Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 2 Peter 1. Second Peter 1:3-4 is a passage I return to again and again in my own life as a Christian and in my attempts to teach and encourage other believers toward godliness. The passage starts with a bold proclamation: “His divine power has […]
1 Peter 5
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 1 Peter 5. As Peter closed his first letter to the persecuted believers scattered through modern day Turkey, he urged the elders over these churches to lead God’s people well (vv. 1-4). In verses 5-7, he turned to “you who are younger” and commanded them […]
1 Peter 4
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 1 Peter 4. Suffering is a key theme in this book and in this chapter. The suffering that caused Peter to write was persecution (vv. 12-16). Peter knew, however, that what he taught about suffering applied to any kind of suffering caused by doing good, […]
1 Peter 3
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 1 Peter 3. Defensiveness is a natural human response to fear. God created us with a self-protecting instinct, so when we feel threatened, we become guarded about what we do and say. We also get ready to run away or fight, and we look signs […]
1 Peter 2
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 1 Peter 2. There is so much more to following Christ than an eternity in heaven. An eternity with Christ is important, of course, but believing in Christ has immediate affects on our lives today. This chapter described the sense of purpose that following Jesus […]
1 Peter 1
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 1 Peter 1. Holiness is hard work. Being declared holy isn’t hard work, at least not for us, because God did for us in Christ. When Jesus lived a perfect life and died as a sacrifice for sinners, he did everything that was necessary […]
2 Timothy 4
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 2 Timothy 4. Paul seemed certain in this chapter that his life was nearing its end. He said so in verse 6, “I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near.” Despite the fact that he […]
2 Timothy 3
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 2 Timothy 3. There are good reasons to be glad to be alive today. Life expectancy is greater than it has been in hundreds of years. Technology has given us the ability to communicate constantly and never to be bored. Poverty has been falling around […]
2 Timothy 2
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 2 Timothy 2. Paul’s life was coming to an end. Timothy, apparently a much younger man, would not live forever either. If the church in Ephesus was going to survive and thrive beyond the short term, the false teaching in it needed to be rooted […]
2 Timothy 1
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 2 Timothy 1. This letter to Timothy was the last of Paul’s letters. It was penned during his second incarceration in Rome. Unlike the first one (the Acts 28 house arrest one), Paul was not released but executed. We do not know how much time […]