Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Mark 5. At the end of Mark 4 yesterday, Jesus calmed the storm and caused the disciples to ask themselves, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!” (Mark 4:41). Here in chapter 5 the answer to that question emerged from […]
Mark 3
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Mark 3. In Mark 2, which we read yesterday, Jesus told the Pharisees that he did not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance. Jesus’ statement could be read to imply that he believed the Pharisees were righteous. Although nobody seems to have […]
Mark 2
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Mark 2. In our last devotional, from Mark 1, I wrote, “…the biggest reason why Jesus healed was to demonstrate his power. The healings authenticated his message and gave a taste of the perfections of the kingdom that Jesus proclaimed. ” We see that truth again […]
Mark 1
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Mark 1. If you had a terminal illness or a permanent, disfiguring, disabling injury, how far would you travel to be healed? Would you travel a long way if the chance of being healed was 50%? 20%? 1%? My guess is that just about […]
Philippians 4
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Philippians 4. When we read Philippians 1 last week, I described to you the giving track record of the church in Philippi. Thanking the Philippians for their financial support was one of the key reasons that Paul wrote this letter. We saw that in […]
Philippians 3
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Philippians 3. In many of the places where Paul founded churches, he faced immediate opposition and follow-up opposition. Immediate opposition refers to the persecutions he faced from locals–sometimes Jewish, sometimes Gentile–who were opposed to the growing gospel message. We read about these frequently in the […]
Philippians 1
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Philippians 1. This is another of Paul’s prison letters (v. 7: “whether I am in chains…”), this one written to the church at Philippi. Paul founded this church during his second missionary journey (Acts 16:6-40). He also visited Philippi twice during his third missionary journey […]
Colossians 4
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Colossians 4. This chapter began by continuing to describe how being raised with Christ and setting our minds on things above (3:1-2) changes our daily lives. After applying this truth to masters (4:1), the scripture turned to our prayer lives (vv. 2-4) and how […]
Colossians 3
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Colossians 3. In many different ways, Christ calls us to live in the present based on things that are past or future. In the present we have to live in a fallen world and we struggle against the instincts of our fallen nature. But […]
Colossians 2
Rumble | YouTube | SermonAudio | New Arbor Bible Church Read Colossians 2. The church at Colossae that received this letter was not started by Paul. Colossians 1:7 plainly states that the people who received this letter from Paul had received the gospel from “… Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of […]