 12:20-26''' </blockquote><blockquote> Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. 21 So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida ...)
- 20:48, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Treasuring Christ Together: The Vision and Its Cost (New page: {{info}}Today we take a little byway in our exposition of Romans 12. I am going to talk about the practicalities of church life, including what you will hear this Wednesday at the all-chur...) (top)
- 14:21, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Treasuring Christ Together: North Campus Expansion, Part 1 (top)
- 14:20, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Treasuring Christ Together: North Campus Expansion, Part 1 (New page: {{info}}''Begging for the Favor of Blessing Others'' <blockquote> '''2 Corinthians 8:1-9''' We want you to know, brothers,about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of ...)
- 14:03, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Treasuring Christ Together, Part 2 (top)
- 14:03, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Treasuring Christ Together, Part 2 (New page: {{info}}''Lessons in Love from 1 John'' <blockquote> '''1 John''' </blockquote> What should a pastor say when he wants to encourage a Biblical kind of life-together in a large church? That...)
- 13:58, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Treasuring Christ Together, Part 1 (top)
- 13:56, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Treasuring Christ Together, Part 1
- 13:47, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Treasuring Christ Together, Part 1
- 12:26, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Treasuring Christ Together, Part 1
- 12:13, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Treasuring Christ Together, Part 1
- 12:05, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Treasuring Christ Together, Part 1
- 11:50, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Treasuring Christ Together, Part 1 (New page: <blockquote>{{info}}'''1 Peter 2:1-12''' So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. 2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it ...)
- 11:15, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Treasuring Christ Together Above All Things (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Peter 2:1-10''' </blockquote><blockquote> So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. 2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure ...) (top)
- 06:04, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Must I speak in tongues in order to be saved? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcription of the audio. '' '''Must I speak in tongues in order to be saved?''' Go to 1 Corinthians 12:30 and read how Paul said that not all...)
- 05:58, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Part 1: Are Wonders against the Word? (Part 1: Are Wonders against the Word? moved to Signs and Wonders: Then and Now) (top)
- 05:58, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) m Signs and Wonders: Then and Now (Part 1: Are Wonders against the Word? moved to Signs and Wonders: Then and Now)
- 05:54, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Signs and Wonders: Then and Now (New page: {{info}} ==== Part 1: Are Wonders against the Word? ==== I am one of those Baptist General Conference people who believes that "signs and wonders" and all the spiritual gifts of 1 Corint...)
- 05:44, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Why Some Spiritual Gifts Attract Unstable People (New page: {{info}}The Bible is aware of “unstable” people. For example, 2 Peter 3:16 says, “There are some things [in Paul’s letters] hard to understand, which the ignorant and ''unstable ''...)
- 05:39, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Testing Bethlehem's Charismatic Quotient (top)
- 05:34, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Testing Bethlehem's Charismatic Quotient (New page: {{info}}Sunday February 26, we took a survey in the evening service at Bethlehem to see what our present convictions are about the spiritual gifts of tongues, healing and prophecy. One hun...)
- 05:26, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) The New Testament Gift of Prophecy
- 05:22, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) The New Testament Gift of Prophecy
- 05:21, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N The New Testament Gift of Prophecy (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Definition, Theses and Suggestions''' </blockquote> '''Theses''' <blockquote> #It is still valid and useful for the church today. This is the clear implication of 1...)
- 05:09, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N High-Hurdling on Sunday Morning (New page: {{info}}When 1 Corinthians 12:29f. says that “''not all'' are teachers, ''not all ''work miracles, ''not all ''possess gifts of healing,” it means that we shouldn’t feel bad when we ...)
- 05:02, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N The California Conference on Holiness: Kudos and Cautions (New page: {{info}}Last week fifty eight people from Bethlehem went to a conference in Anaheim, California called “Holiness Unto the Lord.” It was sponsored by Vineyard Ministries International. ...) (top)
- 04:16, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Spiritual Gifts
- 04:16, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Spiritual Gifts (New page: {{info}}'''1 Corinthians 12:1''' The apostle Paul wrote to the Corinthians, "Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed" (1 Corinthians 12:1). I assume t...)
- 03:10, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Jesus' Name Made This Man Strong
- 03:04, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Jesus' Name Made This Man Strong (New page: {{info}}'''Acts 3:1-16''' <blockquote> Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid dai...)
- 02:55, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N How Signs and Wonders Helped Add Multitudes to the Lord (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Acts 5:12-16''' </blockquote><blockquote> Now many signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon'...)
- 02:45, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Calling all Clay Pots (New page: {{info}}''A Celebration of Ministry'' <blockquote> '''2 Corinthians 4''' </blockquote> I would like to try to persuade you of two things this morning: first, that every Christian has recei...)
- 02:31, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Clusters of Hope (New page: {{info}}It is amazing how much hope you can find when you look hard for it, and hope is a desperately needed power in our lives. It is the river of joy that flows back to us from the final...)
