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- 21:46, 13 January 2009 (hist) (diff) Always Singing One Note—A Vernacular Bible
- 19:44, 13 January 2009 (hist) (diff) Always Singing One Note—A Vernacular Bible
- 19:11, 13 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N Always Singing One Note—A Vernacular Bible (New page: {{info}}''Why William Tyndale Lived and Died <br>''2006 Bethlehem Conference for Pastors ==== What Was the “One Note” He Always Sang? ==== Stephen Vaughn was an English merchan...)
- 18:57, 13 January 2009 (hist) (diff) All Jews and Gentiles Are Under Sin
- 18:56, 13 January 2009 (hist) (diff) All Jews and Gentiles Are Under Sin
- 18:52, 13 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N All Israel Will Be Saved (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Romans 11:22-29''' </blockquote><blockquote> Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provi...) (top)
- 18:21, 13 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N Advice to Pastors: Preach the Word (New page: {{info}}''Installation Sermon <br>'' ==== Introduction ==== I am more honored and more happy to be in this role right now than most people can know. I am honored because what we are abou...)
- 18:09, 13 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N A Word on Bruce Leafblad... (New page: {{info}}Tom Pals will be finishing his seminary training next December. During the fall he will be busy looking for a full-time ministerial position. Therefore he is terminating his minist...)
- 17:43, 13 January 2009 (hist) (diff) A Vision of God for the Final Era of Frontier Missions
- 17:39, 13 January 2009 (hist) (diff) A Vision of God for the Final Era of Frontier Missions
- 16:41, 13 January 2009 (hist) (diff) A Vision of God for the Final Era of Frontier Missions
- 16:28, 13 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N A Vision of God for the Final Era of Frontier Missions (New page: {{info}}''A work of gratitude to Daniel Payton Fuller on his 60th birthday'' <blockquote> ''Daniel Payton Fuller is professor of Hermeneutics at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, Ca...)
- 16:13, 13 January 2009 (hist) (diff) A Theology for Missions
- 15:59, 13 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N A Theology for Missions (New page: {{info}}''Conference on Missions Education ''<br>Crystal Evangelical Free Church I would like to begin by mentioning the impact that Patrick Johnstone's book, ''Operation World ''has...)
- 04:46, 7 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N A Summary of the Gospel to Help You Enjoy It and Share It (New page: {{info}}'''God Created Us for His Glory ''' “Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth, everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory” ...)
- 04:42, 7 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N A Statement on Divorce & Remarriage in the Life of Bethlehem Baptist Church (New page: {{info}}This statement on divorce and remarriage is the product of several years of study and discussion by the Council of Deacons of Bethlehem Baptist Church. The final approval of its pr...) (top)
- 04:30, 7 January 2009 (hist) (diff) A Reply To Gerhard Maier (top)
- 18:09, 4 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N A Reply To Gerhard Maier (New page: {{info}}''A Review Article ''<br>Published in The Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 22/1 (1979), pp. 79-85. <center>The End of the Historical-Critical Method.<br>Gerhard Maie...)
- 17:24, 4 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N A Prayer for Our Church (New page: {{info}}O Lord, by the truth of your Word, and the power of your Spirit and the ministry of your body, build men and women at Bethlehem . . . <blockquote> *Who don't love the world more th...)
- 17:18, 4 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N A Prayer for Bethlehem One Hundred Years From Now (New page: {{info}}''To Be Put in the Time Capsule in the New Building'' Dear friends in the future, I am writing this prayer on May 14, 2002. My name is John Piper, and I have been the senior pas...) (top)
- 17:08, 4 January 2009 (hist) (diff) A Personal Encounter with Jonathan Edwards (top)
- 06:21, 3 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N A Personal Encounter with Jonathan Edwards (New page: {{info}}Published in ''The Reformed Journal ''28 (11): 13-17. <br>Reprinted by permission of Eerdmans Publishing Company. <br>All rights reserved. When I was in seminary, a wise professor...)
