10 Reasons Why I Am Thankful for the God-Breathed Bible …
What's so amazing about the Bible, and why should we be grateful for it?
12 Reasons for Christmas …
Twelve arguments from the New Testament for why God became flesh.
12 Ways to Love Your Wayward Child …
Suggestions on how to parent rebellious sons and daughters.
125 Years of Bygone Grace for the Sake of Faith in Future Grace …
By looking to God's faithfulness in the past we can have hope for the future.
2 Birthdays and Biblical Inerrancy …
Two birthdays give reason to be thankful because of what they signify about the truth of God’s word.
7 Potential Writing Projects …
John Piper talks about what he might work on during his current writing leave.
Atlas Shrugged Fifty Years Later …
Appreciation and Criticism
John Piper reflects on the insights and errors of Ayn Rand's writings on the 50th anniversary of her best-selling novel.
Abortion, Father’s Day and Infant Doe …
Five suggestions for what dads can do to prevent more abortions.
Abortion, Rescuing, and Your Action …
It is not a crime or sin to trespass in order to save a human life.
About My Other Wife …
Galatians is the preservation of the gospel for Bethlehem Baptist Church. It is for you. Marry it!
Abraham Lincoln's Path to Divine Providence …
The hardships in Lincoln's life drove him toward God, not away from him.
Acclaim for Christ vs. Craving Praise …
How do we reconcile "do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing" with "let your light shine before others"?
Action Is Not the Essence …
Action is crucial, but it must come from faith, ride on faith, and aim at faith.
Advent Began Early …
You help your church grow when you enjoy the Lord on Sunday.
Advent Series: "For God So Loved the World" …
Meditations on John 3:16
Advice to Pastors: How to Help Your People Be More Satisfied in God …
Thirteen thoughts on how to help bring joy in God to your congregation.
After 102 Years Is It Time for a New Sanctuary? …
A brief history of where Bethlehem has been and a consideration for the future.
"Again You Shall Take Up Your Tambourines" …
What’s the Whole Counsel of God?
Doctrine is the new (and better) foundation of exuberance when the naiveté of childhood won’t work anymore.
The Agonizing Problem of the Assurance of Salvation …
Often the biggest question isn't "What is true," but "Can the truth save me?"
The Aims of the Constitutional Revision …
This constitutional revision would replace the Council of Deacons at Bethlehem with a Council of Elders.
All Flesh Will Come and Worship …
Except Those "Outside"
A Meditation on Isaiah 66:22-24
How can eternal punishment fit with the breadth of God's redemption?
All God's Commands Are Possible with God …
Christianity means that deep, fundamental change is possible, no matter your background.
The "All or Nothing" Impediment to Prayer …
Pray for total healing and total salvation. But also pray for smaller steps to be made on the way.
All the Angels Are Coming with Him …
Have you ever wondered what joy and hope sustained Jesus in his horrific hours of suffering?
All the Promises of God Are Yes in Christ …
Prayer Week 1990
Don’t let turning points pass with no special devotion to the Lord. Set apart some time for special fasting and prayer.
"All Truth Is God's Truth," Admits the Devil …
Meditations on an Academic Slogan
All truth should lead us to love God more.
Allein's Alarm …
Joseph Alleine's life and writing was a true model of Puritan evangelism.
Alluring Joy …
Christianity is a religion of joy. Are people drawn to yours?
Alone on Sunday Night …
If your life is not deep in Christ alone, death will be a terrible thing.
An Amazing (Unused?) Means of Change …
The ability to think is a gift from God and an immensely powerful means of our becoming what we ought to be.
The Anatomy of Legalism and the Discipline of Prayer …
Discipline is not necessarily legalism. It may be, or it may be faith moving in the power of the Spirit.
Another Desiring God …
Bethlehem on the Radio
Bethlehem pursues new ways of filling Minneapolis with their teaching.
Answers to Objections to Going into Missions …
What I Said at Missions in the Main Hall
Consider these 8 potential excuses for why a person can't do missions and what the Bible has to say about them.
Answers to Prayer in the Midst of Non-Answers …
Why doesn't God, instead of saving us out of trouble, just keep it away entirely?
ANTHEM: Strategies for Fighting Lust …
One set of strategies in the war against wrong desires.
Are Christians Satisfied? …
Christ is the source of all satisfaction and total satisfaction. But the depth of this satisfaction is not drunk all at once.
Are There Two Wills in God? …
Divine Election and God's Desire for All to Be Saved
If God wants everyone to be saved, why does he choose that some won't be?
"Are You Becoming a Post-Millennialist?" …
When will Christ come back, and what does this have to do with missions?
Are You Willing to Stand in God's Place or Go at His Pace? …
Battling the Unbelief of Impatience
Are You Willing to "Waste" Your Life? …
Extravagant Love for Jesus Looks to Some Like a Waste
The Argument of Romans 9:14-16 …
God's righteousness resounds most fully in his freely having mercy on whomever he wills.
