by Matthew Borgstrom | Dec 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
What does your life consist of? When Christ says, “I came that my people may have life, and have it abundantly,” is this the life we are hoping in? This life that came about through his death. This life that makes us more like him now and will...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Dec 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
There are a couple of biblical realities that have not only been evident on the pages of Acts, but they are realities we might have experienced ourselves or may perhaps experience in the future. On the one hand, Jesus promised hostility from the world simply due...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Dec 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
It’s a great danger to try to attach the name of Jesus to one’s personal ministry without being really linked to him, which is obvious by one’s refusal to do what he has said, namely with regards to ministry methods. What’s clear in the book of Acts...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Aug 27, 2017 | Substitution of Christ, Suffering, Uncategorized
In the end, after this vapor has vanished from this earth, we will share in Christ’s glory as we are transformed into sinless beings with eternal bodies, fit to worship him forever. Can you faithfully endure, knowing what is to come? Is the reward of eternal glory...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Jul 25, 2017 | Following Christ, Pleasing Christ, Suffering, Uncategorized
Now it’s definitely a godly trait to submit to mistreatment when it catches you off guard and/or overpowers you. We are called to respond with a faithful testimony in the midst of hostility as found in 1 Pet. and James. Typically, these types of things surprise and...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Jul 16, 2017 | Following Christ, Prayer, Uncategorized
In light of the necessity of prayer, why don’t we pray for ourselves or others as we ought? The answers won’t be surprising—we lack faith or we lack dependence or both. We don’t believe prayer works because we can’t see immediate results or we don’t believe God hears...