- 02:29, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Pizza with Noël by Lake of the Isles (New page: {{info}}Last Thursday Noël and I bought a half-price Great American Pizza, picked up some Dr. Diablo, spread our blanket at the northeast end of Lake of the Isles, and made a decision.&nb...) (top)
- 02:24, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Call to Small Togetherness (New page: {{info}}Here are the guidelines I promised you last Sunday. The main point of the message was: In order for all the saints (you) to do the work of the ministry as the New Testament teaches...)
- 02:19, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Your Calling Is to Bless Believers (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Peter 3:8-12''' </blockquote><blockquote> To sum up, let all be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted, and humble in spirit; not returning evil for evil...)
- 02:11, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) To See You Fills Me With Joy
- 02:02, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N To See You Fills Me With Joy (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Psalm 16:1-3''' </blockquote><blockquote> Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.<br>I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord;<br>I have no good apart from you."...)
- 01:18, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Strengthen Each Other's Hands in God (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Samuel 23:15-18''' </blockquote><blockquote> And David was afraid because Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the Wilderness of Ziph at Horesh. And J...)
- 01:06, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Small Group Life in the Power of God's Promises (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Hebrews 13:1-6''' </blockquote><blockquote> Let love of the brethren continue. 2 Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by this some have entertained ...) (top)
- 00:52, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Sacrifice of a Shared Life (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Hebrews 13:16''' </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 is...)
- 00:45, 6 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N How Christ Enables the Church to Upbuild Itself in Love (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Ephesians 4:4-16''' </blockquote><blockquote> There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one b...) (top)
- 11:02, 5 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Alone in a Big Church (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}''A Call to Small Togetherness'' </blockquote><blockquote> '''Ephesians 4:11-12''' </blockquote><blockquote> And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, t...) (top)
- 10:47, 5 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N You Were Bought with a Price (New page: {{info}}''Glorify God with Your Bodies'' <blockquote> '''1 Corinthians 6:20''' </blockquote><blockquote> For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body. </blockq...)
- 10:37, 5 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Why the Saints Minister to the Body
- 10:37, 5 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Why the Saints Minister to the Body
- 10:36, 5 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Why the Saints Minister to the Body (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Ephesians 4:7-16''' </blockquote> But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ's gift. Therefore it says, "When He ascended on high, He ...)
- 10:18, 5 December 2008 (hist) (diff) One Lord, One Spirit, One Body for All Time and All Peoples
- 10:15, 5 December 2008 (hist) (diff) One Lord, One Spirit, One Body for All Time and All Peoples
- 10:14, 5 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N One Lord, One Spirit, One Body for All Time and All Peoples (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Ephesians 4:1-6''' </blockquote> I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, entreat you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, with...)
- 10:02, 5 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Local Church: Minimum Vs. Maximum (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Acts 2:36-47''' </blockquote> Last week we heard from the Bible that one great goal of the church is to demonstrate the wisdom of God to the principalities and powe...) (top)
- 09:36, 5 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Living Together When Christ Is All in All
- 09:33, 5 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Living Together When Christ Is All in All (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Colossians 3:12-17''' </blockquote><blockquote> And so, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, ge...)
- 09:27, 5 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Living in the Spirit and in the Body for the Common Good (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Corinthians 12:1-13''' </blockquote><blockquote> Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware. You know that when you were pagans, yo...)
- 02:55, 5 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Israel and Us Reconciled in One Body (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Ephesians 2:11-22''' </blockquote><blockquote> Therefore remember, that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called "Uncircumcision" by the so-called "C...)
- 01:50, 5 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N How the Saints Minister to the Body (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Ephesians 4:7-16''' But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ's gift. Therefore it says, "When He ascended on high, He led captive a...)
- 01:32, 5 December 2008 (hist) (diff) His Body: The Fullness of Him Who Fills All in All
- 01:31, 5 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N His Body: The Fullness of Him Who Fills All in All (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Ephesians 1:15-23''' </blockquote> For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you, and your love for all the saints, do n...)
- 00:59, 5 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Cosmic Church (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Ephesians 3:10''' </blockquote><blockquote> ...that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the principalities and powers in the he...) (top)
- 00:32, 5 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Body Pains: Feelings of Uselessness (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Corinthians 12:14-20''' </blockquote><blockquote> For the body is not one member but many. If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of th...)
- 00:14, 5 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Body Pains: Feelings of Self-Sufficiency
- 00:11, 5 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Body Pains: Feelings of Self-Sufficiency (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Corinthians 12:21-27''' </blockquote><blockquote> And the eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you"; or again the head to the feet, "I have no need of y...)
- 23:31, 4 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Beautifying the Body of Christ (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Ephesians 5:22-32''' </blockquote><blockquote> Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is th...)
- 23:15, 4 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Sustained by Sovereign Grace—Forever/fr
- 23:14, 4 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Sustained by Sovereign Grace—Forever/fr
- 22:51, 4 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Sustained by Sovereign Grace—Forever/fr
- 21:09, 4 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Sustained by Sovereign Grace—Forever/fr
- 22:26, 3 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Why God Laid a Stone of Stumbling
- 22:17, 3 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Why God Laid a Stone of Stumbling (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Peter 2:4-8''' </blockquote><blockquote> And coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected by men, but choice and precious in the sight of God, you also, as living...)
