January
What God Requires, Christ Provides …
What God expects regarding human law-keeping, Christ accomplishes by becoming our substitute.
All Scripture Is Breathed Out by God and Profitable …
Thoughts on Bible translations and loving the Word of God.
The Peril of Partiality …
Riches and Race in the Christian Church
Racial Harmony Sunday
Showing partiality toward others, either because of their race or their riches, reveals a lack of trust in Jesus.
Abortion and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil …
Sanctity of Life Sunday
Should Only Unanimous Decisions Guide the Church? …
There will always be a range of maturity and wisdom in the church, but that shouldn't paralyze it from moving forward.
February
The Supremacy of God in Preaching …
“More than ever I believe in preaching as a part of worship in the gathered church. Preaching is worship, and it belongs in the regular worship life of the church no matter the size of the church” (p. 9).
Money, Ministry, and the Magnificence of Christ, Part 1 …
Desiring God 2004 Conference for Pastors
Money, Ministry, and the Magnificence of Christ
George Mueller's Strategy for Showing God …
Simplicity of Faith, Sacred Scripture, and Satisfaction in God
2004 Bethlehem Conference for Pastors
Money, Ministry, and the Magnificence of Christ, Part 2 …
Desiring God 2004 Conference for Pastors
Money, Ministry, and the Magnificence of Christ
Money, Ministry, and the Magnificence of Christ, Part 3 …
Desiring God 2004 Conference for Pastors
Money, Ministry, and the Magnificence of Christ
Money, Ministry, and the Magnificence of Christ, Dwight Perry …
Desiring God 2004 Conference for Pastors
Money, Ministry, and the Magnificence of Christ
A Taste of Mueller and His God …
George Mueller's life is a testimony to the surpassing power that belongs to God and not to us.
Money, Ministry, and the Magnificence of Christ, George Verwer …
Desiring God 2004 Conference for Pastors
Money, Ministry, and the Magnificence of Christ
Money, Ministry, and the Magnificence of Christ, Panel Discussion …
Desiring God 2004 Conference for Pastors
Money, Ministry, and the Magnificence of Christ
Use Means, but Don’t Trust in Means; Trust in God …
God wants us to use means to get his work done, but he wants us to trust in him, not in these means.
Defending the Faith in the Public Arena …
National Religious Broadcasters
Charlotte, NC
Use Means, But Trust in God …
National Religious Broadcasters
Charlotte, NC
The Blazing Center, Part 2 …
Bethlehem Baptist Church Youth Retreat
Twin Cities, MN
The Blazing Center, Part 1 …
Bethlehem Baptist Church Youth Retreat
Twin Cities, MN
The Blazing Center, Part 3 …
Bethlehem Baptist Church Youth Retreat
Twin Cities, MN
The Blazing Center, Part 6 …
Bethlehem Baptist Church Youth Retreat
Twin Cities, MN
The Blazing Center, Part 4 …
Bethlehem Baptist Church Youth Retreat
Twin Cities, MN
The Blazing Center, Part 5 …
Bethlehem Baptist Church Youth Retreat
Twin Cities, MN
The Blazing Center, Part 7 …
Bethlehem Baptist Church Youth Retreat
Twin Cities, MN
The Blazing Center, Part 8 …
Bethlehem Baptist Church Youth Retreat
Twin Cities, MN
Look at the Kindness and the Severity of God …
God's kindness is what we fly to, and his severity is what we flee from.
Surrendering and Demanding Rights: Two Kinds of Love …
Thoughts on Mercy and Justice in 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15
Thoughts on mercy and justice in 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15.
March
Israel, Palestine and the Middle East …
What does Scripture say about the Promised Land and Israel's rights to it today?
All Things Are from God, Through God, and to God. The Glory Is All His …
Do you love the thought that you exist to make God look good?
What Did Christ Purchase for Your Children With His Blood? …
Christ purchased privileges for the children of believers. But he did not guarantee their salvation.
April
Jesus Christ, the Bridegroom, Past and Future …
Palm Sunday
Treasuring Christ Together: The North Campus Vision …
How does a church address earthly needs but not neglect its spiritual task?
When I Am Raised Up, I Will Go Before You To Galilee …
Easter Sunday
He is risen! Trust him today. By his mercy he can forgive your sins. And by his sovereignty he can turn all things for your good.
Treasuring Christ Together: North Campus Expansion, Part 1 …
Begging for the Favor of Blessing Others
Treasuring Christ Together: The North Campus Extension, Part 2 …
Grace Abounding for Every Good Work
June
Build Your Life on the Mercies of God …
Of all the things Paul could have chosen as the foundation of your life in Christ, he picks the mercies of God. Why?
Present Your Bodies As a Living Sacrifice to God …
We were given bodies to make the glory of God more visible, especially through merciful behavior.
Predestined for Adoption to the Praise of His Glory …
Reflections on Being Adopted by God and Adopting Children
We must understand and enjoy our own adoption before we can properly grasp what it means to adopt another.
