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Why Bethlehem Has a College: Biblical Foundations for Church-Based Education
23 april 2023 · 41 min
What makes a college distinctly Christian? Education is not an end in itself, but a means to knowing and loving Christ.
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Hamilton: An American Prodigal
20 april 2023 · 53 min
David Mathis | Neither biographers nor Broadway can ignore Alexander Hamilton’s late-flowering Christian faith. He, like the prodigal son, finally came home after his journey into the far country.
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Danger Averted, Destiny Attained: Funeral Message for Lois Nelson (1919–2023)
13 april 2023 · 24 min
When a Christian goes home to be with the Lord, we who remain have the chance to rehearse God’s loving design in every believer’s death.
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Not Dead Yet: Fighting Nine Fears of Old Age
16 maart 2023 · 53 min
As we age, fears can multiply like wrinkles. But for every concern, we have a blood-bought promise far, far older than our fears.
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The Demons, the Fever, and the Word of the King
12 maart 2023 · 45 min
While on earth, Jesus spoke with unmatched power. Demons obeyed him, and fevers fled at his word. Everything was subject to him — then and now.
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Press Afresh into Jesus: Four Truths About Genuine Faith
5 maart 2023 · 41 min
David Mathis | Genuine faith welcomes, enjoys, fears, strives after, and rests in God. And in doing so, genuine faith perseveres.
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What Will Man Be Like for Countless Future Ages?
30 januari 2023 · 55 min
When our hearts run dry, and our good works languish, the Bible bids us: “Consider the end.”
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Ordinary Elders, Part 2: Governing as Men Who Teach
20 januari 2023 · 1 uur
David Mathis | Pastors are first and foremost teachers, but they are not only teachers. They feed the sheep and lead the sheep — and they lead by feeding.
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Ordinary Elders, Part 1: Working for the Joy of Others
19 januari 2023 · 1 uur 2 min
David Mathis | The pastors we all want are men who want to pastor, who want to see God move in them and through them for the joy of others.
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The Story of the Greatest Coronation
15 januari 2023 · 41 min
David Mathis | When Christ ascended into heaven, an otherworldly ceremony commenced. Here was the long-awaited Son of David, the only man angels ever worshiped.
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How Majestic Is Our Lord?
18 december 2022 · 40 min
David Mathis | When speaking of God, we grope for fresh language to name the greatness of God. Might we learn to reach more often for the word “majesty”?
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The Lord Governs My Good and Is My Good: All of Psalm 16 for a New Year
11 december 2022 · 46 min
When we pray for God to preserve us, we ask that he would be not only our Lord, but our life — not only our God, but our highest and everlasting good.
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Ten Looks at Jesus, Part 2
5 december 2022 · 43 min
David Mathis | “For every look at yourself, take ten looks at Christ.” How happy might we be if we heeded Robert Murray M’Cheyne’s counsel?
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Prince of What Peace? How Christmas Overcomes Our Conflicts
4 december 2022 · 45 min
At the root of all conflict is man’s conflict with God. At Christmas, we celebrate that God took the initiative to establish true peace.
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Ten Looks at Jesus, Part 1
4 december 2022 · 48 min
David Mathis | “For every look at yourself, take ten looks at Christ.” How happy might we be if we heeded Robert Murray M’Cheyne’s famous counsel?
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Secret Liturgies: The Private Worship of a Public Leader
6 november 2022 · 44 min
David Mathis | Blessed is the leader who meditates on God’s law day and night — not just in public, but all the more in secret.
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It Will Be Worth It: Overcoming Obstacles to World Missions
23 oktober 2022 · 25 min
When it comes to missions, reasons abound to stay rather than to go. But for every apparent obstacle, countless promises say, “It will be worth it.”
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Is Jesus an Egomaniac? Overcoming a Major Obstacle to Christian Faith
15 oktober 2022 · 52 min
What do we call an obsessively self-centered person? An egomaniac. Then what should we call God, who demands all our praise? We call him gracious.
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The Joy of the Puritans
6 oktober 2022 · 1 uur 4 min
The Puritans took joy seriously because they read the Bible carefully. They saw that delight in God is at the heart of all true obedience.
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He Delighted to Crush His Son: The Pleasure of God in the Gospel
1 oktober 2022 · 57 min
David Mathis | The Father not only planned for his Son to die, but was pleased to crush him. And for those in Christ, this can be as comforting as it is astonishing.
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A World God Could Admire: Recovering His Pleasure in Creation
1 oktober 2022 · 58 min
Marshall Segal | Do you ever stop, slow down, and marvel at something God has made? If we could see it all like he does, we’d see far more than we do.
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How Can a Holy God Have Pleasure in Sinners?
30 september 2022 · 59 min
You will not be perfect in this life, but you can be pleasing to God. You can become a real ingredient in the divine happiness.
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Fall Back to the Banner: Four Lessons for Our Devastations
18 september 2022 · 38 min
David Mathis | When loss surrounds us, when fears assail us, we have a banner to which to flee. We turn to the God who has spoken, and there find real hope and strength.
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The Purposes of God in the Pain of the World
11 september 2022 · 54 min
Before he created the earth, God knew pain would plague this world. And not only knew, but planned. And not only planned — but purposed.
