“Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church …” Ephesians 5:25–31 Husbands, how many times have you read this passage or listened to a minister preach it at a wedding? Probably more than you can remember. From this passage, if I asked you what the command “Husbands, love your wives” practically might look like, what would […]
One of the responsibilities of being president of Bethlehem College & Seminary is to represent the school at conferences and meetings that are strategic for us. And, as I participate in those activities, I make it a priority to visit with contributors and alums who live in those various places. This is a source of […]
I lead a small group in downtown Minneapolis, and we are going through an eight-week study on various ways to care for other souls. This past week centered on the fact that because Jesus pursues us, we ought to pursue others in earnest, intentional ways. After the group listed several reasons why we might be […]
“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 6:1 I have the great privilege of being a student at Bethlehem College & Seminary, in addition to my work as a staff member. My fellow second-year […]
O Christ, we declare this day that apart from you we can do nothing (John 15:5) but that with you all things are possible (Mark 10:27). You are stronger than the evil power that is working in all 195 countries of the world. And from the 44,000,000 in Argentina to the 57,000 in Greenland, from […]
“What about us?” Over the past several years, we have received numerous inquiries from friends who love the vision, theology, and faculty of Bethlehem College & Seminary but could not enroll in our flagship M.Div. program that focuses on training men for vocational eldership. Associate pastors and non-staff elders, women’s ministry leaders, missionaries, and others […]
John Piper has said, “We weren’t meant to be somebody – we were meant to know Somebody.” There are many different kinds of knowing, different kinds of intelligences. My wife, Vicki, has musical intelligence at which I marvel. She can sight read piano music and play it with excellence having never seen it before. I […]
I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine. For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich. And in this […]
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I love the Christmas season. Not only does it bring about a change from our normal routines, but it puts our eyes squarely on the deepest significance of the Incarnation of Jesus Christ. This is incredible. This is miraculous. This is the magnificent love of God at work in history, through Jesus. So, when we […]