Why Bethlehem Has a College: Biblical Foundations for Church-Based Education

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Sermons, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, 163859, Desiring God, John Piper, Preaching, Christianity, Messages, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 18 June 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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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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0:00.0	Let's pray together.
0:02.3	So Father, we're asking now for the mind of Christ, that we might see the cross and
0:10.8	see all the paths leading from it, leading to it in the light of your Spirit-given truth.
0:20.1	So if there's any in this room who does not have the mind of Christ by the Spirit, I
0:25.4	pray that that miracle would happen in Jesus' name, amen.
0:30.5	So this is a worship service, not a public lecture.
0:39.0	The act of worship is not mainly the transfer of information.
0:44.6	It's mainly the exaltation of the heart over the truth, the beauty, the worth, the power,
0:54.9	the might of Jesus Christ, our Savior, and our God.
1:03.2	The sermon in a worship service does not come after worship, or before worship, it is worship.
1:15.4	If the preacher is not exalting over what he is explaining, he's not preaching.
1:28.4	So I don't want you, when you see the title of this message, Biblical foundations for a church-based
1:35.3	Christian college, to take off your worship garment and put on your academic garment.
1:42.8	Don't do that.
1:45.2	This is a worship service.
1:48.6	I don't want you to stop hungering and longing, show us God.
1:57.7	Show us things about Jesus that will make our hearts sore.
2:04.2	This is a worship service.
2:08.0	The works of God matter.
2:12.2	Some amazing works of God that you should behold is that in the last 25 years of the life
2:21.5	of this church, God formed a seminary and a college, both fully accredited by the Association
2:31.8	of Biblical Higher Education, both incorporated under the laws of the state of Minnesota.
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