Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 2 Peter 3. A key promise of our faith is that Christ will return and he will do so “soon.” Yet it has been over 2000 years since Christ was born, so where is the return he promised? That skeptical question has been thrown […]
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 […]
2 Timothy 4
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 2 Timothy 4. Paul seemed certain in this chapter that his life was nearing its end. He said so in verse 6, “I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near.” Despite the fact that he […]
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 […]
2 Thessalonians 1
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 2 Thessalonians 1. In yesterday’s reading we read about the end of humanity as we know it. We learned there in 1 Thessalonians 5 that most of the human race will be caught utterly unprepared when the “day of the Lord” comes in judgment. Here […]
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 […]
Luke 24
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Luke 24. This chapter describes the resurrection of Christ and his appearances to his disciples. At the end of this chapter, though, Jesus blessed the disciples (v. 50) and “…he left them and was taken up into heaven.” That was the end of Christ’s […]
Luke 20
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Luke 20. As we continue to read Luke’s account of the final week of Christ’s life, we read in today’s chapter how Jesus’ enemies tried various ways to discredit him. First they challenged his authority (vv. 1-8). Later they considered arresting him (v. 19), but […]
1 Chronicles 1-2, Zechariah 1, John 16
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 1 Chronicles 1-2, Zechariah 1, and John 16. This devotional is about John 16. This section in John continues the teaching of Jesus on his final day of freedom. John recorded the teachings Christ gave as he and his disciples walked from the upper […]
2 Kings 2, Obadiah, 2 Peter 3
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 2 Kings 2, Obadiah, and 2 Peter 3. This devotional is about 2 Peter 3. In addition to the threat of false teaching, which we read about yesterday, the church must guard against the ridicule of scoffers which we read about today here in […]