The Reason for Protecting the Priority of the Word

by Matthew Borgstrom | Feb 4, 2018 | Bible Exposition, Bible Study, Word of God

In thinking about this statement at the end of Acts 6:2, we must realize that the apostles have a very unique calling regarding the word of God, as laid out in John 14-16, so if they get sidetracked from their responsibilities, even by a good thing like tangibly...

A God-Centered Understanding of Honor

by Matthew Borgstrom | Jan 28, 2018 | Bible Exposition, Bible Study

How is it that the apostles leave rejoicing in 5:41, after getting beaten and ordered to be silent?  That can’t be right.  The scribes of our Bible translations must have gotten that wrong and there has to be a discrepancy of different words among the manuscripts,...

God’s Holiness Expressed

by Matthew Borgstrom | Jan 21, 2018 | Bible Exposition, Bible Study, Holiness

Any man-centered thinking brought to the biblical text blows a fuse at Acts 5.  Why did God treat the lying of Ananias and Sapphira as such a threat?  What’s really at stake here?  Would anyone else even know?  It’s hard to say.  Would anyone be hurt be this...

Great Grace Given Led to Great Needs Being Met

by Matthew Borgstrom | Jan 14, 2018 | Bible Exposition, Bible Study, Giving, Grace

How did Luke know that great grace was being poured out in Acts 4:33, since grace does not visibly fall from heaven like rain?  Grace was evident because all needs in the body were being met.  Those less fortunate were not being ignored because any who owned land or...

Powerful Principles for Boldness

by Matthew Borgstrom | Jan 7, 2018 | Bible Exposition, Bible Study, Boldness

What led these Christians in Acts 4 to press on through hostility and not take a step backwards and cool it?  The content of their prayer provides the answer.  They had a proper biblical expectation in that if the world took a raging disposition against the Messiah,...

The Real and Superior Peace of Christ

by Matthew Borgstrom | Dec 24, 2017 | Bible Exposition, Bible Study, Faith, Peace, Repentance, Salvation

So, Christ’s first coming brought peace to the soul, but his second coming will also bring peace to the earth.  No matter what then, our hope must always remain fixed on the Prince of Peace, lest we try to obtain peace superficially by thinking that peace is tied to...