God at Work in Every Womb …
Sanctity of Life Sunday
Christian, Know Whose You Are …
You Have the Spirit of Christ
What are the essential distinctions between true Christians and non-Christians?
The Gentiles Have Obtained Righteousness by Faith …
The law teaches two things about obtaining salvation.
Everlasting Truth for the Joy of All Peoples …
Missions Week
Jesus Christ is building his church around the world with missionaries.
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?
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.
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.
Delighting in the Law of God …
Summer Psalms
Sunday Evening Message
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?
All the Prophets Proclaimed These Days …
Since the first Christmas we have been living in the last days.
Is There Good Anxiety? …
Bethel College Chapel
Twin Cities, MN
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.
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.
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.
Call Me Husband, Not Baal …
The point of Hosea is that God exalts his mercy by not giving up on his promiscuous wife.
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.
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.
A Pastor's Role in World Missions …
Bethel Seminary Chapel
Twin Cities, MN
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 1 …
Beyond the Gold
The way you run your race and fight your fight will make the difference between sharing in the promises of the gospel or being disqualified.
Olympic Spirituality, Part 2 …
How Then Shall We Run?
Eternal life hangs on the way we run and the way we fight.
You Were Bought with a Price …
Glorify God with Your Bodies
Christianity has to do with everything your body has to do with—food and sex and sleep and talking and playing and working.
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.
Like a Lamb That Is Led to Slaughter …
We deserved to be slaughtered for our sin, but Jesus was slaughtered instead.
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? All Appear Before the Judgment Seat of Christ …
If there is no condemnation for believers, why will they have to be judged?
What Happens When You Die? Glorified and Free on the New Earth …
What will things be like after Jesus returns?
Preparing for the Discipline of a Vocational Minister …
An Introduction
We lead by example not just when we succeed, but also when we fail.
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.
Christ Died for Our Sins That We Might Die to Sin …
Jesus died for us to make us like him.
"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 Danger: Perishing …
Perishing means wrath; it means fiery torment; it means separation from God; and it lasts forever.
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 Lavish Benefits …
Palm Sunday
God might have rescued us, sacrificed for us, forgiven us, and not gone any further. But instead he took us into his family.
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.
How Christ Enables the Church to Upbuild Itself in Love …
The New Testament gives no hint that worship services and classes are the sum total of what church was supposed to be.
Paul's Ambition and Bethlehem's Mission …
Unpacking the Master Planning Team Document
Racial Reconciliation …
Unfolding Bethlehem's Fresh Initiative #3
Racial Harmony Sunday
Let us be the salt and the light of our hostile and fearful society with courageous acts of inter-racial kindness and respect.
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.
Do Not Harden Your Heart in the Day of Trouble …
The surety of believers lies not in the absence of conditions but in the promises of power.
Eternal Security Is a Community Project …
It's the cavalier Christians who need to be worried about their standing.
From Thy Hand We Have Given Thee …
Celebration of Freeing the Future: Being Debt Free as a Church
Let Us Draw Near to God …
Palm Sunday
Drawing near to God is the heart of the gospel, and we are called to embrace it with informed zeal.
What Jesus Built by Rising from the Dead …
Easter Sunday
Running with the Witnesses …
Be encouraged by the thousands of saints who have finished the race and testify, "It can be done! By faith it can be done."
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.
Magnifying God with Money …
How can money be used to worship God?
The Wrath of God Against Ungodliness and Unrighteousness …
How is the wrath of God being revealed in this present age?
The Agonizing Problem of the Assurance of Salvation …
Often the biggest question isn't "What is true," but "Can the truth save me?"
Walk Worthy of God? …
Can we deserve or earn anything good from God? If not, then what does it mean to be worthy of him?
Bad Title, Great Book …
The Church Is Bigger Than You Think By Patrick Johnstone
How to Be a Refuge for Your Children …
Dads, fear God and put your confidence in him so your children will have a refuge in you.
How to Pray If You Are Dead to the Law and Love to Bear Fruit …
What would a Pharisee pray at his conversion?
Guilt, Grace, and the Global AIDS Crisis …
The fact that any sinner is healthy is Christ’s mercy. Therefore, the fact that some are sick should bring out Christian mercy.
An Open Letter to Michael Prowse …
God loves us by commanding us to praise him, because we won't be happy until we give it.
The Good, Insane Concordance Maker …
Don't belittle God’s crooked sticks. With them he may write the message that makes a thousand people glad.
