In order to be acclaimed Messiah and Lord, the Son of God had to come, defeat the enemy, and lead his people out of bondage in triumph over sin and Satan and death. And that he did on Good Friday and Easter.
In the Lord's prayer, Jesus teaches that the first priority in praying is to ask that our heavenly Father's name be hallowed.
All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to the Son of God and he declares, "I must bring in my other sheep." He will do it.
God's purpose is to be known and praised and enjoyed and feared among all the nations of the earth.
God gives special power, extraordinary power, for the extraordinary challenges of an expanding witness to Christ. How do we seek it?
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.
May God unite us in one vision of what he is doing so that we might not only endure but delight in the design of these days.
Cornelius would not have been saved if no one had taken him the gospel. And no one will be saved today without the gospel.
One of the reasons we invest our lives in some insignificant ways is that we never become still enough to let the great realities hit us.
God blesses us so that the nations will be blessed.
Great affliction + deep poverty + abundant joy = great generosity.
What convictions drive world missions at Bethlehem Baptist Church?
The price will be high, but God's promise that the gospel will spread to all nations will be fulfilled by his omnipotent hand.
Jesus Christ is building his church around the world with missionaries.
The costs and blessings of being a Christian missionary.
All nations will be reached only with the wealth-renouncing witness of cross-cultural missionaries.
How to partner with the churches of the Global South for the sake of the Gospel.
