by Matthew Borgstrom | Jun 29, 2016 | Discipleship, Following Christ, Holiness, Obedience
Determining Christ’s Family How does Christ determine who is in his family? Jesus could have mentioned any stipulation here in Mark 3:35–consistently coming to hear his words taught or finding him likable to the point of not thinking he’s a lunatic...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Jun 23, 2016 | Discipleship, Following Christ, Holiness, Obedience
True Discipleship So unlike the crowds, these true disciples in Mark 3:13-19 experienced absolute temporal loss in that they left everything to follow him and this ended up costing them their lives. They became apostles; the foundation of the church, and the Lord used...
by Matthew Borgstrom | May 22, 2016 | Obedience, Perseverance
Persevering in Obedience How quickly do we let obstacles prevent us from believing in and obeying Christ? Sadly, doesn’t the slightest resistance easily get us off track? “He did this” or “She said that” or “I just can’t get over how I was mistreated” or...