- 21:37, 3 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Treasuring Christ Together as a Church on Multiple Campuses (top)
- 21:15, 3 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Treasuring Christ Together as a Church on Multiple Campuses (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Acts 2:36-47''' </blockquote><blockquote> Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you cru...)
- 20:58, 3 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N That the Truth of the Gospel Be Preserved for You (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Galatians 2:1-10''' </blockquote><blockquote> Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me. I went up by revelat...)
- 20:45, 3 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Take Courage: You Build More Than You See
- 20:44, 3 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Take Courage: You Build More Than You See (New page: {{info}}<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1228336561842_47" />''You Build More Than You See'' <blockquote> '''Haggai''' </blockquote><blockquote> In 586 BC the Babylonians sacked Jerusalem, des...)
- 20:33, 3 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Let Christ Be All in This Building! (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Corinthians 3:10-17''' </blockquote> ==== Knocking the Props Out from Under Boasting ==== We saw last week that the way Paul tries to overcome the jealousy and s...)
- 07:34, 3 December 2008 (hist) (diff) The Goodness and the Groaning of Growth (top)
- 07:23, 3 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Goodness and the Groaning of Growth (New page: {{info}}''Thoughts on Bethlehem's Future'' <blockquote> '''Acts 2:36-47''' </blockquote><blockquote> Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord ...)
- 06:49, 3 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Good and Evil in the Churches of Asia and Bethlehem (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Revelation 2-3''' </blockquote><blockquote> *When a Tragedy Comes into an Individual's Life *When a tragedy comes into the life of a Christian, one of the most natu...) (top)
- 06:26, 3 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Far More Than You Think (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Ephesians 3:14-21''' </blockquote> If the Lord wills, next Saturday evening a new chapter in the 114 year history of Bethlehem Baptist Church will open. At 6:00 PM ...)
- 20:18, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N What should a wife do when her husband doesn't lead spiritually? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''What should a wife do when her husband doesn't lead spiritually?''' Patiently, full of prayer, full of hope, and ...) (top)
- 20:13, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Should I date someone whose theology is different? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcription of the audio. '' '''Should I date someone whose theology is different?''' Don't ask the minimalistic question. If you only want to...)
- 19:27, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Is it wrong for married people to have friends of the opposite sex? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''Is it wrong for married people to have friends of the opposite sex?''' No. For goodness sakes, no. But one wonder...)
- 19:22, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N How should singleness be different for Christians? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''How should singleness be different for Christians?''' I don't think that a lot of the singleness that we see happ...)
- 19:18, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N How can wives encourage their husbands? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio''. '''How can wives encourage their husbands?''' The first thing I would say is pray earnestly for your husband. We are...)
- 19:16, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N How can I heal my marriage after committing adultery? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''How can I heal my marriage after committing adultery?''' Clearly, this kind of issue is so deep—the wounds are ...)
- 19:13, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Topics for Conversation When a Man and a Woman Are Considering Marriage (New page: {{info}}In each of these sections one item could be added that I have not listed, namely, How do you handle and live with differences? How do you decide what can remain differences without...) (top)
- 19:04, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N John and Noël Riding in Tandem (New page: {{info}}Sunscreen on, helmets buckled, pedals in sync, and we were on our way. After a few minutes, Johnny called over his shoulder, “You’re doing pretty well for your first time on a ...) (top)
- 18:59, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) What Pipers Do On Vacation (top)
- 18:59, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N What Pipers Do On Vacation (New page: {{info}}How Can a Husband and Wife Fellowship with Jesus? On vacation I had lots of time alone with my Bible, John Owen, and St. Athanasius. I would get up in the morning, run the hills o...)
- 18:53, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N What Happens at a Bed and Breakfast (New page: {{info}}''More than You Think--A New Year’s Exhortation'' Noël and I celebrated our 37th anniversary this week. Part of what we do on these annual getaways is pick an extended passage ...) (top)
- 18:49, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Submission and Headship in the Home Where I Grew Up (New page: {{info}}Last Sunday’s message was on the meaning of submission in marriage. I did not have time for this closing illustration. So consider this an application at the end of that message....)
- 18:39, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Married or Single: For Better or Worse (New page: {{info}}''Following this weekend’s sermon entitled “<u>Single in Christ: A Better Name Than Sons and Daughters</u>,” Pastor John received a letter asking, “If what you say about th...)
- 18:29, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Marriage: Is It Only Forgive and Forbear, or Also Confront? (New page: {{info}}Last Sunday’s sermon was originally misnamed “Marriage: Confronting, Forgiving, Forbearing.” In the end, I struck the word ''confronting''—not because it shouldn’t happen...)
