Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read the book of Jude. Jesus has atoned for our sins. Nothing can separate us from God’s love and we are fully and finally forgiven. So why not sin and live it up? Some people think we should. They might not put it that directly, […]
2 Peter 2
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 2 Peter 2. This chapter predicts strong judgment for false prophets. But the point of the chapter is not to warn the false prophets themselves; rather, the point is to warn US about them. They are sneakily deceptive according to verse 1 (“They will […]
2 Peter 1
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 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 […]
1 Timothy 3
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 1 Timothy 3. If you were starting an organization and looking for leaders to help it succeed, what kind of person would you look for? These are all reasonable things to look for, humanly speaking, but not one of them is reflected in the […]
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 […]
2 Corinthians 7
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 2 Corinthians 7. At the end of chapter 6, which we read last time, God’s word told us not to be unequally yoked with unbelievers (v. 14). One reason to obey this command is the promise of God in verse 16, “I will be […]
2 Corinthians 5
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 2 Corinthians 5. Yesterday in 2 Corinthians 4, we read that Paul and his companions did not lose heart despite the hardships they faced because they have a ministry that transforms lives by the power of Christ. Today’s reading continued the theme of serving […]
1 Corinthians 7
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 1 Corinthians 7. This chapter from 1 Corinthians contains several instructions around the subject of marriage. Verse 1 began the chapter with the phrase, “Now for the matters you wrote about.” The Corinthian believers had many questions about what was right and wrong for Christians […]