God at Work in Every Womb …
Sanctity of Life Sunday
What Does It Mean to Fulfill the Law in Romans 8:3-4 …
Twelve Theses
Treasuring Christ Together: The North Campus Extension, Part 2 …
Grace Abounding for Every Good Work
Honoring the Biblical Call of Motherhood …
A Tribute to Ruth Piper
Motherhood is the life-on-life transmission of a God-centered, Christ-treasuring worldview.
Is There a “Lord’s Day”? …
Setting apart a day of rest testifies to a self-reliant world that our work does not save or define us, Christ does.
Ten Aspects of God's Sovereignty Over Suffering and Satan's Hand in It …
Desiring God 2005 National Conference
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God
Delighting in the Law of God …
Summer Psalms
Sunday Evening Message
God Created Us for His Glory …
What is God's goal in creating and governing the world? How can I bring my life into alignment with that goal?
Sky Talk …
Summer Psalms
Sunday Evening Message
What are some practical steps that we can take to stay alive to the beauty of God's world?
What We See When the Spirit Reigns: Love …
If we are unmerciful, unforgiving people, if we hold grudges or cherish resentments or plan revenge, then what we are saying in effect to God is, "This is the way I prefer life to be." And so he will give us what we have preferred at the day of judgment; no mercy, no forgiveness, but only vengeance. If Christ has not changed us (and I don't mean perfection, but only significant change), then probably we have never known him.
All the Prophets Proclaimed These Days …
Since the first Christmas we have been living in the last days.
John the Baptist and the Brood of Vipers …
Sunday Evening Message
Don't trust in the kind of tree you are. If there is no fruit that accords with repentance, you will be destroyed.
Is There Good Anxiety? …
Bethel College Chapel
Twin Cities, MN
The Sifting of Simon Peter …
It is relatively unimportant to Satan whether we are healthy or sick, rich or poor; what he wants is to sift out our faith. If he can do it by suffering, he will try that; if he can do it by wealth, he will try that.
Alone in a Big Church …
A Call to Small Togetherness
God designs human support to sustain his children's faith and to lighten the burdens they bear in the service of love.
To See You Fills Me With Joy …
When you value someone because they value God, you are not denying that God is your only good; you are expressing it.
Christmas as the End of History …
Celebration of Christmas
Christmas marks the arrival of the end of history, which will soon be consummated by Christ's second appearing.
Remember That You Were Hopeless …
You can't cleave to Christ with white-hot devotion if you don't remember and feel what your plight would be without him.
A Celebration of Baptism …
What counts in the new people is not who your parents are but whom you live for; and therefore a new symbol for the new covenant people is given, baptism.
Let the Young Speak …
There is no necessary connection between age and wisdom, or youth and folly. Wisdom comes from the Lord and is offered to all ages.
God Works for Those Who Wait for Him …
If God undertakes to work for us, he cannot fail. He will succeed in providing all the services we need.
Call Me Husband, Not Baal …
The point of Hosea is that God exalts his mercy by not giving up on his promiscuous wife.
How to Buy Gold When You're Broke …
The essence of lukewarmness is the statement, "I need nothing." The lukewarm are spiritually self-satisfied.
The Law Does Not Annul the Promise …
It would be terribly wrong to say that the Mosaic law was opposed in its teaching to the Abrahamic covenant.
Why Then the Law? …
If we don't understand why the law was given, we can kill ourselves with it.
The Happiness of God: Foundation for Christian Hedonism …
God is a perfect Christian Hedonist. It makes him happy to be God and to show us mercy.
Missions: the Battle Cry of Christian Hedonism …
The challenge is great. God is greater. The rewards are a hundred times better than anything the world can offer.
Christ Conceived by the Holy Spirit …
The Holy Spirit may be shy, but he is also omnipotent.
Christ in Combat: Defense by the Spirit …
Satan might do anything to prevent you from suffering.
Adam, Where Are You? …
Father's Day
I urge you. Humble yourselves. Grow up. Become a godly man.
A Pastor's Role in World Missions …
Bethel Seminary Chapel
Twin Cities, MN
Hallowed Be Thy Name: In All the Earth …
Missions Week
In the Lord's prayer, Jesus teaches that the first priority in praying is to ask that our heavenly Father's name be hallowed.
Let Us Walk in the Light of God …
If we are not walking in the light, we have no warrant for believing that our sins are covered.
Love One Another for Love Is of God …
The evidence of being indwelt by the Spirit of God is the experience of loving Jesus the way the Father loves him.
Those Whom He Called He Also Justified, Part 1 …
God flattened the mountain of his wrath that blocked the railroad between my predestination and my glorification. He justified us by the death of his Son.
