I Will Meditate on All Your Work and Muse on Your Deeds …
Moment by moment, our vital union with Christ is sustained, shaped, and carried by the Word of God.
The Sons Are Free …
Palm Sunday
A Service of Sorrow, Self-Humbling, and Steady Hope in Our Savior and King, Jesus Christ …
A Response to the Attack on the World Trade Center
How can our hope be steady on days like 9-11?
Planting a Passion for God: A Dream for Bethlehem in 2002 …
A Call to Focused Prayer, Soul-Searching, and a Church-Wide Dream
The Spirit Helps Us in Our Weakness, Part 2 …
How does the Holy Spirit pray for us?
All Things for Good, Part 1 …
Three things that love for God is not.
Bethlehem, Break Forth Like the Dawn …
The people of Christ should not be known primarily for what we don’t do, but for what we do do.
For God's Sake, Let Grace Be Grace! …
No one's obstinance can stop them from being saved, because God can remove the hardness.
Israel, Palestine and the Middle East …
What does Scripture say about the Promised Land and Israel's rights to it today?
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?
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?
Abortion, Race, Gender, and Christ …
Sanctity of Life Sunday
Millions of abortions are the outworking of racism and sexism. Let us find another way to freedom and equality than killing the babies.
Lavish Giving, Loving Guests, Living Christ …
Christ’s promise to meet all of our needs is what frees us from fear and greed and enables us to joyfully share with others.
Treasuring Christ Together Above All Things …
What is Bethlehem's strategy for spreading a passion for the supremacy of God in all things to all the world?
How to Do Good So That God Gets the Glory …
God gets glory not from our heroic exertion but from our reliance upon his strength—when we serve as one who serves with the strength which God supplies.
How Not to Be a Mule …
Summer Psalms
Sunday Evening Message
Don't be like the mule but run headlong to God in prayer while he may be found. For the contrite heart which prays will be forgiven and protected and taught the way to God and will be glad in the Lord forever.
Thoughts on Baptism …
Sunday Evening Message
Baptism gives expression to our faith that we are God's from head to toe.
Meditation on the Magnificat …
Sunday Evening Message
God is about to change the course of all human history; the most important three decades in all of time are about to begin. And where is God? Occupying himself with two obscure, humble women—one old and barren, one young and virginal.
Jesus Is the Horn of Salvation …
There is a deadly disease and an awesome enemy. And every one of us will die from this disease and be devoured by that enemy if there is no horn of salvation for us.
What Is the Fruit That Befits Repentance? …
Sunday Evening Message
You can tell where a man's heart is resting by the way he handles his money and by the attitude he has toward his possessions.
A Woman Who Fears the Lord Is to Be Praised …
Mother's Day
What does it mean to "fear the Lord"? And why is it so important that we praise a woman who fears the Lord?
Get Wisdom …
What is wisdom? And what are some biblical instructions for how I can get it?
Total Abstinence and Church Membership …
Sunday Evening Message
Total abstinence may be the best way to treat alcohol today, but it should not be a requirement for church membership.
The Emergence of Sin and Misery …
The essence of the Fall and of our depraved hearts is the desire not to depend on God.
How Much Is Jesus Worth? …
Your power to give a compassionate witness about Jesus is in direct proportion to how precious Jesus is to you.
Flesh Tank and Peashooter Regulations …
Legalism is a more dangerous disease than alcoholism because it doesn't look like one.
Confirm Your Election …
If the knowledge of God's glorious promises does not spur us on to strive against the tide, then we will be barren and fruitless and drift to our destruction.
Listen to the Eyewitness of His Majesty …
The difference between mythical speculations and Christian faith is history. Our doctrines are not the result of clever head-work. They are the result of historical observation.
Discipline in the Christian College: Can it be Redemptive? …
Bethel College Counseling Staff
Twin Cities, MN
The Locust Horde and the Day of the Lord …
God will fight against us and clog the joy of our lives until we return with our whole heart to him. For his purpose is to be God alone in the midst of his people.
To Deliver Us from the Present Evil Age …
The freest people in the world are those who submit most fully to the authority of Christ in Scripture.
When Not to Believe an Angel …
There is one, and only one, gospel. It is therefore astonishing--and tragic--to turn away from it and lose both God and his grace.
If You Are Christ's, You Are Heirs of the Promise …
When you entrust yourself to Christ you honor him, and he would be denying himself to turn you away.
Proud People Don't Say Thanks …
The human heart hates the truth that creation teaches because it is too humbling.
Beyond Forgiveness: Blasphemy Against the Spirit …
None of us knows when our toying with sin will pass over into irrevocable hardness of heart. Very few people feel how serious sin is.
Ruth: Under the Wings of God …
God will reward Ruth because she has sought refuge under his wings.
The Relationship Between Diversified Domestic Ministries and Frontier Missions …
The ultimate goal of the church is to reflect and display the glory and worth of God. Missions is a means, not an end.
The One Who Loves Lives in Light …
Hate is the evidence of blindness to the light of God. Love is the evidence that sight has been given to the blind.
His Commandments Are Not Burdensome …
Faith says to every temptation of the world: NO, BE GONE! I know where true satisfaction is to be found.
