The Reformed Faith and Racial Harmony …
Racial Harmony Sunday
Where racial harmony doesn’t flourish, the cross of Christ is dishonored and the sovereignty of God is obscured.
The Darkness of Abortion and the Light of Truth …
Sanctity of Life Sunday
Five suggestions for how to respond as salt and light to the sin of abortion.
The Fame of His Name and the Freedom of Mercy …
God chooses who will believe and undeservingly be saved, and who will rebel and deservingly perish.
God's Ultimate Purpose: Vessels of Mercy Knowing the Riches of His Glory …
Heaven is where old glories only ripen in memory, and the thrill of new glories breaks upon us every day.
Palm Sunday Tears of Sovereign Mercy …
Palm Sunday
Consider how Jesus has been merciful to you, and then be like him.
Quest: Joy! Found: Christ! …
Easter Sunday
What is the basic message of the Bible? And what does it mean for me?
The Gentiles Have Obtained Righteousness by Faith …
The law teaches two things about obtaining salvation.
How to Submit to the Righteousness of God …
Mother's Day
Are we teaching the Scriptures to make our children wise unto salvation through faith in Jesus Christ?
The Goodness and the Groaning of Growth …
Thoughts on Bethlehem's Future
Churches move forward by grace in the midst of great inadequacy.
Treasuring Christ Together, Part 2 …
Lessons in Love from 1 John
Treasuring Christ Together, Part 3 …
What is the Philosophy of Worship that Unites Us?
Treasuring Christ Together, Part 4 …
What is the Philosophy of Worship That Unites Us?
Everlasting Truth for the Joy of All Peoples …
Missions Week
Jesus Christ is building his church around the world with missionaries.
For God's Sake, Let Grace Be Grace! …
No one's obstinance can stop them from being saved, because God can remove the hardness.
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
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.
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?
Jesus Christ, the Bridegroom, Past and Future …
Palm Sunday
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
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?
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?
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.
We, Though Many, Are One Body in Christ …
Our true individuality is found only in relationship to the body of Christ.
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.
Using Our Gifts in Proportion to Our Faith, Part 1 …
The Gift of Prophecy
Using Our Gifts in Proportion to Our Faith, Part 2 …
Helping People with All Your Heart by Grace through Faith
Let Love Be Genuine …
You can be a liberal hypocrite, and you can be fundamentalist hypocrite. But love is not that way.
Abhor What Is Evil; Hold Fast to What Is Good …
There is such a thing as objective good and evil outside ourselves.
Treasuring Christ Together: The Vision and Its Cost …
Beware of fearing a high price more than the possibility that God could be displeased that you didn't aim at something greater.
Use the Inspired Scriptures to Rejoice in Hope …
If we give ourselves daily to the word of God, our hope and joy will be made unshakably strong—even in suffering.
Boiling for Christ …
When it comes to serving Christ, half-heartedness, lukewarmness, laziness, sluggishness, and slothfulness are utterly inappropriate.
Racial Harmony and Interracial Marriage …
Racial Harmony Sunday
Interracial marriage is not only permitted by God, it is a positive good.
It is not just to be tolerated, but celebrated.
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.
Bless Those Who Persecute You …
If you see and savor mercy in Christ, you will love being merciful.
God's Wrath: "Vengeance Is Mine, I Will Repay," Says the Lord …
We can say at least four things about the wrath of God that will fall on human beings at the final judgment.
The Present Effects of Trembling at the Wrath of God …
Believing that God is furious against sin produces a good fear that transforms everything in life.
When Is It Right to Repay Evil with Pain? …
Does God ever intend for his justice—his right to punish wrong—to be shared with men?
Christ Overcame Evil with Good—Do the Same …
Palm Sunday
All Things Subject to the Risen Christ …
Easter Sunday
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.
Fathers, Bring Them Up in the Discipline & Instruction of the Lord …
A Tribute to My Father, William Solomon Hottle Piper
Eleven precious truths taught and demonstrated to John Piper by his father.
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?