"As Yourself" …
How can I admit that I am a worm and yet “love my neighbor as myself”?
The Authority And Meaning Of The Christian Canon …
A Response To Gerald Sheppard On Canon Criticism
Published in The Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 19/2 (1976), pp. 87-96.
B.I.T.C. Plenary Session …
Wednesdays, February 20 - March 20
Back to School: A Biblical Perspective …
The business of education is God’s business. To ignore him in it is to be profoundly uneducated.
Backfire Casualties …
The danger of prayer is that you may become the answer to your own request.
Bad Title, Great Book …
The Church Is Bigger Than You Think By Patrick Johnstone
A Baptist Catechism …
Adapted by John Piper
Baptist General Conference Annual Meeting …
John Piper gives an update on what happened at the annual meeting of the conference of which Bethlehem is a part.
Battling Unbelief …
Bethlehem’s New Sermon Series for the Fall of 1988
“BBC Sevens” …
90 by 90
A mind is not wasted when it is fully applied to the greatest challenge in the world.
Be Careful Lest the Light in You Be Darkness …
Pondering a Puzzling Text
If what you regard as bright and compelling isn't Christ, you will be filled with darkness.
Be Inspired By Aristeides …
To See and Show Christ this Summer
“Be Still and Know That I Am God” …
John Piper openly contemplates the weightiness of pastoral ministry and is sustained knowing that God is God.
Be Wise, Buy the Summer Moment, Season with Salt …
What does it mean to let our words be "seasoned with salt"?
"Before the Time" …
A Fifth Column of Faith Behind Enemy Lines
Christ has plotted many tactical advances before the time of the final victory.
Begin by Blowing Out All His Lamps …
The Light in Rutherford's Prison
Samuel Rutherford's great discovery about the source of enduring happiness.
Behind the Heroic Image …
Choose your heroes with extraordinary care, for greatness in the eyes of God is very different than greatness in the eyes of men.
“Behold, It Was Very Good.” But Now? …
Noel Piper writes about how her trip to Kenya changed the way she thinks about caring for creation.
Being Loved and Being Hated …
What I Pray for in Missions Week
If your driving motive in life is to be liked and loved you will find it almost impossible to be a Christian.
Beliefs about Homosexual Behavior and Ministering to Homosexual Persons …
Resolution Passed by the Baptist General Conference in Annual Meeting Estes Park, Colorado
The Bethlehem Baptist Church Elder Affirmation of Faith …
Formerly known as the TBI Affirmation of Faith
Revised November 11, 2003
The Bethlehem Conference for Pastors and You …
The long term effects of any conference depends on whether the truth and power of the messages and conversations abide.
Bethlehem Is Debt-Free and God Is Not Perspiring …
God wants more work because more work means more demonstrations of power and wisdom and love.
Bethlehem, the Word of God, and Your Family …
Three recommended routines for keeping God's word central in your life.
Bethlehem: A Culture of Peace …
The next best thing to having a church without conflict is having one that knows how to resolve it in a Christ-exalting way.
Bethlehem: House of Bread …
Can we be a people who embrace with gratitude both the scholarly enterprise and the simple joy of breaking bread together?
Bethlehem: Seedbed for Missions …
How does a church become and remain fertile ground for moblizing and supporting missionaries?
Bethlehem's Nerve System …
How it Works
A church's nerve system needs the divine stimuli that comes through its fingers and toes.
Bethlehem's Position on Homosexuality …
Submission to God's authority implies these six beliefs about sexuality.
Between Resignation and Triumphalism …
Neither resignation nor triumphalism is a safe place to live and minister.
Biblical Foundations for Bethlehem College and Seminary …
An Invitation
An invitation to a lecture on the importance of higher education.
Biblical Texts to Show God’s Zeal for His Own Glory …
Thirty-two evidences from Scripture that God loves his own glory most.
Big, Sweeping–But Not Insipid–Prayers …
How to pray huge, general prayers without them sounding vague or stale.
A Birthday Gift to My Father on His 89th Birthday …
Through his writings, Bill Piper holds out a timely word to us saints who are still in the world.
A Birthday Poem for Missions Week …
For Karsten
Pastor John meditates and prays about his oldest son and their future.
Bless the Mother of Jesus, but Mainly Be the Mother of Jesus …
Be inspired by Mary, but don't venerate her more than the New Testament does.
Blessed Brooding About Bethlehem …
What might a church's ministry become if its members served for years on end?
Boasting in Man Is Doubly Excluded …
There are two reasons (at least) why God hates for man to boast in man.
Bodies, Breakfast and the Marriage Bed …
Meditation on Daily Worship
You are always in a temple—your body. Therefore, always worship.