- 18:14, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Letter for Noël on Her Birthday (top)
- 17:56, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Letter for Noël on Her Birthday
- 17:55, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Letter for Noël on Her Birthday
- 17:54, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Letter for Noël on Her Birthday
- 17:35, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Letter for Noël on Her Birthday (New page: {{info}}''December 27 is Noël Piper’s birthday. In this open letter, her husband John celebrates the gift of her support.'' Dear Noël, Happy birthday, Noël. Your name bears y...)
- 16:50, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Kill Anger Before It Kills You or Your Marriage (New page: {{info}}In marriage, anger rivals lust as a killer. My guess is that anger is a worse enemy than lust. It also destroys other kinds of camaraderie. Some people have more anger than they th...)
- 16:39, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Is Pastor John in Love with His Wife?
- 16:36, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Is Pastor John in Love with His Wife? (New page: {{info}}I have been inspired to write this, first, because of the mini sermon series I am in right now on marriage and, second, by listening to <u>'''my wife’s online message'''</u> abou...)
- 16:02, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Staying Married Is Not About Staying in Love, Part 2
- 15:08, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Staying Married Is Not About Staying in Love, Part 2 (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Genesis 2:18-25''' </blockquote> Then the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” 19 Now out of the ...)
- 14:41, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Staying Married Is Not About Staying in Love, Part 1 (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Genesis 2:18-25''' </blockquote><blockquote> Then the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” 19 Now...)
- 14:28, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Single in Christ: A Name Better Than Sons and Daughters (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Isaiah 56:1-7''' </blockquote><blockquote> Thus says the Lord: “Keep justice, and do righteousness, for soon my salvation will come, and my deliverance be reveale...)
- 14:09, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Marriage: Pursuing Conformity to Christ in the Covenant (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Ephesians 5:21-33''' </blockquote><blockquote> [Submit] to one another out of reverence for Christ. 22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For th...)
- 13:55, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Marriage Gods Showcase of Covenant-Keeping Grace (Marriage Gods Showcase of Covenant-Keeping Grace moved to Marriage: God's Showcase of Covenant-Keeping Grace) (top)
- 13:55, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) m Marriage: God's Showcase of Covenant-Keeping Grace (Marriage Gods Showcase of Covenant-Keeping Grace moved to Marriage: God's Showcase of Covenant-Keeping Grace)
- 13:54, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Marriage: God's Showcase of Covenant-Keeping Grace (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Colossians 2:13-15, 3:12-19''' </blockquote><blockquote> And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together wit...)
- 13:39, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Marriage: Forgiving and Forbearing (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Colossians 3:12-19''' </blockquote><blockquote> Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patienc...)
- 13:17, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Lionhearted and Lamblike: The Christian Husband as Head, Part 2
- 06:12, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Lionhearted and Lamblike: The Christian Husband as Head, Part 2
- 06:09, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Lionhearted and Lamblike: The Christian Husband as Head, Part 2 (New page: {{info}}''What Does It Mean to Lead'' <blockquote> '''Ephesians 5:21-33''' </blockquote> Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. 22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the...)
- 05:52, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Lionhearted and Lamblike: The Christian Husband as Head, Part 1 (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Ephesians 5:21-33''' </blockquote><blockquote> Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. 22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the ...)
- 05:34, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Let None Be Faithless to the Wife of His Youth (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Malachi 2:10-16''' </blockquote><blockquote> Have we not all one Father? Did not one God create us? Why do we profane the covenant of our fathers by breaking faith ...)
- 05:23, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Let Marriage Be Held in Honor Among All (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Hebrews 13:1-6''' </blockquote><blockquote> Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels u...)
- 03:42, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Marriage Is Meant for Making Children...Disciples of Jesus, Part 1 (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Ephesians 6:1-4''' </blockquote><blockquote> Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first com...)
- 03:24, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Adam, Where Are You? (New page: {{info}}''Father's Day'' <blockquote> '''Ephesians 5:21-28''' </blockquote><blockquote> 21) Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ. 22) Wives, be subject to your husbands, a...)
- 03:01, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Is it wrong to use birth control? (New page: {{info}}'''Is it wrong to use birth control? ''' As for pills: if it's an abortifacient, then don't use it. If you're persuaded by your doctor or by some literature that a certain pi...) (top)
- 02:56, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N How does the command to honor father and mother relate to God? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''How does the command to honor father and mother relate to God?''' There is no doubt that God is there in that com...)
- 02:54, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N How does Pastor John handle spiritual training in the home? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''How does Pastor John handle spiritual training in the home?''' Looking back over 31 years of parenting, the thing...) (top)
- 02:51, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N How do you encourage and advise Christian parents? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''How do you encourage and advise Christian parents?''' First, I want to encourage people that all of us feel inade...)
- 02:48, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N How can we teach our children about God's character and not just his commandments? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''How can we teach our children about God's character and not just his commandments?''' I don't think the kids will...)
- 02:13, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N How can eternity influence a mother's daily tasks? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''How can eternity influence a mother's daily tasks?''' I believe it is a very high calling to be a mom charged wit...)
- 02:10, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Do fathers and mothers have different roles in parenting? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio''. '''Do fathers and mothers have different roles in parenting?''' It's interesting that in Ephesians 6 Paul says, "Chi...)