- 05:35, 3 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N A Pastor's Role in World Missions (New page: {{info}}''Bethel Seminary Chapel'' <blockquote> '''Psalm''' </blockquote> The way a pastor sees his role in relation to world missions will depend on his vision of God and his view of man....)
- 00:29, 1 January 2009 (hist) (diff) A Pastor's Offering to God of Holy People
- 00:28, 1 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N A Pastor's Offering to God of Holy People (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Romans 15:14-21''' </blockquote><blockquote> I myself am satisfied about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and a...)
- 00:11, 1 January 2009 (hist) (diff) N A Passion for the Supremacy of God for the Joy of All Peoples (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Acts 13:36''' </blockquote><blockquote> David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep, and was laid among his fathers. </blockquo...)
- 23:48, 31 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Passion for Missions in the Men Who Stay (New page: {{info}}I cannot get over the fact that there are more churches in the Twin Cities than there are Protestant North American missionaries to 1,930,000,000 Muslim, Hindu, Han Chinese and Bud...)
- 23:40, 31 December 2008 (hist) (diff) A Passion for God’s Supremacy and Compassion for Man’s Soul (top)
- 23:39, 31 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Passion for God’s Supremacy and Compassion for Man’s Soul (New page: {{info}}''Jonathan Edwards on the Unity of Motives in World Missions <br>''Resolved 2007Tools In the final session of Resolved 2007, Piper answered how the truth that “God is the go...)
- 05:47, 30 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Passion for Christ-Exalting Power (New page: {{info}}''Martyn Lloyd-Jones on the Need for Revival and Baptism with the Holy Spirit ''<br>1991 Bethlehem Conference for Pastors<br> ==== Martyn Lloyd-Jones The Preacher ==== In July, 1...)
- 05:18, 30 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Parting Word (New page: {{info}}One more word on Sunday night while Noël packs for vacation. These have been great months of joy between me and Noël. I feel like a very favored Boaz. My “Ruth” is jus...)
- 05:14, 30 December 2008 (hist) (diff) A God-Entranced Vision of All Things: Why We Need Jonathan Edwards 300 Years Later
- 05:01, 30 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N A New Full-Time Minister? (New page: {{info}}I have proposed to the Council of Deacons that in September of 1982 we add a new full-time minister at Bethlehem. The conviction guiding my decision is that we should add staff, no...) (top)
- 01:37, 27 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Mind in Love with God (New page: {{info}}''The Private Life of a Modern Evangelical <br>''The Jonathan Edwards Institute<br>A Passion for Truth<br>Evangelicalism in the Modern World My topic in this first address is "Jon...) (top)
- 04:37, 25 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N A God-Entranced Vision of All Things: Why We Need Jonathan Edwards 300 Years Later (New page: {{info}}''2003 Desiring God National Conference <br>''The Unrivaled Legacy of Jonathan Edwards<br>Friday Evening General Session<br> One of the reasons that the world and the church need ...)
- 04:14, 25 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Future and a Hope (New page: {{info}}Here’s a summary of the future I sketched last Sunday. ==== Holding the Course ==== We have a theology and a philosophy of ministry. We will try to hold to this as a steady cou...)
- 04:09, 25 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Crucial Time to Focus Prayer on Pastoral Leadership (New page: {{info}}“Taking heed to all the flock in which the Holy Spirit has made us overseers to care for the church of God which he ordained with his own blood”—a ''momentous calling ''for t...)
- 04:05, 25 December 2008 (hist) (diff) A Church-Based Hope for "Adultolescents"
- 04:04, 25 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Church-Based Hope for "Adultolescents" (New page: {{info}}Christian Smith, professor of sociology at Notre Dame, wrote in the most recent ''Books and Culture ''<u>'''a review of six books'''</u>that deal with the new phenomenon of “adul...)
- 03:22, 25 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Broken and Contrite Heart God Will Not Despise (New page: {{info}}''Psalms: Thinking and Feeling with God, Part 3'' <blockquote> '''Psalm 51''' </blockquote><blockquote> ''To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him,...)