Do Not Be Conformed to This World …
The Indigenous and Pilgrim Principle of Christian Living
What is the balance between being in the world and yet not of the world?
Sin, Civil Rights, and Missions …
It is impossible to mistreat someone because of their race if you are as broken before God and dependent on his mercy as you should be.
July
Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ …
“Seeing and savoring Jesus Christ is the most important seeing and savoring you will ever do. Eternity hangs on it. So my aim is that you see him as solid truth and savor him with great joy” (p. 9).
God's Word Has Not Fallen, Session 1 …
The Cove
Asheville, NC
God's Word Has Not Fallen, Session 2 …
The Cove
Asheville, NC
God's Word Has Not Fallen, Session 3 …
The Cove
Asheville, NC
God's Word Has Not Fallen, Q & A …
The Cove
Asheville, NC
August
God's Word Has Not Fallen, Session 4 …
The Cove
Asheville, NC
A God-Entranced Vision of All Things …
The Legacy of Jonathan Edwards
“One of the reasons that the world and the church need Jonathan Edwards 300 years after his birth is that his God-entranced vision of all things is so rare and yet so necessary” (p. 21).
What Pipers Do On Vacation …
How Can a Husband and Wife Fellowship with Jesus?
Discerning the Will of God Concerning Homosexuality and Marriage …
What is wrong with homosexual marriage? Is it possible to believe this and still love homosexual people?
God's Word in Battle with Homosexual Temptation …
The almighty mercy of God is able to break into any life and immediately change the desires of their heart.
The Renewed Mind and How to Have It …
Any effort to renew our minds must follow the Holy Spirit's initiatives and enablings.
What Is the Will of God and How Do We Know It? …
Paul doesn't want us to try ferreting out the secret will of God that he plans to do, but discern the revealed will of God that we ought to do.
September
Life as a Vapor …
Thirty-One Meditations for Your Faith
“Jesus Christ came into this world – this fleeting, fallen, fickle world – and did the greatest thing that will ever be done” (p. 12).
How the Archbishop Got It Wrong: Humane Confidence vs. Destructive Doubt …
We must respond to suffering with both compassion and confidence in God.
We, Though Many, Are One Body in Christ …
Our true individuality is found only in relationship to the body of Christ.
Sex and the Supremacy of Christ, Part 1 …
Desiring God 2004 National Conference
Sex and the Supremacy of Christ
Speaker Interviews with Mark Dever (Friday) …
Desiring God 2004 National Conference
Sex and the Supremacy of Christ
The Goodness of Sex and the Glory of God …
Desiring God 2004 National Conference
Sex and the Supremacy of Christ
Homosexual "Marriage": A Tragic Oxymoron—Biblical and Cultural Reflections …
Desiring God 2004 National Conference
Sex and the Supremacy of Christ
Christian Hedonists or Religious Prudes? The Puritans on Sex …
Desiring God 2004 National Conference
Sex and the Supremacy of Christ
Making All Things New: Restoring Pure Joy to the Sexually Broken …
Desiring God 2004 National Conference
Sex and the Supremacy of Christ
Speaker Interviews with Mark Dever (Saturday) …
Desiring God 2004 National Conference
Sex and the Supremacy of Christ
Sex, Romance, and the Glory of God: What Every Christian Husband Needs to Know …
Desiring God 2004 National Conference
Sex and the Supremacy of Christ
Sex, Romance, and the Glory of God: What Every Christian Wife Needs to Know …
Desiring God 2004 National Conference
Sex and the Supremacy of Christ
Sex and the Single Man …
Desiring God 2004 National Conference
Sex and the Supremacy of Christ
We're Not on Hold: Biblical Femininity for Single Women …
Desiring God 2004 National Conference
Sex and the Supremacy of Christ
When I Don't Desire God …
How to Fight for Joy
“I long to be of help to believers and unbelievers who are seeing some of the radical heart- changes demanded by the Bible in the Christian life—especially that we must desire God more than anything. I am not interested in superficial, external behavior changes, which the Pharisees were so good at” (p. 15).
Sex and the Supremacy of Christ, Part 2 …
Desiring God 2004 National Conference
Sex and the Supremacy of Christ
What Is Good and Acceptable and Perfect …
Thoughts on Romans 12:2
No one can receive mercy at the cross and still be casual about the will of God.
October
Doing Mercy to the Brothers of Jesus and the Broken Neighbor …
If we are true Christians we will want to show mercy to suffering people.
Lilias Trotter and the Language Nobody Knows …
We shouldn't be afraid to use the spiritual vocabulary of the Bible even where it is foreign.
Using Our Gifts in Proportion to Our Faith, Part 1 …
The Gift of Prophecy
Is God Calling You to Give Your Life for His Sake and the Gospel in Missions? …
Ten Means God Uses to Compel Those Whom He Calls
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.
November
Dying for the Glory of Christ …
Death is our last opportunity on earth to make much of the supreme value of knowing Jesus Christ.
