Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 1 Thessalonians 1. We paused our reading in Acts at Acts 18 in the last devotional because it seems clear that Paul wrote this first letter to the Thessalonians while he was in Corinth during the time period covered by Acts 18 (see Acts […]
Acts 17
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Acts 17. Yesterday we read about Paul’s venture into Greece. Today’s reading in Acts 17 continues to chronicle Paul’s Grecian mission. This chapter begins with Paul’s evangelistic efforts in Thessalonica (vv. 1-14). While he was there, Paul found people who were ready to receive […]
Galatians 4
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Galatians 4. Paul’s plea to the Galatians continued in this chapter, and it was a very anxious plea! To Paul, following the law is like being under someone else’s control as a child or even a slave would be (vv. 1-3). By contrast, believing […]
Acts 12
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Acts 12. Persecution by the religious leadership in Jerusalem started back in Acts 7 with the stoning of Stephen. It continued in Acts 8 through Saul, but God saved him in Acts 9. Here in Acts 12 we were told that Herod, a Jewish […]
Acts 9
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Acts 9. We met Saul yesterday and saw how he persecuted the church and, in God’s providence, was used to get the gospel out of Jerusalem and into the rest of Judea and also into Samaria, just as the Lord had commanded in Acts […]
Luke 22
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Luke 22. This lengthy chapter in Luke’s gospel detailed Jesus’s betrayal, last supper, and his religious trial by “the chief priests and the teachers of the law” (v. 66). In between his last supper and his arrest, the disciples argued (again) about who was the […]
Luke 21
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Luke 21. Materialism is an ever-present temptation for us. We are material beings, after all, because we have these physical bodies. They need to be dressed and enhanced and housed and driven around. Because God created us with an appreciation for beauty and we need […]
Luke 16
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Luke 16 This chapter contains one of the strangest parables Jesus spoke in verses 1-8. It is about a bad manager who, when he was getting fired, gave deep discounts to the customers of his master (vv. 1-7). The purpose of those discounts was […]
Luke 9
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Luke 9. This chapter began with Jesus sending out the Twelve to give the gospel and to do miraculous works to authenticate their message (vv. 1-2). Jesus told them to take nothing so that they would learn to rely on God’s provision for everything […]
Luke 3
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Luke 3. Luke chapter 3 begins with some historical context. It told us that John the Baptist began his ministry during “the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar” (v. 1). Then it goes on to list some other leaders. These leaders can […]