- 03:11, 25 December 2008 (hist) (diff) "Safe for Democracy" or "Sent for the Gospel" (top)
- 03:10, 25 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N "Safe for Democracy" or "Sent for the Gospel" (New page: {{info}}''When a Cause Matters'' <span id="1230174483807S" style="display: none">President Woodrow Wilson’s efforts to maintain neutrality were disregarded by German submarines. Februar...)
- 03:02, 25 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N From His Fullness We Have All Received, Grace Upon Grace (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''John 1:14-18''' </blockquote><blockquote> And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full o...) (top)
- 15:32, 11 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Is it okay to use secular media to teach Christian principles? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''Is it okay to use secular media to teach Christian principles?''' It certainly is possible in discipleship to tak...)
- 15:29, 11 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Search for the Minister for Children's Discipleship (New page: {{info}}Before I left for Manila back in July, I put together with the staff a packet of information about Bethlehem and about the position of Minister for Children’s Discipleship so tha...)
- 15:19, 11 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Good Doctrine Makes Better (Teenage) Saints (New page: {{info}}Here it is again. More evidence from surveys what the Bible makes so plain: superficial, non-doctrinal, non-serious Christians sin pretty much like the world; but more serious, mor...)
- 15:03, 11 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Christian Elders in the New Testament
- 14:54, 11 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Christian Elders in the New Testament (New page: {{info}} ==== 1. The Background of the Term “Elder” in Judaism ==== '''1.1''' Almost all early societies or religious communities were guided in some way by elders, that is, by the o...)
- 01:40, 11 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Public Thanksgiving for Gordon Cunningham and Erv Mickelberg (New page: {{info}}I love the quiet, dogged, humble faithfulness of old men. Men like Gordon Cunningham and Erv Mickelberg. I pray that when I am their age I will have the push to do as they have don...) (top)
- 01:22, 11 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Why does having disobedient children unfit a man for church leadership? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''Why does having disobedient children unfit a man for church leadership?''' While children are little the father i...) (top)
- 01:18, 11 December 2008 (hist) (diff) For Tom Steller on His 10th Anniversary at Bethlehem Baptist (top)
- 01:17, 11 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N For Tom Steller on His 10th Anniversary at Bethlehem Baptist (New page: {{INFO}}Of all the classes that I taught<br>At Bethel then, of all I thought<br>Would be remembered when the years<br>Went by, one class alone appears<br>More clear, more sweet, more preci...)
- 01:13, 11 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N What is the role of a deacon? (New page: {{info}}The basic meaning of Greek word group behind the English translation "deacon" (''diakon''-) suggests the notion of service and servanthood (John 2:5; Romans 15:8; Matthew 20:26; Lu...)
- 01:10, 11 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N What is the role of an elder? (New page: {{info}}According to the New Testament, elders are responsible for the primary leadership and oversight of a church. The function and role of an elder is well summarized by Alexander Strau...)
- 00:58, 11 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Do you believe a church should be governed by one elder or several? (New page: {{info}}We believe the New Testament teaches that there is to be a plurality of elders. This means that a church is not to have unitary leadership where only one man has ultimate authority...)
- 00:36, 11 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Who Shall Shepherd the Flock? (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Peter 5:1-4''' </blockquote><blockquote> Therefore, I exhort the elders among you, as your fellow elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker al...)
- 00:28, 11 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Who Are the Elders? (New page: {{info}}''Then and Now'' <blockquote> '''1 Timothy 3:1-7; 5:17''' </blockquote><blockquote> The saying is sure: If any one aspires to the office of bishop, he desires a noble task. Now a b...)
- 00:14, 11 December 2008 (hist) (diff) What Did Deacons Do?
- 00:11, 11 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N What Did Deacons Do? (New page: {{info}} ==== 1. The Two Church Offices of Deacons and Elders ==== Deacons and elders (= pastors/overseers/bishops) are the two ongoing church offices taught in the New Testament. 1.1....)
