by Matthew Borgstrom | Mar 30, 2026 | Uncategorized
2 ways to honor God for 10 years of His faithfulness: I. We should be humbled by what He has done 1. A substantial appetite for God’s word—Ps 19:7-11; 1 Pet 2:1-3 ...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Mar 15, 2026 | Uncategorized
James writes this is 1:2 Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. 4 And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. The...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Mar 9, 2026 | Uncategorized
When we incur resistance or even hostility towards the gospel message, there is no reason to automatically think that there was something wrong with our content or our presentation.Perhaps we were argumentative or came across as frustrated or judgmental that the other...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Mar 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
Throughout Acts 27, Paul had continued to trust in God, despite a seemingly hopeless situation and a seemingly irrational pathway to safety. This led to expansive ministry among a previously unreached people in the beginning of Acts 28. God loves to do this. He loves...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Feb 22, 2026 | Uncategorized
Employing faith in extremely difficult situations seems irrational and contrary to what seems reasonable. Along these lines, consider Gideon and his minimized army in Judges 7:2 The Lord said to Gideon, “The people with you are too many for me to give the Midianites...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Feb 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
If Luke was only interested in making sure the reader of Acts knew that Paul made it to Rome, he could have simply made a few summary statements about the perilous voyage. But if that were the case, God’s purposes and Paul’s faith in those purposes, would have been...