by Matthew Borgstrom | Mar 18, 2018 | Bible Exposition, Bible Study, God's Word, Heart
What Stephen puts forth during his sermon in Acts 7 becomes the fundamental difference between all people who have ever lived: The heart’s response to Christ and His Word. Instead of bringing their wills under the authoritative revelation from Christ, some put...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Mar 11, 2018 | Bible Exposition, Bible Study, God's Word
In Stephen’s sermon in Acts 7, he demonstrates that repudiating God’s messenger of the truth is repudiating God himself. This principle helps us in a couple of ways. First, if we bring the truth to someone and it is rejected, we are not ultimately the ones...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Mar 4, 2018 | Bible Exposition, Bible Study, God, God's Glory
One reason the Christian message must begin with the God of glory, just as Stephen does in Acts 7, is because sin is ultimately a mighty offense against this God who is glorious and listen how Paul describes sin in Rom. 1:21 For even though they knew God, they did not...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Feb 25, 2018 | Bible Exposition, Bible Study, Marriage
In 1 Peter 3:7, the initial command given to husbands is to live with their wives according to knowledge. Here are some further considerations with regards to this: –Living with one’s wife according to knowledge does NOT mean that the relationship expectations...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Feb 18, 2018 | Bible Exposition, Bible Study, Marriage
We must consider our marriage as incredibly bigger and more significant than just the union of two people. God’s purposes transcend the personal fulfillment of two people in marriage. Do you view how you serve, talk, act and even think about your spouse with a...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Feb 11, 2018 | Bible Exposition, Bible Study, Church Leadership, Deacons
Now as we have been introducing this subject of deacon qualifications, some of you might be thinking: “I don’t have any plans to become a deacon, so why do I need to hear these things?” There are at least a few reasons: First, as we work through these qualifications,...
