Who Was Jesus' Grandfather? …
Apparent contradictions in the Bible—such as the genealogies of Jesus—have possible and plausible solutions.
Who Wrote 2 Peter? …
An Article for Eggheads
How can we explain the surprising similarity between 2 Peter and Jude?
Who's Coming to Bethlehem? …
What would happen if Bethlehem could uphold a 24 hour prayer chain without interruption until 1990?
Whose Obedience and Death Brings About The Fact that God Is Totally for Us? …
Part of the Conclusion to the New Book, The Future of Justification
An excerpt from the conclusion to the upcoming book, The Future of Justification.
Why a Conference Commission on Prayer? …
Answer: War!
Why a New Sermon Series on the Gospel of John? …
John Piper introduces the extended sermon series he'll begin this Fall.
Why an All-Church Survey? …
A survey can inform you about your congregation and illumine more of God's will for how to grow.
Why and How I Am Tweeting …
Thoughts on using Twitter for God's glory.
Why Being Truth-Driven Is So Crucial …
Our concern with truth is simply an echo of our concern with God.
Why Desiring God Exists …
Some of the passions we as a ministry want to pursue and spread.
Why Did Christ Come? …
Be Ready This Advent Season with the Meaning of Christmas
Why Do You Believe Jesus Rose from the Dead? …
Why is “because the Bible tells me so” less acceptable these days than “because the scientists tell me so”?
Why Does Bethlehem Exist? …
What I Said at the Leadership Retreat
Bethlehem exists to reassert God’s rightful place in all of life.
Why God Is Not an Abomination to Himself …
Meditation on Proverbs 17:15
How does the gospel avoid contradicting God's righteous standards?
Why God Tells Us He Delights in His Children …
God praises us when we delight in him because it only confirms and increases our God-centeredness.
Why Have a Statement of Purpose? …
An Invitation to Three Special Sunday School Classes
If every member could express why we exist as a church, there would be a new intensity about all we do.
Why I Am Opposed To A State Lottery …
Lotteries feed bad desires and lead to bad stewardship.
Why I Believe in the Resurrection of Jesus …
Two reasons, among many, to trust the Easter story.
Why I Do Not Say, "God Did Not Cause the Calamity, but He Can Use It for Good" …
We surrender our hope if we sacrifice our belief in the sovereignty of God over evil.
Why I Don’t Have a Television and Rarely Go to Movies …
John Piper gives a different answer than the one he gave at Advance09.
Why I Have Decided Not to Take a Study Leave This Summer …
We don't want to hire church staff for maintenance or comfort. We want staff who will mobilize the people for war.
Why Memorize Scripture? …
Six reasons to learn Bible verses by heart.
Why President Clinton Should Resign …
The stakes of a president's moral life are high for the whole nation.
Why Require Unregenerate Children to Act Like They’re Good? …
Does expecting unbelieving kids to obey outwardly create legalism?
Why Satan Is Left on Earth …
Incentives in the Battle for Joy in Jesus
God's plan to glorify himself involves defeating Satan in stages.
Why Some Spiritual Gifts Attract Unstable People …
It is wrong to view spiritual gifts as unpredictable, unconnected to reasoning processes, and free from the demands of objective observation.
Why the Simple Right to Abortion is Unjust …
There are at least three generally-accepted principles of justice that stand in the way of justifying abortion.
Why Vote If You Are Disillusioned? …
Our calling in this world is not to wait for the arrival of the perfect, but to pick our way through the thicket of flaws.
Why Was Timothy Circumcised? …
How could Paul have Timothy circumcised and yet totally refuse it for Titus?
Why We Are Going to Three Sunday Morning Services …
How should a church handle current growth and prepare for the future?
Why Worship and Ministry Fridays? …
Ten reasons to set aside a Friday night each month for corporate worship.
Why Would Three Pastors from Bethlehem Get Arrested? …
Modern technology has opened a window on the womb that will be Exhibit A at the judgment seat of God.
Wilderness, Worship, Treason and God …
Learn from David what to do in a brokenhearted, terrifying moment: Worship.
The William Carey Wild Card …
The William Carey Wild Card is a challenge to think in a radically heaven-focused way about your treasure.
William Wilberforce and the Launchers of Love …
If we love people, we will be like William Wilberforce and spend time thinking about how to point them to Jesus.
Word of God in Geneva and Bethlehem …
A healthy church will be hungry for sound teaching. And a healthy church will feed that hunger.
A Word on Bruce Leafblad... …
John Piper outlines the responsibilities of a worship pastor.
World Missions: The Purpose, the Promise, and the Price …
"All the nations" is an essential component to the purpose, the promise and the price of world missions.
Worldwide Reasons for Hope in the Triumph of the Gospel …
Eight evidences that God is mightily at work in the world to accomplish his redeeming purposes.
Worship in War-time …
If worship were optional Paul and Silas would not have been singing with bloody backs in the Philippian dungeon at midnight.
Would You Accept Execution for Being a Christian? …
Can you honestly say with the psalmist, “the steadfast love of the Lord is better than life”?
Would you Pray About our Conference for Pastors? …
A request for prayer for the 1990 Bethlehem Conference for Pastors on Universalism and the Reality of Eternal Punishment.
You Almost Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks …
Human hearts are hard to change, but don't forget the Holy Spirit.
You Are a Branch, Not a Vine …
Defeating Pride by Cultivating Prayerful Dependence
You Are What You Eat …
What to Feed Your Soul so that You Abound in Hope
You Never Know What God Is Growing …
Sow Faithfully. The Harvest Will Be Larger than You Think
The Young, The Old, and The Hungry …
Ministering to the hungry and homeless is a team effort.
Your Place in the Strategy …
If any good discovery is made in ministry we should consider how to multiply its effects in other churches.
Zwingli and You Next Week …
Baptists owe a lot to Zwingli when it comes to our doctrine of the Lord’s Supper.
