What Did Deacons Do? …
Sunday Evening Message
A deacon is an office in the church with a special focus on practical and more material needs.
Lenten Preparations for Good Friday and Easter …
Seven ways to prepare yourself and others for commemorating the death of Christ.
The Pleasure of God in Those Who Hope in His Love …
God delights in those responses which mirror his magnificence.
An Exchange of Letters …
John Piper dialogues with an unbeliever about human sexuality.
The Pleasure of God in the Prayers of the Upright …
Prayer is that wonderful transaction where the wealth of God's glory is magnified and the wants of our soul are satisfied.
Calling for a Ministry to the Deaf …
How can the church reach out to the millions of people in this world who are deaf?
The Pleasure of God in Obedience …
Obedience to God makes our God-glorifying hope visible and proves that it is real in our lives.
The Repentance of God …
What does it mean when the Bible says that God repents?
Expanding the Biblical Basis for Harvesting …
West Central Missions Conference
Wilmar, Minnesota
Confidence in the sovereign grace of God is the only thing that will sustain and propel his church until the work of missions is done.
The Pleasure of God in Public Justice …
Having just and honest dealings in the world displays our confidence that God always cares and provides for his children.
What Is Bethlehem? …
Bethlehem is most essentially a vision of God.
It Is Your Father's Pleasure to Give You the Kingdom …
Palm Sunday
God's joy, his desire, his want and wish and hope and pleasure and gladness and delight is to give the kingdom to his flock.
The Gladness of the Risen God …
Easter Sunday
On Easter Sunday morning Jesus blew the lock off the prison of death and gloom and returned to the gladness of God.
Risk and the Cause of God …
Risk only exists because of ignorance.
Risk and the Cause of God: Today …
It is the will of the Lord that we take risks for the cause of God.
Risk and the Triumph of Love …
In Christ's triumph our enemy is not just defeated, but captured and made to serve our eternal good.
The Age of Ignorance Is Over …
Today is a day of repentance and salvation, of missions and evangelism, and of loving and sending.
Rebuilt Ruins Will Reach the World …
We are ruins being rebuilt by the grace of God. And we are here that the rest of men may seek the Lord.
Avoiding Sexual Sin, Part 1 …
Pitfalls and Protections for Christian Leaders
Sunday Evening Message
Ten reasons people fall into sexual sin and ten ways to protect ourselves.
Barnabas: The Goodness of Great Faith …
Consider the outcome of Barnabas' life and imitate his faith.
The Anatomy of Backsliding …
Sunday Evening Message
We need to see how the reality of imperfection turns up in the saints of Scripture and how they handled it.
Meeting God at the Minneapolis Auditorium …
Our city has thousands of unbelievers in it who are perishing. What can we do?
Barnabas: The Maker of a Great Leader …
Don't quench the Spirit of God this morning. He may be calling you to be a leader-maker.
An Example of Deception …
Every mature believer should be able to say with the apostle Paul, “We are not ignorant of Satan’s designs.”
Barnabas: The Weakness of a Great Leader …
Every strength is vulnerable to its corresponding weakness. Therefore we need each other's different strengths
Avoiding Sexual Sin, Part 2 …
Pitfalls and Protections for Christian Leaders
Sunday Evening Message
Ten reasons people fall into sexual sin and ten ways to protect ourselves.
Rethinking the Governance Structure at Bethlehem Baptist Church …
A Biblical Examination of Key Terms
Revised 4/27/2000
Suffering and the Second Coming …
All affliction is designed to make us worthy of the kingdom of God.
Questions on the Second Coming …
Sunday Evening Message
Let us hold fast that Christ is coming and that all the world will be his someday and we will reign with him forever and ever.
What Must Happen Before the Day of the Lord? …
Before the day of the Lord comes, the man of lawlessness must come first.
Definitions and Observations Concerning the Second Coming of Christ …
What does John Piper believe about the end times and why?
God Has Given Us Good Hope Through Grace, Part 1 …
When circumstances arise that alarm you, the key is to hold fast to the traditions that were taught by the apostles.
God Has Given Us Good Hope Through Grace, Part 2 …
Sunday Evening Message
What will be the strongest witness in the last days?
