by Matthew Borgstrom | Jun 18, 2018 | Bible Exposition, bible preaching, Biblical Fruit, Discipleship, Equipping the Saints, Expository Preaching, Faith, Following Christ, Fruit Bearing, Holy Spirit, Killing Sin, Obedience, Perseverance, Pleasing Christ, reformed Baptist, Reformed Theology
It was very obvious in the early days of the church to identify when someone had fallen away from the faith. They left the real church and went to follow false teachers who clearly were not sanctioned by the apostles. In our day, they just hop around to different...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Oct 2, 2017 | Bible Exposition, Bible Study, Biblical Fruit, Child-like Dependence, Dependence, Expository Preaching, Humility, Involvement, Obedience, Pleasing Christ, Resurrection, Servant Mindset, Spiritual Readiness, True Greatness
By the end of John 20, all of the disciples have believed in the Risen Christ and were thus fully assured that he had resurrected from the dead. But were they ready to carry on Jesus’ mission? In other words, could Acts 1 have followed John 20 instead of John...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Aug 7, 2016 | Biblical Fruit, Dependence, Faith, Following Christ, Trust
Fear Conquering Faith Mark 5:21-43 — 21 And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him, and he was beside the sea. 22 Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and seeing him, he fell at his...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Jul 18, 2016 | Biblical Fruit, Discipleship, Evangelism, Following Christ
Understanding the Kingdom So what’s the correlation to the kingdom of God in this parable in Mark 4:26-29? If we consider the context of the book of Mark it’s this: God is in complete control of the results of Jesus’ ministry and the same will be true for the results...