by Matthew Borgstrom | Nov 18, 2018 | Evangelism, Faithfulness, God's Word
If you remember from the first half of Acts 17, Paul has been chased out of the previous two locations, Thessalonica and Berea, and was led by some trusted brothers to Athens to wait for Timothy and Silas. It turns out neither the Holy Spirit nor Paul was going to...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Jun 12, 2018 | Bible Exposition, bible preaching, Bible Study, Expository Preaching, Faith, Following Christ, God's Word, Obedience, Pleasing Christ, reformed Baptist, Reformed Theology, Sanctification, Word of God
There’s no doubt we experience the Spirit’s work, for instance the transforming power of the rebirth and ongoing sanctification. But is this merely a feeling or is it objective realities that can be measured by God’s word? Think about it this way—if someone just...
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...