Your Love Is Better Than Life …
Savoring the Vision
God is worshiped and honored and savored both by fainting for him and by feasting on him.
A Theology for Missions …
Conference on Missions Education
Crystal Evangelical Free Church
One reason the worldwide church is weak and lacks leaders is because the doctrinal basis of faith and missions is too narrow.
Working with You for Your Joy …
Instilling the Vision
Expecting and Attempting …
Reflections on Prayer '87
It is the attempting of something great for God that gives edge and point to prayer.
Striving for the Faith of the Gospel …
Spreading the Vision
The mark of living worthily of the gospel is a unified, fearless striving for the faith of the gospel.
Take Heed to Yourself and to Your Teaching …
Installation Service for David Livingston and Brad Nelson
Was Jonathan Edwards a Christian Hedonist? …
In this article, John Piper asks "What does it matter what Edwards thought?" and then lets Edwards teach us in his own words.
The Greatness of God's Electing Love …
Have you learned the love of God in a way that makes you tremble?
After 102 Years Is It Time for a New Sanctuary? …
A brief history of where Bethlehem has been and a consideration for the future.
Honor Thy Majestic Father …
Those who know God as Father should honor their majestic Father.
The Curse of Careless Worship …
If you turn your back on the greatness and majesty of God, you'll fall in love with a world of shadows and short-lived pleasures.
The Curse of Priestly Failure …
A great danger to the pastoral ministry is that the voice of God in Scripture may be drowned out by other voices.
The Glory of Priestly Success …
The ministry of the Word can destroy and the ministry of the Word can save.
Let None Be Faithless to the Wife of His Youth …
Don't back out on your commitments, don't marry an unbeliever, and don't divorce your covenant wife.
Irving Hetherington, Self-Pity and Service …
Put the pressures of your life into missionary perspective and lose the self-pity.
He Is Like a Refiner's Fire …
If God were only an incinerating fire, heaven would be empty. And if he were no fire, heaven would be empty.
You Will Be a Land of Delight …
Everything we spend on ourselves should be to build a platform for giving, that is, for loving.
I Will Spare Them as a Man Spares His Son …
God will spare sinful sons, precisely because he did not spare his only sinless Son.
The Sun of Righteousness Will Rise …
When Jesus comes into the world, he comes as a sun.
He Will Turn the Hearts of the Fathers to the Children …
God has turned his heart toward you in Jesus Christ. Don't push it away.
Clusters of Hope …
We can't sustain hope in God if we remain alone. We need each other's cheering exhortations to stay afloat.
Practical Help for Praying for Help …
Prayer is not a mere devotional interlude in the real business of living; it is the pathway of faith and obedience. There is no other.
The Goodness of God and the Guidance of Sinners …
The prerequisite for divine guidance is not a quest for messages, but a quest for holiness.
Now Where with the Word of God? …
John Piper introduces his preaching series on 1 Corinthians 1-3.
Sustained by the Faithfulness of God …
The freedom of God in the calling of sinners gives us hope. No one is too bad. No one is too hard. No one is too far gone. God is free.
The Nature of the Unity We Seek …
Sunday Evening Message
We should aim at full doctrinal unity and full heart unity.
Christian Unity and the Cross …
The cross undermines the deepest basis of disunity and lays a new foundation for unity.
Let Him Who Boasts Boast in the Lord! …
God's purpose in creating man and saving sinners is that we might boast in him.
Funeral Meditation for a Christian Who Committed Suicide (1988) …
Saving faith can be so weak at times that the heart gives way to grievous sin.
The Present Power of Christ Crucified …
The cross is not a mere event in history; it's a way of life!
Worship and World Missions: A Pastoral Strategy …
Western Seminary Missions Conference
Portland, OR
The Tension Between Domestic Ministries and Frontier Missions …
Western Seminary Missions Conference
Portland, OR
How the Missions Movement is Growing at Bethlehem and a Challenge to Western …
Western Seminary Missions Conference
Portland, OR
Natural People and Spiritual People …
Without the Spirit, we are so rebellious against the Lord that we cannot recognize the truth and beauty of a crucified Christ.
The Danger of Being Merely Human …
There is a group of people whom Paul calls not spiritual and not natural, but "fleshly," or "babes in Christ."
