by Matthew Borgstrom | Nov 26, 2018 | Equipping the Saints, Faithfulness, Obedience, Pleasing Christ
So upon reaching the end of Acts 18:23, we have seen God’s protection of the gospel through the encouragement of the messengers. The encouragement came first through human partnership in vv.1-5. What a privilege it is to have a spouse who is a partner in the gospel...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Oct 8, 2018 | Discipleship, Equipping the Saints, Prayer
Does Paul’s concern for the churches in Acts 15:36 represent the content of our concerns or do our concerns sound like this: “I’m so concerned for that person because they got that bad health diagnosis or didn’t get the job they wanted or has serious financial...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Sep 10, 2018 | Bible Exposition, bible preaching, Biblical Fruit, Equipping the Saints, Expository Preaching, Faith, Following Christ, Fruit Bearing, reformed Baptist, Reformed Theology, Suffering
There’s no doubt that in troublesome times, we are shaken in our faith and feel disoriented—What is happening to me? Why is this happening? Why am I stuck in this circumstance? I think we need to admit that much of this is due to faulty expectations about the...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Jun 25, 2018 | Bible Exposition, bible preaching, Bible Study, Biblical Fruit, Equipping the Saints, Expository Preaching, Faithfulness, God's Glory, Obedience, Pleasing Christ, Word of God
These Christians in Acts 11:20 didn’t categorize people as churched or unchurched, meaning they didn’t treat mankind’s main problem as poor church attendance. Instead, it’s obvious that they classified everyone as either being reconciled to God through faith in...
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 8, 2017 | Bible Exposition, Bible Study, Dependence, Equipping the Saints, Spiritual Alertness
At the beginning of the book of Acts, the promise of the Spirit is highlighted again with regards to the disciples. I thought it would be helpful to think about how those texts in John 14-16, regarding the Spirit, apply to all believers. The specific wording leads...
