Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 1 Thessalonians 5. What is God’s will for your life? That is an important question for every believer to consider. It is always helpful to remember that God’s will has two aspects to it: It was not God’s desired will for anyone to sin […]
1 Thessalonians 4
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 1 Thessalonians 4. Death is always an unpleasant topic. It is unpleasant to think about your own death and it is sad and difficult when others we know and love die. Because I am a pastor, I have attended more funerals than the average […]
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 2
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 1 Thessalonians 2. Unlike his relationship with some of the other churches he started, Paul had a great relationship with the church at Thessalonica. In yesterday’s reading, Paul described how the Thessalonians received the gospel from him and how they began spreading that gospel […]
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 […]
Acts 18
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Acts 18. In this chapter Paul met a couple, Aquila and Priscilla, who would become his friends and ministry associates. Verse 3 tells us that, in addition to having Christ in common, they also made a living by making tents just as Paul did […]
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 […]
Acts 16
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Acts 16. When I was in sixth grade, a new kid came to my church. He was my age so he was in my Sunday School class as well as in my AWANA group. I went to a Christian school and he went to […]
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 5
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Galatians 5. Paul continued passionately, here in Galatians 5, to argue that the Galatians must not try to mix faith in Christ with obedience to the Law of Moses (vv. 3-6). Verses 7-10 are a slight parenthesis in Paul’s argument. Paul stopped teaching about […]