by Matthew Borgstrom | Jun 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
According to Hebrews 5, throughout his life, Jesus learned obedience through increasing difficulty with the result that he would be prepared to take this final step of obedience by submitting to the Father’s will in the Garden of Gethsemane.It’s this real fight of...
by Matthew Borgstrom | May 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
The very last verse of this section contains the theme of this final section–Acts 16:5 So the churches were being strengthened in the faith, and were increasing in numbers daily. That outcome is highly expected after the teaching, preaching and encouragement...
by Matthew Borgstrom | May 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
Now that the equality of everyone’s status of salvation by grace through faith has been established, whether Jew or Gentile, does that settle everything in the Acts 15 controversy? With this biblical teaching on justification reinforced, can the church function as it...
by Matthew Borgstrom | May 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
Instead of supplying comprehensive guidelines for a godly wife, Proverbs 31:10-31 demonstrates the outcome of living by the wisdom principles in the Proverbs. So the takeaway from this passage is not that the wife has to go start her own business or make her own...
by Matthew Borgstrom | May 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
In Acts 15, it is apparent that Jews and Gentiles have been saved by grace and both Jews and Gentiles have been called to be holy. This is directly related to being redeemed by God to be his own possession and when God’s make someone his own possession, that person...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Apr 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
There are two major perversions of the gospel that have existed since the time of the New Testament. Both are derived from merely adding Christ to one’s life without giving up what was driving one’s life to begin with. The one from Jude 4 is the antinomian version...