- 23:55, 10 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N How Elder-Shepherds Prepare to Meet the Chief Shepherd (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Peter 5:1-4''' </blockquote> <blockquote> Therefore, I exhort the elders among you, as your fellow elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker o...)
- 23:46, 10 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N He Must Manage His Household Well (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Timothy 3:4-5''' </blockquote><blockquote> He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, 5 for if someone does not know...)
- 23:39, 10 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Elders, Pastors, Bishops, and Bethlehem (New page: {{info}} ==== I. Baptist Church Government Illustrated from Historic Baptist Confessions ==== The purpose of this survey is to show that historically Baptists have held to the view that ...) (top)
- 05:39, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Jonathan Edwards on the Problem of Faith and History (top)
- 05:26, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Jonathan Edwards on the Problem of Faith and History
- 05:24, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Jonathan Edwards on the Problem of Faith and History
- 05:10, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Jonathan Edwards on the Problem of Faith and History
- 04:20, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Jonathan Edwards on the Problem of Faith and History
- 04:06, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Jonathan Edwards on the Problem of Faith and History (New page: {{info}}''Published in the Scottish Journal of Theology, Vol. 31, pp. 217-228.'' ==== A Point of Contact With the Contemporary Discussion ==== The rebirth of interest in the thought and ...)
- 03:54, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Jonathan Edwards on the Pilgrim Mindset (New page: {{info}}In celebration of Jonathan Edwards' 300th birthday this month, let him teach us more about Bethlehem's vision called <u>Treasuring Christ Together</u>, and about the pilgrim mindse...)
- 03:47, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Jonathan Edwards and Our Fall Missions Focus (New page: {{info}} ==== Two Motives for Missions, or One? ==== As our fall ''Missions Focus ''approaches, Jonathan Edwards is still on my mind. One reason is that he helped me unite two motives fo...) (top)
- 03:37, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Zwingli and You Next Week (New page: {{info}}In 1982 we celebrated the 800th birthday of St. Francis. In 1983 the 500th birthday of Martin Luther and this year the 500th birthday of Ulrich Zwingli. Zwingli was born sev...) (top)
- 03:30, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Thanksgiving for the Lives of Flawed Saints
- 03:29, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Thanksgiving for the Lives of Flawed Saints (New page: {{info}}God ordains that we gaze on his glory, dimly mirrored in the ministry of his flawed servants. He intends for us to consider their lives and peer through the imperfections of their ...)
- 03:25, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Thank God for Diaries, Journals, and Biography! (New page: {{info}}O, the refreshing, liberating, exhilarating experience of living for several days with the saints in another century! In preparing for the Pastors’ Conference I immersed myself i...)
- 03:21, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N A Taste of Mueller and His God (New page: {{info}}Pastor George Mueller was born in Germany in 1805, spent most of his life in Bristol , England , preached nine times in Minneapolis in 1880, traveled to 42 countries between the ag...)
- 03:14, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Pastor John's Special Invitation to the Jonathan Edwards Conference (New page: {{info}}When I conceived the <u>Jonathan Edwards Conference </u>for this fall, I had in mind a great all-church event for Bethlehem that we could share with others from around the country....) (top)
- 03:03, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Origin of Calvinism (New page: {{info}}Of course, like every other man besides Jesus Christ, John Calvin was imperfect. His renown is not owing to infallibility, but to his relentless allegiance to the Scriptures as the...) (top)
- 02:57, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Lenin, Francis and Paul (New page: {{info}}Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, the Russian revolutionary who founded Bolshevism which became Soviet Communism, said, “I made a mistake. Without doubt, an oppressed multitude had to be li...)
