Messages by Desiring God
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World Missions and the End of History
The price will be high, but God's promise that the gospel will spread to all nations will be fulfilled by his omnipotent hand.
It's All the Work of God
Christians are secure, not because they are strong, but because God is sovereign and faithful to his new covenant promises.
Obey Your Joyful Leaders, Part 2
Elders should see themselves as servants, and the church should have a bent toward trusting them.
Obey Your Joyful Leaders, Part 1
Spiritual leaders are to keep watch of the word, of Christ, of themselves, and of their people.
Let Us Go with Jesus Bearing Reproach
Jesus calls his followers to radical obedience — to forgo lives of comfort and move toward need.
Be Strengthened By Grace
How can I find and keep the strength I need to obey God's commands?
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.
You Have Come to Mount Zion
Obedience is not our way of getting God to do something. It is how we act when we trust that God is already working for us.
Fail Not to Obtain the Grace of God
No suffering or trial falls outside of God’s sovereign control. He works all things together for the good of his children.
The Painful Discipline of Our Heavenly Father
God is not an ER doctor responding to our hurts; he is the master surgeon who plans our hurts in order that he might do us greater good.
Running with the Witnesses
Though the fight is difficult and the race is long, the sidelines are filled with saints who cheer you on, encouraging you to finish with faith.
Faith to Be Strong and Faith to Be Weak
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Liberated for Love by Looking to the Reward
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The Hope of Exiles on the Earth
God honors faith and obedience by using all of his wisdom, power and love to turn that kind of life into one of great joy.
The Faith of Noah, Abraham, and Sarah
Saving faith isn't merely the one-time act of receiving Jesus. It goes on trusting him.
Without Faith It Is Impossible to Please God
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What Faith Knows and Hopes For
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The Supremacy of God in Missions
God will finish the Great Commission, but he won’t do it without his people being sent and sharing Jesus across cultures.
The Supremacy of God in Prayer
We don’t honor God mainly by trying to do things for him, but by receiving strength, grace, and love from his endless fountain.
The Supremacy of God in Preaching
The supremacy of God is the theme of redemptive history, our preaching, and of God.
What Baptism Portrays
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Buried and Raised in Baptism Through Faith
This sermon on Colossians 2:8–15 deals with the differences between circumcision and baptism, and explains all that God has done in bringing us to life through the gospel.
I Baptize You with Water
What was significant about John's baptism, and how does it relate to the way we baptize today?
The Present Power of a Future Possession
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Woe to Those Who Trample the Son of God
Threatening judgment is an effective (and biblical) way to motivate people.
Consider Each Other How to Stir Up Love
Christians can’t follow Jesus alone. Unless we have brothers and sisters in our lives who point us to Jesus, our faith won’t survive.
What Jesus Built by Rising from the Dead
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Let Us Draw Near to God
Drawing near to God is the heart of the gospel, and we are called to embrace it with informed zeal.
The Pleasure of God in Peacemaking
The power for peacemaking doesn’t come from forgiving and forgetting or just trying harder, but from the superior promises God offers us in Jesus Christ.
Perfected for All Time by a Single Offering
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What Christ Will Do at the Second Coming
Christ died once and for all. Not for his own sins, but for ours so that when we die, we don’t have to die again.
The Divine Majesty of the Word
The key to John Calvin’s life: he recovered and embodied a passion for the absolute reality and majesty of God.
What Christ Did at the End of the Age
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How the Called Receive an Eternal Inheritance
How is the New Covenant like a last will and testament?
Be Strong and Fervent in Spirit in the Cause of Truth and Life
Boredom with Christ is blindness. Open your eyes and let him inspire in you a new passion for the cause of life.
Purified to Serve the Living God
How can people destroyed by their sin draw near to a perfect God?
Thy Word I Have Treasured in My Heart
Do you hate sin in your life? As a Christian you should. Here is some practical help to fight sin.
Is Christian Hedonism Valid?
Christian Hedonism says that when you are saved, your joy is in God as your supreme Treasure. But is this tenable?
Building a God-Focused Ministry
Successful ministry isn’t based on programs and events, but on a passion for God and his word that pervades the entirety of a church’s life.
Passion for the Supremacy of God
God loves his glory more than you and this is great news of great joy because God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.
Praying from the Fullness of the Word
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Jesus: Mediator of a Better Covenant, Part 2
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Jesus: Mediator of a Better Covenant, Part 1
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Our High Priest is the Son of God Perfect Forever
Five reasons for why Jesus' priesthood is superior to all others.
Jesus: From Melchizedek to Eternal Savior
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From Thy Hand We Have Given Thee
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Hope Anchored in Heaven
We can hold fast to our hope in heaven because God himself holds us fast. He anchors our souls in his eternal promises.
When Does God Swear?
God swears by his own name in order to give his people unwavering confidence in his promises.
A Passion for the Supremacy of Christ—Where He Is Not Named
What convictions drive world missions at Bethlehem Baptist Church?
Doing Missions When Dying Is Gain
Doing missions when death is gain is the greatest life in the world.