by Matthew Borgstrom | Aug 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
How important is precision and accuracy to God, as it relates to gospel understanding and proclamation? Now we know that there are some doctrines and some passages of Scripture that are more difficult to understand and that which have little to no bearing on one’s...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Aug 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
In the opening verses of Acts 18, we discovered that God’s messengers would need to be encouraged to persevere, but we also know that God’s messengers would need to be protected. Throughout Scripture, there are many ways that individuals and God’s people as a whole...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Aug 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
Do you go to the word for encouragement like the Psalmist when you feel like you’re in that kind of state? If not, why not? Perhaps you do not believe that the word will help you; that it only contains some truths that help some people at some times? Or perhaps you’re...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Jul 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
In Acts 17, Paul has continued to rely on reasoning from the Scriptures, regardless of the setting. Imagine if Paul tried to tamper with the method or the message in an effort to make the gospel more acceptable or rational to the idolaters of Athens. All he would have...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Jul 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
In Acts 17:11, Luke points out something different about these listeners in Berea. They were more noble-minded or open-minded than the Thessalonians. Don’t think of these people as squishy with no convictions, thus being open-minded to every new-fangled idea that...
