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 1
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Ephesians 1. At the end of Acts 28, Paul was living in his own rented home and waiting for two years for his trial in Rome. During this house arrest, Paul wrote his “prison epistles”–Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon–so this seems like an appropriate […]
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 […]
2 Corinthians 3
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 2 Corinthians 3. Why is it that when people hear the gospel or read the Bible, some believe but others are unmoved, unchanged? How can someone study the Bible for years without coming to believe that Jesus is the Christ and that he died […]
1 Corinthians 12
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 1 Corinthians 12 We’ve seen already that the Corinthian church was divided by opinions about teachers such as Paul and Apollos and by distinctions between the wealthy and the poor. Another divisive item in the church was the issue of spiritual gifts–miraculous spiritual gifts in […]
1 Corinthians 2
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 1 Corinthians 2. In this chapter, Paul explained to the Corinthians his approach to ministry. That approach was to rely on the message of Christ (v. 2) and the power of God’s Spirit (v. 4). Verses 14-15 described the differences between those who have […]
Galatians 6
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Galatians 6. Here in Galatians 6, Paul begins to describe what “walking in the Spirit” (5:16) looks like. One who walks in the Spirit will: Verses 7-10 explain why we should do these things. Paul cites the law of the farm, reminding us that […]
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 10
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Acts 10. In Acts 8, we read about how God used Saul’s persecution to move the church and the gospel out of Jerusalem and into Judea and Samaria, just as Jesus said would happen in Acts 1:8. Then, in Acts 9, we read how […]
Acts 7
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Acts 7. At the end of yesterday’s reading in Acts 6, we read about how God was using Stephen and how he was dragged before the Sanhedrin to answer for his message. Here in Acts 7, the story continued as Stephen answered the charge […]