Blessed Are the Merciful …
Mercy comes from mercy. Our mercy to each other comes from God's mercy to us.
Educating for Hope …
A wise son makes a glad father, says the Lord, and it is the Word of God that makes a son wise.
A Cause to Live For …
We all need a cause to live for that accords with our Creator's purposes.
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.
Suffering and the Second Coming …
All affliction is designed to make us worthy of the kingdom of God.
The Sun of Righteousness Will Rise …
When Jesus comes into the world, he comes as a sun.
He Must Reign …
Easter Sunday
The great word of the resurrection is OPEN! Therefore write in capital letters over every closed door in your life, OPEN!
"Tentmakers" in Minneapolis …
God wants you to see your job primarily in terms of its strategic effect in making him known.
The Joyful Purpose of God …
No matter what part of your Christian commitment you focus on, the Bible leads you from that focus to the urgency of evangelism.
At the Price of God's Own Blood …
Can you say say from the bottom of your heart, "Lord, Jesus, there is nothing I want more in my life than what you bled to obtain"?
Out of Zion, the Perfection of Beauty, God Shines Forth …
If you trust Christ, you are already a permanent citizen of the heavenly Jerusalem.
Is the Kingdom Present or Future? …
The kingdom of God is present and future. There has been fulfillment, but there has not been consummation.
What Jesus Did After the Beginning …
The book of Acts is not just the acts of the apostles; it is the acts of the risen, living, enthroned Jesus.
These You Ought to Have Done Without Neglecting the Others …
Don't live for comforts, live for justice and compassion.
Simon's Perversion of Signs and Wonders …
There is a "faith" or a "believing" that does not save, even though it rises in the presence of true preaching and true miracles.
The Fullness of Hope and the Fellowship of Love …
The purpose of every small group—whatever else it is—is to keep the love of its members warm.
Exposing the Dark Work of Abortion …
Sanctity of Life Sunday
How can Christians serve as the conscience of our culture?
Olympic Spirituality, Part 2 …
How Then Shall We Run?
Eternal life hangs on the way we run and the way we fight.
Living in the Spirit and in the Body for the Common Good …
Gifts are for the glory of God and the good of the church.
He Shall Be Satisfied with the Fruit of His Travail …
Palm Sunday
It was the will of the Lord to crush him, NOT because of his own sins, but because of our sins.
What Happens When You Die? Glorified and Free on the New Earth …
What will things be like after Jesus returns?
Good and Evil in the Churches of Asia and Bethlehem …
Jesus told four churches that he had something against them, but that not everything they did was in vain.
"Grace to You" and "Grace with You" …
Paul lived by faith in future grace. And therefore he blessed all his churches over and over again with future grace.
The Design: Love …
There is a God. He has a Son. He loves. And he loves the world.
The Depth of Christ's Love: Its Freedom …
Easter Sunday
Of all the great things that Easter means, it also means this: it is a mighty "I meant it!" behind Jesus' death.
Paul's Ambition and Bethlehem's Mission …
Unpacking the Master Planning Team Document
Challenging the Church and Culture with Truth …
Unfolding Bethlehem's Fresh Initiative #6
Believing in the supremacy of God leads us to believe in the existence of absolute truth.
Eternal Security Is a Community Project …
It's the cavalier Christians who need to be worried about their standing.
What Jesus Built by Rising from the Dead …
Easter Sunday
The Painful Discipline of Our Heavenly Father …
God is not an ER doctor who only repairs our hurts; he is a master surgeon who plans our hurts in order that he might do us greater good.
The Wrath of God Against Holding Down the Truth …
The reason the mind evades, distorts, and suppresses the truth of God is mainly because of our moral, not mental, deficiency.
Can Joy Increase Forever? …
It will take an infinite number of ages for God to be done glorifying the wealth of his grace to us. He will never be done.
Did the Old Testament Teach You Could Be a True Jew? …
Paul did not reinterpret the Scriptures. He only drew out what was taught in the Law and the Prophets.
A Passion for Purity vs. Passive Prayers …
The fight against lust is image against image. Don't just pray and wait and try to avoid. Actively put effort into seeing Jesus.
Does It Matter What Others Think? …
The answer is not simple. Some Biblical texts seem to say no. Others, yes.
Reasons Believers in Christ Need Not to Be Afraid …
How can I have peace or joy while living in a dangerous world?
What Is the Christian Gospel? …
There is nothing in itself that makes "forgiveness of sins" or justification good news. The gospel is more than that.
When the Bible Blows Your Mind …
What should we do when it seems like one Biblical truth cancels out another?
Christ Suffered and Died to Deliver Us from the Present Evil …
Don't follow a defeated foe; follow Christ. You will be an exile in this age, but you will be free.
