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 […]
2 Timothy 3
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 2 Timothy 3. There are good reasons to be glad to be alive today. Life expectancy is greater than it has been in hundreds of years. Technology has given us the ability to communicate constantly and never to be bored. Poverty has been falling around […]
2 Timothy 2
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 2 Timothy 2. Paul’s life was coming to an end. Timothy, apparently a much younger man, would not live forever either. If the church in Ephesus was going to survive and thrive beyond the short term, the false teaching in it needed to be rooted […]
2 Timothy 1
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 2 Timothy 1. This letter to Timothy was the last of Paul’s letters. It was penned during his second incarceration in Rome. Unlike the first one (the Acts 28 house arrest one), Paul was not released but executed. We do not know how much time […]
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 […]
Titus 2
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Titus 2. Self-control is a key theme of this chapter. Older men are to be taught to have it (v. 2), older women are commanded to teach it to younger women (v. 5) and Titus was to encourage young men to be self-controlled as well […]
Titus 1
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Titus 1. Over the course of my lifetime, I have heard of and met some highly authoritarian pastors. Once I was running a conference for pastors and one pastor who called to register for the conference lectured me for three or four minutes about […]
1 Timothy 6
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 1 Timothy 6. What motivates teachers of false doctrine? According to verse 4, it is pride: “they are conceited.” And, wouldn’t you have to be? To set forth your own ideas as if they were scripture, someone needs an over-inflated self-confidence. Another motivation is […]
1 Timothy 5
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read 1 Timothy 5. Our faith as Christians is about more than our beliefs. It is a gift from God that transforms us, including the way that we think about and act toward other people. Here in 1 Timothy 5, Paul spelled out some of the […]