Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Luke 15. A few years ago, I was standing in line at a coffee shop while the couple in front of me placed their orders, paid, and received change. As the cashier was handing the man his change, he dropped one of the coins. […]
Luke 12
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Luke 12. In verse 1, Jesus warned the disciples about the “yeast of the Pharisees” which he defined as “hypocrisy.” The hypocrisy he had in mind has four elements: Let me make up an example. Here in Luke 12:21 Jesus condemned someone who “stores […]
Luke 5
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Luke 5. Anyone who watches us closely enough and critically enough will be able to detect at least some of our sins. We don’t spend all our time sinning but the desire to sin never goes away fully and, with the right circumstances and […]
Luke 4
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Luke 4. Before Jesus began his public ministry in verse 14, it was appropriate for him to win a private victory. Specifically, in order to preach righteousness to others, Jesus, as a man, had to practice righteousness first himself. That is one reason for his […]
Luke 3
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Luke 3. Luke chapter 3 begins with some historical context. It told us that John the Baptist began his ministry during “the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar” (v. 1). Then it goes on to list some other leaders. These leaders can […]
Matthew 17
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Matthew 17. God’s Law required Jewish men to pay a flat tax at every census “for the service of the tent of meeting” (v. 16 of Ex 30:11-16). By the time of Jesus, this tax had become an annual fee required of every man […]
Matthew 1
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Happy New Year and welcome to our reading of the New Testament. These devotionals will arrive in your inbox Monday through Friday. Reading God’s word is much more important than reading my devotional thoughts, so if you are pressed for time on any given day, […]
2 Chronicles 33 and Proverbs 31
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 2 Chronicles 33 and Proverbs 31. This devotional is about 2 Chronicles 33. Some human governments move back and forth like a pendulum and that’s what Judah’s leadership was like at times during the divided kingdom. After all the good that Hezekiah did during […]
2 Chronicles 13 and Revelation 9
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 2 Chronicles 13 and Revelation 9. This devotional is about Revelation 9. Years ago, as I listened to a recording of a debate between an atheist and a Christian apologist, The atheist complained that the Bible hasn’t been updated in over 1000 years. He […]
2 Chronicles 11-12 and Revelation 8
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 2 Chronicles 11-12 and Revelation 8. This devotional is about 2 Chronicles 11-12. In 2 Chronicles 10, Solomon’s son Rehoboam became Israel’s king, but he immediately lost most of his kingdom when most of the tribes of Israel rebelled. They rebelled because of Rehoboam’s […]