- 02:05, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Can we pass the spiritual responsibilities of raising our kids onto others? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''How important should the spiritual education of children be to their parents?''' It's huge for parents to think a...)
- 02:03, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Parenting for the Glory of God, Part 2
- 02:01, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Parenting for the Glory of God, Part 2 (New page: {{info}}''Exalt '94, Cincinnati, OH'' What we saw <u>'''yesterday'''</u>was that God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him. The greatness and beauty and all-sufficienc...)
- 01:51, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Parenting for the Glory of God, Part 1
- 01:45, 1 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Parenting for the Glory of God, Part 1 (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}''Exalt '94, Cincinnati, OH'' </blockquote> As I have thought and prayed about the task assigned to me in these two messages (today and tomorrow), what I believe I sho...)
- 23:57, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Home Grown World Christians (New page: {{info}}The world came early into my life. On rainy days, Mother let us dig through attic baskets filled with mementos of her college summer in Mexico. My parents' table and guest bed were...)
- 23:45, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Family: Together in God's Presence (New page: {{info}}God-centered worship is supremely important in the life of our church. We approach the Sunday morning worship hour with great seriousness and earnestness and expectancy. We try to ...)
- 23:33, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Does the Bible permit birth control? (New page: {{info}}Desiring God and Bethlehem Baptist Church have no formal position on birth control, but John Piper and most of the pastors on staff believe that non-abortive forms of birth control...) (top)
- 23:17, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Rearing Children for the World's End (New page: {{info}}Amy Carmichael was born December 16, 1867 in the village of Millisle on the north coast of Ireland. After a lifetime of service in India she died, the beloved Amma, with a family o...) (top)
- 22:43, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Planning Life into Our Vacation (New page: {{info}}Many experiences slip through our fingers with little or no significance. This makes us depressed because we see our life dribbling away without meaning. We want life to be rich wi...) (top)
- 22:24, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Note to Parents of Young Children (New page: {{info}}The fastest growing department at Bethlehem Baptist Church is the nursery—and there is no end in sight. My wife knows of ten expectant mothers at BBC. There are some really tough...)
- 22:13, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) A Birthday Poem for Missions Week
- 22:11, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) A Birthday Poem for Missions Week
- 22:09, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Birthday Poem for Missions Week (New page: {{info}}''For Karsten'' <blockquote> Today, my eldest son, you reach<br>The end of twelve God-given years,<br>And I will stand today and preach<br>That God Almighty takes our fears. ...)
- 22:06, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N 12 Ways to Love Your Wayward Child (New page: {{info}}''My son Abraham, who speaks from the wisdom of experience and Scripture, has written the article that follows. I read it with tears and laughter. It is so compelling that I asked ...)
- 22:00, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Raising Children Who Hope in the Triumph of God (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Ephesians 6:4''' </blockquote><blockquote> Let's think for a moment about the word "Lord" at the end of Ephesians 6:4. "Fathers, do not provoke your children to ang...)
- 21:50, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Raising Children Who Are Confident in God (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Psalm 78:1-8''' </blockquote><blockquote> {A Maskil of Asaph.} Listen, O my people, to my instruction; incline your ears to the words of my mouth. 2 I will open my ...)
- 21:37, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N One Generation Shall Praise Your Works to Another (New page: {{info}}''Education for Exultation: In the Next Generation'' <blockquote> '''Psalm 145:4''' </blockquote><blockquote> One generation shall praise Your works to another, And shall declare Y...)
- 20:25, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Marriage Is Meant for Making Children...Disciples of Jesus, Part 2 (New page: {{info}}''A Father’s Conquest of Anger in Himself and in His Children'' <blockquote> '''Ephesians 6:1-4''' </blockquote><blockquote> Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is ...)
- 20:14, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Fathers, Bring Them Up in the Discipline & Instruction of the Lord (New page: {{info}}''A Tribute to My Father, William Solomon Hottle Piper'' <blockquote> '''Ephesians 6:1-4''' </blockquote><blockquote> Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. "H...)
- 20:03, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Fathers Who Give Hope (New page: {{info}}''Father's Day'' <blockquote> '''Colossians 3:21''' </blockquote><blockquote> Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged. </blockquote> Our text is straigh...)
- 19:52, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Is modesty an issue in the church today? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcription of the audio. '' '''Is modesty an issue in the church today?''' Yes. And it's not just a problem for males. Women have issues with...)
- 19:45, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) A Challenge to Women
- 19:40, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Challenge to Women (New page: {{info}} That all of your life—in whatever calling—be devoted to ''the glory of God''. <br>That the ''promises of Christ ''be trusted so fully that peace and joy and strength fill you...)
- 19:09, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Meditation on a Mother's Day Without Noël (New page: {{info}}On Mother’s Day Noël was in Wheaton, Illinois at her 20th class reunion. So I played single parent for two and a half days. Since she wasn’t around to hear me say nice things ...) (top)
- 19:04, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Her Body, Her Self, and Her God (New page: {{info}}The Minneapolis ''Star-Tribune ''(October 23, p. A18) carried Mary McCarty’s review of Joan Brumberg’s recent book, ''The Body Project''. The book is about the difference betwe...)
