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, […]
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 […]
Titus 3
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Titus 3. Today we read something that every Christian who uses social media should : “Remind the people… to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and always to be gentle toward everyone.” Why? Because there was a time when each of us was […]
1 Timothy 1
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 1 Timothy 1. Ephesus was an important place in the story of the New Testament. Paul spent two years there on his third missionary journey according to Acts 19:10. Paul travelled to other cities after those two years in Ephesus, but toward the end of […]
Ephesians 3
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Ephesians 3. Paul described for the Ephesians how he prayed for them in verses 14-19 of this chapter. His prayer was that they would be strengthened spiritually by God’s power (v. 16). Specifically, he wanted them to know Christ by faith (v. 17) and go […]
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 […]
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 […]
1 Corinthians 13
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 1 Corinthians 13. This famous chapter of scripture is part of Paul’s teaching on spiritual gifts which began back in chapter 12. The Corinthians had a proud perspective on spiritual gifts. The more powerfully God had gifted someone, the more spiritual that person seemed to […]
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 […]
James 2
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read James 2. James 2 is a chapter about favoritism. Verses 1-13 speak to the issue of favoritism directly; verses 14-25 speak more generally about the need for a faith that works. Verses 14-25, of course, can stand on their own and contribute quite a […]