Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Philippians 2. What are some ways we believers in Christ are distinct from the world around us? We have different beliefs about the past and the future, for one. We have different morals that cause us to make different choices and respond differently when we […]
Philippians 1
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Philippians 1. This is another of Paul’s prison letters (v. 7: “whether I am in chains…”), this one written to the church at Philippi. Paul founded this church during his second missionary journey (Acts 16:6-40). He also visited Philippi twice during his third missionary journey […]
Philemon
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read the book of Philemon. This is yet another of Paul’s prison letters as we saw in verse 1, “Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ….” Verses 1b-2 tell us the recipients of this letter who were, “Philemon… Apphia [almost certainly Philemon’s wife] our sister and […]
Colossians 4
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Colossians 4. This chapter began by continuing to describe how being raised with Christ and setting our minds on things above (3:1-2) changes our daily lives. After applying this truth to masters (4:1), the scripture turned to our prayer lives (vv. 2-4) and how […]
Colossians 3
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Colossians 3. In many different ways, Christ calls us to live in the present based on things that are past or future. In the present we have to live in a fallen world and we struggle against the instincts of our fallen nature. But […]
Colossians 2
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Colossians 2. The church at Colossae that received this letter was not started by Paul. Colossians 1:7 plainly states that the people who received this letter from Paul had received the gospel from “… Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of […]
Colossians 1
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Colossians 1 Whenever I read Paul’s descriptions of his prayers, I am struck by how different they are than the way I often pray and the way that I’ve heard most other Christians pray. Frankly, most of our prayer requests and prayers for each […]
Ephesians 6
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Ephesians 6. This chapter began by continuing to specify what it meant to “walk in the way of love “ (5:2a) for children (vv. 1-3), fathers (v. 4), slaves (vv. 5-8), and masters (v. 9). The rest of the chapter encouraged believers to prepare […]
Ephesians 5
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Ephesians 5. I mentioned in the previous devotional on Ephesians 4 that God’s love is a key theme in Ephesians and that, in Christ, we live worthy of the calling by acting in love towards one another. The opening verses of today’s chapter said […]
Ephesians 4
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Ephesians 4. God’s love is a key theme in this book of Ephesians: Here in Ephesians 4, these truths about God’s love were applied. In verse 1, Paul urged believers “to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.” That “calling” is the […]