- 18:58, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Women of Valor for Non-Promise Keepers
- 18:56, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Women of Valor for Non-Promise Keepers (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Peter 3:1-7''' </blockquote><blockquote> In the same way, you wives, be submissive to your own husbands so that even if any of them are disobedient to the word, t...)
- 18:43, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N To Be a Mother Is a Call to Suffer (New page: {{info}} ==== Change of Plans for This Morning ==== I apologize for announcing one text and title for this message and putting all that off until next week and going in a different direc...)
- 18:27, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Honoring the Biblical Call of Motherhood
- 18:21, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Honoring the Biblical Call of Motherhood (New page: {{info}}''A Tribute to Ruth Piper'' <blockquote> '''2 Timothy 3:10-17''' </blockquote><blockquote> You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patienc...)
- 18:08, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Holy Women Who Hoped in God (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Peter 3:1-6''' </blockquote><blockquote> Likewise you wives, be submissive to your husbands, so that some, though they do not obey the word, may be won without a ...)
- 09:06, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Do Not Forsake Your Mothers Teaching (New page: {{info}}''Mother's Day'' <blockquote> '''Proverbs 1:7-9''' </blockquote><blockquote> The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. Hear, my son,...) (top)
- 04:01, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Moves of Manhood (New page: {{info}}''Resisting Lust, Serving as Leaders, Showing Love'' ''A Twenty-Four Hour Ministry Retreat for Men<br>Bethlehem Baptist Church'' This is a first. And it is long overdue. A time a...)
- 03:57, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N John G Paton's Father (New page: {{info}}''A Key to His Courage'' John G. Paton was a missionary to the New Hebrides, today called Vanuatu, in the South Seas. He was born in Scotland in 1824. I gave my <u>'''Pastors' Con...)
- 03:44, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Should children be taught to pray even if they haven't professed faith? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcription of the audio. '' '''Should children be taught to pray even if they haven't professed faith?''' Yes. I think we should teach our ch...) (top)
- 03:41, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Is it okay to not have children for the sake of ministry? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio''. '''Is it okay to not have children for the sake of ministry?''' To pour your life into college ministry does not sou...) (top)
- 03:36, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Loaves and Fishes (New page: {{info}}"Grandpa?" "Yes, Aber." "Tell us ‘bout<br>The time you got in trouble out<br>Behind Bethsaida hills, when you<br>Were just a kid. Okay?" "Me too,<br>Grandpa! Can I stay up and he...)
- 03:31, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) The Children
- 03:24, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Children (New page: {{info}}Do you hear the children crying?<br>I can hear them every day,<br>Crying, sighing, dying, flying<br>Somewhere safe where they can play. Somewhere safe from all the dangers,<...)
- 03:15, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N What Did Christ Purchase for Your Children With His Blood? (New page: {{info}}Thankfully, the blood of Christ divides and unites families. “Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. . . . They will be divide...)
- 03:12, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Teaching Doctrine to a Six-Year-Old (New page: {{info}}I've just finished writing a short book on justification. Lord willing, it will be published later this year by Crossway under the title <u>''Counted Righteous in Christ''</u>. In ...)
- 03:09, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Jesus and the Children (New page: {{info}}''Pondering Children as Pride Detectors'' One thing to watch for when assessing a person's spiritual fitness for ministry is how he or she relates to children. Put a child in the ...)
- 03:04, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Will the Next Generation Know? (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Judges 2:6-14''' </blockquote><blockquote> When Joshua dismissed the people, the people of Israel went each to his inheritance to take possession of the land. And t...)
- 02:56, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Receiving Children in Jesus' Name (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Mark 9:33-37''' </blockquote><blockquote> And when they came to Capernaum; and when he was in the house he asked them, "What were you discussing on the way?" But th...)
- 02:49, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Let the Children Come to Me (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Luke 18:15-17''' Now they were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them; and when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. But Jesus called them to hi...)
- 01:59, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Let No One Despise You for Your Youth (New page: {{info}}''A Vision for the Next Generation'' <blockquote> '''1 Timothy 4:11-16''' </blockquote><blockquote> Command and teach these things. Let no one despise you for your youth, but set t...)
- 01:49, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Children, The Church, and the Chosen (New page: {{info}}''Sunday Evening Message'' The primary fact about little children in the Bible is that they are helpless and dependent on adults for their life. We have to give them food, clothin...)
- 01:43, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N His Commandments Are Not Burdensome (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 John 4:20-5:5''' </blockquote><blockquote> If any one says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has se...)
- 01:33, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How Aliens Keep the Identity of Their Homeland (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Peter 1:1-2; 4:7-10''' </blockquote><blockquote> Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who reside as aliens, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadoci...)
