Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Acts 27. What is there to say about this chapter of scripture? In terms of spiritual growth, however there is very little to be had from reading this chapter, at least on the surface. But think a bit deeper about this. God is sovereign over […]
Acts 26
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Acts 26. Our reading from chapter 25 ended yesterday just as Paul, in prison in Caesarea, was about to speak to Festus, a Roman governor, and Agrippa, a Jewish governor / client king over the same area as Festus). Here in Acts 26 we read […]
Acts 21
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Today we return to the book of Acts. So, read Acts 21. It has been a while since we read Acts 20, so when Acts 21:1 said, “After we had torn ourselves away from them…” we need to be reminded that Paul had been speaking to […]
Romans 14
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Romans 14. Earlier in these devotionals on Romans, I mentioned that scholars have speculated that there might have been two churches in Rome–one Jewish and one Gentile. If that’s the case–and it is just speculation–then Paul did not see them as two churches but as […]
Romans 10
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Romans 10. In this chapter, Paul continued discussing the unbelief of his people Israel. He spoke directly about his desire and prayer for the salvation of his countrymen (v. 1). Then he reflected on his own experience and concluded, “Yes, we Jews are very […]
Acts 20
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Back to Acts for 1 chapter, then we go to Romans in our next devotional, according to the schedule I’m following for these devotions. Read Acts 20. As we read 2 Corinthians, we noted that Paul was coming to Corinth both to collect an offering for […]
2 Corinthians 11
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 2 Corinthians 11. Despite a lifetime of love, discipline, and teaching from good parents, young people sometimes reject their parents, even denouncing them, and choose instead to make foolish and sinful decisions. That is the kind of heartbreak that comes to mind when I […]
2 Corinthians 4
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 2 Corinthians 4. In 2 Corinthians 3, Paul defended his ministry to the Corinthians (3:1-6) and argued that the Corinthians themselves were a proof that God was working in Paul and his partners as they ministered. In both 1 and 2 Corinthians, Paul addressed an […]
1 Thessalonians 3
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 1 Thessalonians 3. When someone asks me to pray for someone I don’t know, I usually ask if the person I’m praying for is a Christian. It is disturbing to me how often the answer I get back is, “I don’t know.” But I’ll […]
1 Thessalonians 1
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 […]