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...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Jul 10, 2017 | Following Christ, Prayer, Uncategorized
It’s this real fight of faith and summit of submission that we see in Jesus in Mark 14:32ff, which not only secures our salvation, but provides the ultimate prototype for all Christian obedience. The final critical component put forth is that the Christian life is all...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Jun 30, 2017 | Obedience, Pleasing Christ, Unbelief
We can probably relate a little bit with Christ here in Mark 14 as the disciples dispute what he is telling them. Perhaps we have spoken with someone and shared our concerns about the trajectory of their life, but they haven’t taken us seriously, even if they weren’t...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Jun 11, 2017 | Obedience, Pleasing Christ
Mark 14:1-11 — Now the Passover and Unleavened Bread were two days away; and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to seize Him by stealth and kill Him; 2 for they were saying, “Not during the festival, otherwise there might be a riot of the...
by Matthew Borgstrom | May 30, 2017 | Spiritual Alertness, Spiritual Readiness
Mark 13:24-37 — 24 “But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light, 25 and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken. 26 Then they will see the Son of...