- 01:25, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How to Buy Gold When You're Broke (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Revelation 3:14-22''' </blockquote><blockquote> And to the angel of the church of Laodicea write: "The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginni...) (top)
- 01:17, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N How to Do Good So That God Gets the Glory (New page: {{info}}In the year AD 42, Herod, king in Judea, killed the apostle James with a sword. When he saw it pleased the Jews, he threw Peter, another apostle, in prison. The night before Herod ...) (top)
- 01:07, 30 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Jesus Is Able to Help Those Who Are Tempted
- 23:01, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Jesus Is Able to Help Those Who Are Tempted (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Hebrews 2:14-18''' </blockquote> Since then the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render ...)
- 22:54, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Let Us Press On to Maturity (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Hebrews 6:1-3''' </blockquote><blockquote> Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of...)
- 22:33, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Let Us Walk by the Spirit (top)
- 22:11, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Let Us Walk by the Spirit (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Galatians 5:25''' </blockquote> This is the second in a series of messages on the Holy Spirit. Last week we dealt with the cause of the new birth. I argued from Joh...)
- 21:52, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Let Us Walk in the Light of God (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 John 1:5-10''' </blockquote><blockquote> This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all. If we...)
- 21:24, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) The Liberating Law of the Spirit of Life (top)
- 21:06, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Liberating Law of the Spirit of Life (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Romans 8:1-2''' </blockquote> We have come to the fourth part of a five part series of messages dealing with aspects of biblical truth which I think we need to know...)
- 20:55, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Life Is Not Trivial (New page: {{info}}Isn't it the extremely high and the extremely low occasions of life that trigger in us a hunger that life not be so trivial most of the time? Every human being now and then feels a...) (top)
- 20:22, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Little Children, Keep Yourselves from Idols (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 John 5:18-21''' </blockquote><blockquote> We know that any one born of God does not sin, but he who was born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him...)
- 20:07, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Lust of Ignorance and the Life of Holiness (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Peter 1:14-16''' </blockquote><blockquote> As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance, but like the Holy One...)
- 17:45, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Natural People and Spiritual People (New page: {{info}}'''1 Corinthians 2:14-16''' ==== Summarizing the Letter Thus Far ==== Let me try to sum up what we have seen so far in this letter and try to put today's text in relation to what...) (top)
- 17:29, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N He Will Turn the Hearts of the Fathers to the Children (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Malachi 4:4-6''' </blockquote><blockquote> Remember the law of my servant Moses, the decrees and laws I gave him at Horeb for all Israel. See, I will send you the p...)
- 17:10, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) A New Years Plea: Plan! (top)
- 17:10, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N A New Years Plea: Plan! (New page: {{info}} ==== Planning for Physical Necessities ==== Suppose the thought enters your mind that you want to build a house. You sit down and make a list of all the materials you think you ...)
- 17:03, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N O, That Christ Would Be Formed in You! (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Galatians 4:12-20''' </blockquote><blockquote> Brethren, I beseech you, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You did me no wrong; you know it was beca...)
- 16:52, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Olympic Spirituality, Part 2 (New page: {{info}}''How Then Shall We Run?'' <blockquote> '''1 Corinthians 9:23-27''' </blockquote><blockquote> And I do all things for the sake of the gospel, that I may become a fellow partaker of...)
- 16:46, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Olympic Spirituality, Part 1 (New page: {{info}}''Beyond the Gold'' <blockquote> '''1 Corinthians 9:23-27''' </blockquote><blockquote> And I do all things for the sake of the gospel, that I may become a fellow partaker of it. Do...)
- 14:36, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Present Power of Christ Crucified (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Corinthians 2:1-5''' </blockquote> I wonder if you would agree with the following view of the cross of Christ: the crucifixion of Christ was a once-for-all substi...) (top)
- 14:29, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Put on the New Person (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Ephesians 4:22-24''' </blockquote><blockquote> Put off your old nature which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful lusts, and be re...) (top)
- 12:53, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Radical Cost of Following Jesus (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Luke 9:56b-62''' </blockquote><blockquote> And they went on to another village. 57 As they were going along the road, someone said to Him, "I will follow You wherev...) (top)
- 12:44, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Slaves of God: Free from All to Honor All (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Peter 2:13-17''' </blockquote><blockquote> Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority, or to gove...)
- 12:33, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N He Is Like a Refiner's Fire (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Malachi 2:17-3:6''' </blockquote><blockquote> You have wearied the LORD with your words. "How have we wearied him?" you ask. By saying, "All who do evil are good in...)
- 12:21, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Grow in Grace and in the Knowledge of Our Lord (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''2 Peter 3:15-18''' </blockquote> The final section of 2 Peter to look at is 3:15–18. Let me sum up the main points that I see and then look at them one at a time....)
- 12:12, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N God Glorified in Good Resolves (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''2 Thessalonians 1:3-12''' </blockquote><blockquote> We are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, as is fitting, because your faith is growing abunda...)
- 12:01, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N For Freedom Christ Has Set Us Free (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Galatians 5:1-5''' </blockquote><blockquote> For freedom Christ has set us free; stand fast therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. </blockquote><b...)
