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 […]
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 12
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Acts 12. Persecution by the religious leadership in Jerusalem started back in Acts 7 with the stoning of Stephen. It continued in Acts 8 through Saul, but God saved him in Acts 9. Here in Acts 12 we were told that Herod, a Jewish […]
Acts 2
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Acts 2. What is “fellowship?” It is a term that we Christians use frequently. But do we really understand what it means? A lot of people think that “fellowship” is a word for “socializing but with my Christian friends.” Socializing is fine; an important […]
Luke 18
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Luke 18 Verses 1-8 start Luke 18 with a parable about prayer. The point of this story according to Luke was, “to show them that they should always pray and not give up.” The woman in this story badgered the unjust judge and eventually won […]
Luke 17
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Luke 17. Leprosy was a horrible disease to contract in the days Jesus lived on this earth. In order to keep from infecting other people, lepers had to live alone, away from society. If they came near anyone else, they had to warn them […]
Luke 11
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Luke 11. Does God really answer prayer? Going by what Jesus said here in Luke 11:1-13, not only does God answer prayer, he is waiting to bless us by answering our prayers. So, why don’t we get more answers to prayer? One reason is […]
Luke 1
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Luke 1. Zechariah and Elizabeth were quite a couple. Verse 6 told us that they “were righteous in the sight of God.” In other words, they were both people who did right, who loved what was right. The next phrase in verse 6 modified […]
Hebrews 5
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Hebrews 5. One of the struggles I’ve had as a Christian is the feeling that God hasn’t listened to my prayers. I know that God hears and knows everything, so the problem isn’t that my prayer wasn’t heard. The problem is that, although God […]
Matthew 9
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Matthew 9. The opening paragraph of this chapter told us about five men. One of them was paralyzed; the other four carried him to Jesus (v. 2). We were not told if the men said anything to Jesus, but whether they spoke or not, […]