The New Bethlehem Star is Rising …
First Bethlehem Star Newsletter
Nine reasons why churches should have a weekly newsletter.
Pow-Wow with the Pastor …
How do you satisfy your pastor-congregation communication needs?
Here Comes The Dome …
Pastor John weighs the impact of the Metrodome opening near the church.
Baptist General Conference Annual Meeting …
John Piper gives an update on what happened at the annual meeting of the conference of which Bethlehem is a part.
Bethlehem: Seedbed for Missions …
How does a church become and remain fertile ground for moblizing and supporting missionaries?
A Week of Concerted Prayer …
"That the power of Christ may dwell in us"
The grace of God is addicting. The more you experience his power, the more you want.
Preaching and Listening at Bethlehem …
Preaching that doesn't deal with the details of God's Word will only cater to and cultivate stiff-necked listeners.
Shaping the Future of BBC Saturday Morning …
Part of the process for determining God’s will for your life is deciding what you are good at. So with churches.
Past and Future at the Bethlehem Conference Reunion …
A brief report of the good things going on at BBC after 3 years as pastor.
Missions at the Manse …
How a pastor and his wife help keep the mission fires burning at church.
Five Year Statistical Report …
John Piper presents the fifth annual report since he came to Bethlehem.
Who's Coming to Bethlehem? …
What would happen if Bethlehem could uphold a 24 hour prayer chain without interruption until 1990?
Why an All-Church Survey? …
A survey can inform you about your congregation and illumine more of God's will for how to grow.
Three Important Things for Members …
The life of a growing church calls for prayer, planning, and praise.
It Will Happen by Prayer …
The Lord grows his church by prayer, not by advertising alone.
From Bedford to Bethlehem via China …
Introducing the China Awareness Seminar and its speaker, David Adeney.
Testing Your Attendance Strategy Quotient …
A test to see how mindful you are to others in your church attendance.
Heart's Desire . . . Prayer to God …
A Week of Concerted Prayer at Bethlehem
Are you satisfied with the fervor of your desire for the conversion of sinners and the holiness of saints?
U-Bahns, Missions and WTV's …
How to Get to a Crowded Church
Meeting God at the Minneapolis Auditorium …
Our city has thousands of unbelievers in it who are perishing. What can we do?
Expecting and Attempting …
Reflections on Prayer '87
It is the attempting of something great for God that gives edge and point to prayer.
We Need to Talk and Pray …
An Invitation to an Open Forum and a Reminder to Pray
Save Friday Evening, November 18 …
The evidence of extraordinary longing is extraordinary praying.
Please Pray for the Bethlehem Conference for Pastors …
Announcing the approaching pastors conference on "The Achievement of the Cross" and the items needing prayer.
The Bethlehem Conference for Pastors and You …
The long term effects of any conference depends on whether the truth and power of the messages and conversations abide.
Urgent Call for Teachers in Cameroon …
And BBC Laotian Summer Sunday School
John Piper spreads the word to his congregation about an immediate and crucial missions need.
Vote on SPAN the Nineties Part II …
Five changes that will occur if you vote for the church restructuring plan.
Would you Pray About our Conference for Pastors? …
A request for prayer for the 1990 Bethlehem Conference for Pastors on Universalism and the Reality of Eternal Punishment.
Prayer ‘90 …
Concerted, united prayer has been God's pattern in the past for initiating spiritual awakening and world evangelization.
A Preaching Plan for the Fall …
On Being the Body of Christ
Pray for the Pastor's Conference …
John Piper introduces the subject and speakers for the sixth annual pastors conference.
A New Sermon Series Begins …
John Piper announces a sermon series on 1 Peter.
Crucial Questionnaire! …
We Need Your Input
A Simple, Practical Act of Love …
No Perfume, No Cologne First Service
Summer is for Seeing and Showing God …
All-Church Schedule June 11–September 3
No Debt in '97 …
For the Sake of 2000 by 2000
Bethlehem Is Debt-Free and God Is Not Perspiring …
God wants more work because more work means more demonstrations of power and wisdom and love.
Being Loved and Being Hated …
What I Pray for in Missions Week
If your driving motive in life is to be liked and loved you will find it almost impossible to be a Christian.
Courage to Follow, Courage to Lead …
Why 800 Pastors Are Coming to Bethlehem in February
What Wonderful and Wild Thing Might God Be Up To? …
How do you lead your church through financial and logistical surprises?
A Prayer for Bethlehem One Hundred Years From Now …
To Be Put in the Time Capsule in the New Building
Because Jesus Christ is the same yesterday today and forever, we are bold to pray for you who will live and minister decades from now.
Bethlehem Baptist's Global Diaconate …
Expanding the Vision to Include the Global Diaconate, Church Planting, and Campus Multiplication
Are You Willing to Stand in God's Place or Go at His Pace? …
Battling the Unbelief of Impatience
Learn to Fly By the Instruments …
Your Perceptions May Be Unreliable in a Spiritual Storm
You Are a Branch, Not a Vine …
Defeating Pride by Cultivating Prayerful Dependence
We Are Not Peddlers of God's Word …
Giving and Selling in the Mission of Desiring God
You Are What You Eat …
What to Feed Your Soul so that You Abound in Hope
Enthralled! …
The Secret to Doing What Matters Most
Learn from Darwin …
We Become What We Behold
When You Aren't Sure What to Do Next …
Following the Reliable, Unpredictable Jesus
Jesus chooses and Uses Failures …
"Forgiven," Not "Failure," Defines the Christian
When God's Will Isn't Clear …
The Difficulty is Part of God's Design
Remember Why You Sold Everything …
Keeping the Treasure in View during the Long Wait
You Never Know What God Is Growing …
Sow Faithfully. The Harvest Will Be Larger than You Think
When the Adulteress Went Home …
Living Guilt-free with the Consequences of Past Sin
When Prosperity is a Bane and Adversity a Blessing …
Lessons from the Young Man in Mark 10
More than Enough …
If We Really Believe This, Our Worries Are Over
Some Knowledge is too Heavy …
There is more mercy than we realize when God chooses not to tell us everything
Is God Punishing Me? …
Everything God Feels toward You as a Christian is Gracious
Why a New Sermon Series on the Gospel of John? …
John Piper introduces the extended sermon series he'll begin this Fall.
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