- 11:45, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Excellence Which Love Approves (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}Philippians 1:9-11 </blockquote><blockquote> And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve w...) (top)
- 11:36, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Escape from Futility (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Ephesians 4:17-21''' </blockquote><blockquote> This I say therefore, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in t...) (top)
- 11:19, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Do Not Love the World
- 11:19, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Do Not Love the World (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 John 2:15-17''' </blockquote> Do not love the world or the things in the world. If any one loves the world, love for the Father is not in him. For all that is in ...)
- 02:06, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Discontented Christian Life (New page: {{info}}'''Philippians 3:4-14''' This morning's message is the second of a two-part series dealing with the issue of contentment and its role in the Christian life. Last Sunday morning I ...) (top)
- 01:47, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) The Dangers of Following Jesus
- 01:46, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Dangers of Following Jesus (New page: {{info}}''Maundy Thursday Communion Meditation'' <blockquote> '''Matthew 10:24-25''' A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master; it is enough for the disciple to ...)
- 01:41, 29 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Danger of Being Merely Human (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Corinthians 3:1-4''' </blockquote> This is one of those texts that offer tenderhearted hope and tough-minded warning in the very same truth. The hope is especiall...)
- 21:18, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Confirm Your Election (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''2 Peter 1:5-11''' </blockquote> Last Sunday we saw in 2 Peter 1:1–4 that God's divine power has been given to all who have obtained faith in the righteousness of ...)
- 21:03, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Christ's Power Is Made Perfect in Weakness (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''2 Corinthians 12:1-10''' </blockquote><blockquote> I must boast; there is nothing to be gained by it, but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. I kno...)
- 20:54, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Christian Identity and Christian Destiny (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Peter 2:9-10''' </blockquote><blockquote> But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that you may proclaim t...)
- 20:46, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) Can You Begin by the Spirit and Be Completed by the Flesh?
- 20:29, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Can You Begin by the Spirit and Be Completed by the Flesh? (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Galatians 3:1-5''' </blockquote><blockquote> O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified? Let me ...)
- 20:09, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Blessed Are the Pure in Heart (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Matthew 5:8''' </blockquote><blockquote> Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. </blockquote> ==== Jesus Concerned About Our Heart ==== The first t...)
- 19:59, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Blessed Are the Peacemakers (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Matthew 5:9''' </blockquote><blockquote> Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. </blockquote> With each beatitude another nail is driven...)
- 19:50, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Blessed Are the Merciful (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Matthew 5:7''' </blockquote><blockquote> Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. </blockquote> In the brief time that we have for such an important s...)
- 15:35, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Sons Are Free (New page: {{info}}''Palm Sunday'' <blockquote> '''Matthew 17:22-27''' </blockquote><blockquote> And while they were gathering together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be ...) (top)
- 15:27, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) United with Christ in Death and Life, Part 1 (top)
- 15:24, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Walk by the Spirit! (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Galatians 5:19-26''' </blockquote> "God never urges himself to be good," said Edward Carnell in ''Christian Commitment''. Because he is good. That is, his nature al...)
- 15:11, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The War Against the Soul and the Glory of God (New page: {{info}} ==== 1 Peter 2:11-12 ==== <blockquote> Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts, which wage war against the soul. Keep your behavior excellent am...) (top)
- 15:02, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Whatever Is Not from Faith Is Sin (New page: {{info}}The Old Testament (Psalm 32:1, 2) and the New Testament (Romans 4:7, 8) agree: "Blessed (or fortunate) is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the m...)
- 14:55, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Already: Decisively and Irrevocably Free, Not Yet: Finally and Perfectly Free (New page: {{info}}What we have learned from Romans 6 and 7 is that when we trusted in Christ as our Savior and Lord (as our Treasure!), we were united to Christ (Romans 6:5; 7:4). In this union with...)
- 14:51, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Call for Coronary Christians (New page: {{info}}Having recently celebrated back-to-back days that cry for justice, I summon Bethlehem to be coronary, not adrenal, Christians in the cause of racial harmony and human life. I have ...)
- 14:47, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Dana, Doug and an APTAT Recap (New page: {{info}}Here is a reminder of <u>'''last Sunday’s message'''</u>. The terrible mistake of the Galatians was that they were trying to advance in the Christian life “by the flesh.” The...) (top)
- 14:00, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Eighteen Aspects of Holy Dissatisfaction (New page: {{info}}''A New Year’s Agenda for Growth'' “Grow in grace.” “But he gives more ''grace''.” (2 Peter 3:18; James 4:6) “We pray for you that you…increase in the ''knowledge ...) (top)
- 13:33, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Fierce Fruit of Self-Control (New page: {{info}}"As the Hebrews were promised the land, but had to take it by force, one town at a time, so we are promised the gift of self-control, yet we also must take it by force."* The very...)
- 13:31, 28 November 2008 (hist) (diff) N Fighting Covetousness by Looking at Others (New page: {{info}}This is overflow from a pastoral staff discussion on how to be free from covetousness. Fred Johnson had drawn our attention to Achan’s stealing and lying in Joshua 7:11. Jericho ...) (top)
- 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...)
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