The Missionary Challenge of Paul's Life …
Bethel College Chapel
Twin Cities, MN
Blessed Are the Persecuted …
To the degree that you believe what Jesus sees in heaven, to that degree you will be able to rejoice and be glad in suffering.
Strengthen Each Other's Hands in God …
God has ordained that we be related to other believers in such a way that we can help each other fight the fight of faith successfully day in and day out until the end.
Abortion: You Desire and Do Not Have, So You Kill …
Sanctity of Life Sunday
Fight the social stupor that gripped Nazi Germany and imagine what is really happening behind clinic doors.
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.
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.
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.
The Doctrine of Perseverance: The Future of a Fruitless Field …
One of the ways God causes us to persevere in faith and be saved is by warning us that we could make shipwreck of our faith and be lost.
Joy Purchased …
The death of Jesus Christ is the only way that any of us can escape the righteous wrath of God and find peace with God.
Mercy to the Nations …
Missions Week
Zeal for the glory of the Lord is zeal for the glory of his mercy or it isn't missionary zeal—and it isn't holy zeal.
What Judas's Death Teaches Us About the Spirit …
The purpose of the Holy Spirit is invincible and he has an unwavering zeal for the glory of the God-man, Jesus.
A Prayer That Brought the Holy Spirit Down …
For people who desire the salvation of sinners, the magnifying of God's glory, and the vindication of Jesus' name, this is the way to pray.
Unsparing Pain, Unsparing Pleasure …
Bethel Seminary Graduation Communion
Twin Cities, MN
The Test of Authenticity in a New Sanctuary …
Sanctuary Dedication
The test of the authenticity our worship on Sunday is whether we are a radically Christ-like people on Monday.
Receiving Children in Jesus' Name …
Children prove whether you are truly great or not—whether you live to serve or live to be praised.
Called to Suffer and Rejoice: To Finish the Aim of Christ's Afflictions …
The suffering love of Christ for sinners is seen in the suffering love of his people for sinners.
Why the Son of God Came into the World …
A Christmas Message
The Bible's picture of our Savior too radical that it should be the mere creation of sinful men.
The Righteous Are Bold as a Lion …
The wicked flee for fear of the retribution that their wrongs deserve, but the righteous--those cleared of wrongdoing through Christ--stand boldly.
The Elect Are Kept by the Power of God …
Our security is not in making heaven unconditional. Our security is in God's infallible commitment to fulfill the conditions of heaven.
Today's Mercies for Today's Troubles …
Tomorrow's Mercies for Tomorrow's Troubles
You will not be asked to live tomorrow on today's strength. The mercy to carry you through this hour is given in this hour.
Prayer, Fasting, and the Course of History …
The course of history has been changed again and again through the fasting of God's people.
Love Your Neighbor as Yourself, Part 2 …
Loving God sustains us through all the joy and pain and perplexity and uncertainty of what loving our neighbor should be.
By Treasuring All That God Is, All Whom He Loves …
Unpacking the Master Planning Team Document
Faith works through love. It becomes active and visible in the form of love that people can see.
Becoming All Things to All Men to Save Some …
Until the wrath of God figures as largely in our worldview as it did for Paul, we will not have the passion for evangelism that he had.
Draw Near to the Throne of Grace with Confidence …
Because we have a great High Priest, the throne of God is a throne of grace.
Small Group Life in the Power of God's Promises …
The promises of God are the key to love and victory over sin. But we need people in our lives to "encourage us day after day" with those promises.
Open My Eyes That I May See …
It is by prayer that our eyes will be opened to see wonder in God's Word and be changed.
Visiting Orphans in a World of AIDS and Abortion …
Sanctity of Life Sunday
One God and One Salvation for All the Nations …
God is one, and everyone he justifies is justified in the same way. Therefore he is God not only over the Jews but over all peoples.
Let Us Exult in the Hope of the Glory of God! …
Whatever else you do or say or feel, of this you can be certain: God wills that you rejoice in the hope of seeing his glory.
God Has Allotted to Each a Measure of Faith …
If God grants faith, why wouldn't he give every believer the same amount?
Redeeming Time By Writing Truth …
Surely God means for our minutes on earth to count for something.
How Is God's Love Experienced in the Heart? …
The experience of God's love is the Spirit giving unspeakable joy in response to the mind's perception of Jesus Christ.
Do I Not Hate Those Who Hate You, O Lord? …
The Verses We Skipped
How are we to understand those psalms that express hatred and call down curses upon the enemies of God?
How Jesus Helped His Disciples Increase Their Faith …
We never move beyond the need for grace, so let us trust God to do great things with our little faith.
A Summary Theology of Prayer …
Knowing God's purpose for prayer deepens our commitment to pray and helps us glorify God for why he does what he does.
Kill Anger Before It Kills You or Your Marriage …
Anger is often a worse enemy than lust in marriage. What can you do to keep it from ruining yours?
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.
Tsunami and Repentance …
Every deadly calamity is a merciful call from God for the living to repent.
Jesus and the Children …
Pondering Children as Pride Detectors
Something is deeply amiss in the soul that does not descend to love a child.