- 02:52, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Good, Insane Concordance Maker (New page: {{info}}There’s a catch to this story that comes later. I hope you read to the end. I think you’ll be encouraged. I was. I read in a recent issue of ''Books and Culture ''a <u>review <...) (top)
- 02:47, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Every Hero Gets Hiccups (New page: {{info}}I remember back in 1967 the first time I saw my college philosophy professor cutting his own grass in grubby clothes. There seemed at the time to be such a gulf between mowing gras...) (top)
- 02:43, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N The Dawning of the Final Era (New page: {{info}}''Introducing Ralph Winter'' Besides Virgil Olson and John Marrs and the Eshenaurs from our own Conference, we will be honored to interact during missions week with Ralph Winter, ...)
- 02:15, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Sabbath Hedonism (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Isaiah 58:13-14''' </blockquote><blockquote> If you turn back your foot from the sabbath,<br>from doing ''your pleasure ''on my holy day,<br>and call the sabbath a ...)
- 02:01, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N If the Lord's Day Is Sunday, Why Do We Have a Saturday Evening Service? (New page: {{info}}This article is an extension of the sermon from 10-2-05 entitled “Is There a Lord’s Day?” In that message I was trying to answer the question of whether Romans 14:5 means the...) (top)
- 01:54, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Remember the Sabbath Day to Keep It Holy (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Exodus 20:8-11''' </blockquote> The institution of a Saturday worship service raises the question whether what we are doing here is right in view of 2,000 years of ...)
- 01:43, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Is There a "Lord's Day"? (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Romans 14:1-9''' </blockquote><blockquote> As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. One person believes he may eat anythi...)
- 00:48, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Can I take the Lord's Supper if I've had a bad week spiritually? (New page: {{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio. '' '''Can I take the Lord's Supper if I've had a bad week spiritually?''' It depends on the transaction of the moment, ...)
- 00:31, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Why We Eat the Lord's Supper, Part 3
- 00:20, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Why We Eat the Lord's Supper, Part 3 (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Corinthians 11:17-34''' </blockquote> Today, Lord willing, we will finish the three part series on the meaning of the Lord's Supper. If you think this is all abou...)
- 00:06, 9 December 2008 (hist) (diff) Why We Eat the Lord's Supper, Part 2
- 23:53, 8 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Why We Eat the Lord's Supper, Part 2 (New page: {{info}}We believe that the Lord Jesus has commanded the church to observe two ordinances. One is baptism, which is unrepeated and signifies the beginning of life in Christ by symbolically...)
- 23:31, 8 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Why We Eat the Lord's Supper, Part 1 (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Corinthians 11:23-26''' </blockquote><blockquote> For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed...)
- 23:15, 8 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Why and How We Celebrate the Lord's Supper (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Corinthians 11:17-34''' </blockquote><blockquote> But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better ...)
- 22:32, 8 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Idolatry, the Lord's Supper, and the Body of Christ (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''1 Corinthians 10:14-22''' </blockquote><blockquote> Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. I speak as to wise men; you judge what I say. Is not the cup of bless...)
- 22:23, 8 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Response to Grudem on Baptism and Church Membership (New page: {{info}}Lots of people know that Wayne Grudem and I are the deepest of friends. We love to room together at conferences. We love to do things together with our wives. We were both in semin...) (top)
- 22:14, 8 December 2008 (hist) (diff) More Clarifications on the Baptism and Membership Issue (top)
- 22:14, 8 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N More Clarifications on the Baptism and Membership Issue (New page: {{info}}''How Important is Church Membership?'' To help you keep thinking and praying about your vote on December 18 at the Annual All-Church Strategy Meeting concerning the Elder proposa...)
- 20:23, 8 December 2008 (hist) (diff) How Old Is Infant Baptism? (top)
- 20:22, 8 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N How Old Is Infant Baptism (How Old Is Infant Baptism moved to How Old Is Infant Baptism?) (top)
- 20:22, 8 December 2008 (hist) (diff) m How Old Is Infant Baptism? (How Old Is Infant Baptism moved to How Old Is Infant Baptism?)
- 05:26, 8 December 2008 (hist) (diff) N Teaching and Admonishing One Another in All Wisdom (New page: <blockquote> {{info}}'''Colossians 3:12-17''' </blockquote><blockquote> Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patie...)
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