by Matthew Borgstrom | Sep 28, 2026 | Uncategorized
There are many ways to prepare ahead of time, but here are a few: praying for your own heart and the hearts of those in your family to be ready to interact with God’s word and God’s people; praying for those serving out in front and behind the scenes; praying for God...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Sep 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
Paul’s charge to Timothy is instructive in 1 Tim 4:13 Until I come, give attention to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation and teaching. It’s easy to discern the importance of those focal points of Timothy’s devotion, but what’s really lost if...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Sep 7, 2026 | Uncategorized
In Col 1:14, the particular feature of redemption that Paul wishes to highlight is a pardoning of sins. Notice that Jesus did not come to immediately liberate us from the effects of living in a cursed world, although that comprehensive, final salvation will happen in...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Aug 31, 2026 | Uncategorized
What is ironic about the Christian life is that the necessary starting point for living in the power of God is to realize you are powerless in yourself, meaning that based on your own resources you pitifully lack what it takes to be faithful. That’s why a complete...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Aug 17, 2026 | Uncategorized
What Paul is praying for in Col 1:9 goes far beyond just being acquainted with biblical information or even memorizing it. Instead, Paul wants those in Colossae to be filled with it or made complete in it. The verb for filled is in the passive, which means that Paul...