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God Made the World for Worship: His Glory in Individuals and Gatherings
5 september 2022 · 37 min
The individual soul’s affection for God is essential to the corporate, eternal reality of the worshiping church.
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How Is Joy the Root of Sacrificial Love?
28 augustus 2022 · 43 min
When glad in God, we bend low in love for others. We imitate Christ, who not only bowed the knee but hung his body on the tree.
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Good Preaching Takes Hard Work
25 augustus 2022 · 50 min
David Mathis | Good preachers carry many burdens before preaching, while preaching, and after preaching — and the rewards still outweigh the costs.
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Water from the Rock for Undeserving People
17 juni 2022 · 42 min
God promises us his life-sustaining presence, even as he leads us into waterless regions of suffering and loss.
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God Can Handle Your Crisis
12 juni 2022 · 37 min
David Mathis | Psalm 46 teaches us God can handle the earth’s undoing and nations raging against his people — and that if he can do that, he can be a very present help in our trouble.
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Seventy Years Without Shipwreck: Five Reasons That Some Fall Away
20 mei 2022 · 18 min
Faith does not shipwreck upon the rocks of history, logic, science, or ethics, but on the mountains of sinful desire.
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The Uncommon Virtue of Humility
27 april 2022 · 41 min
Humility flourishes in hearts that focus not on being humble, but on gladly exalting Jesus, who is superior to us in every possible way.
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Christ Died to Make Us Holy: And Why Some Preachers Avoid It
20 april 2022 · 53 min
There is a kind of unhealthy preaching that fails to make plain the effective connection between the sin-bearing work of Christ and the sin-killing work of the Christian.
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The Gospel in All Caps: Glorified Scars in the Body of Christ
17 april 2022 · 39 min
David Mathis | We boast on Sunday because Christ died on Friday. No cross, no favor with God. No crucifixion, no resurrection. We live because he died.
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Behind the Times: Survival in a Day of Suffocating News
17 april 2022 · 37 min
David Mathis | What if, with some intentionality, the news could become a source of refreshment rather than a continual distraction and discouragement?
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What Is ‘Freedom in Christ’?
20 maart 2022 · 37 min
David Mathis | What is freedom in Christ? Freedom from trying to earn God’s acceptance, and freedom to know and enjoy God forever.
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How to Meet with God for a Lifetime
20 maart 2022 · 16 min
David Mathis | How do we meet with God in his word for a lifetime? Every morning, seek to gather a day’s portion.
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We Rejoice to Suffer for You: Pastoral Pain and the People’s Joy
13 maart 2022 · 44 min
Why does the apostle Paul speak so much about himself and his suffering? Because his suffering for the sake of others makes the love of Christ tangible to them.
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The Humbled Win the World
6 maart 2022 · 18 min
David Mathis | Before we step out to attempt big, ambitious things for Jesus, we need to prepare ourselves to receive and embrace the humbling that will inevitably come.
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Brother Ass: Stewarding the Body as Christian Hedonists
2 maart 2022 · 37 min
David Mathis | Why would Christians exercise? Working and pushing these bodies, as God designed them, serves our learning, our joy, and our love.
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The Supremacy of Christ in Everything
27 februari 2022 · 45 min
The sovereign supremacy of Christ both keeps us from error and enables us to persevere through hardships with patience and joyful thankfulness.
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‘The Joy of the Lord Is Your Stronghold’
7 februari 2022 · 54 min
Joy in God becomes our stronghold when we are awakened to see and savor him as our greatest joy.
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Harnessing the Lightning: Tesla’s 3,000-Year Backstory
25 januari 2022 · 40 min
Tony Reinke | Is a lightning rod — and by extension, all other tech — an act of faith or an act of God-thwarting unbelief?
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The Fearlessness of Christmas Joy: Six Wonders of Christ’s Lordship
19 december 2021 · 47 min
The first Christmas brought good news. With it came fearless, great joy for all those who confess, “Jesus is Lord.”
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The Pleasures of God’s Faithfulness: Reflections on Bethlehem’s 150 Years
21 november 2021 · 32 min
In 2021, Bethlehem Baptist celebrated 150 years as a church. As part of the celebration service, former pastor John Piper reflects on how a church could endure, and bear fruit, over generations.
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Workers for Your Joy: The Call of Christ to Christian Leaders
14 november 2021 · 47 min
David Mathis | God made us to be led, every one of us. He designed us to thrive, not in autonomy, but under the wisdom and care of worthy leaders.
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23 Tips from 23 Years of Book Reading
12 november 2021 · 45 min
Tony Reinke | Many of us today love to swipe, scroll, and stare, but hardly read. Tony Reinke shares 23 tips for reading more and better in a digital age.
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Update from John Piper
4 november 2021 · 1 min
John Piper | About changes to this podcast.
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Prayer Vocalizes Our Abiding in Christ
3 november 2021 · 46 min
Prayer says more than the words it speaks. The act of praying vocalizes a profound reality: God himself abides in us, and we abide in him.
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Show Us Your Glory: Prayer That Sparks Reformation
31 oktober 2021 · 35 min
David Mathis | Moses made an audacious request. God answered — but only in part. And what he revealed at Sinai pales in comparison to Calvary.
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The Global Glorification of the Merciful God
24 oktober 2021 · 45 min
The church exists for missions — and because of missions. God plans for his people to come from the peoples, a promise he first made to Israel.