by Matthew Borgstrom | Feb 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
In Ps. 115:4, the Psalmist explains that the nations’ idols (their objects of worship) are manufactured by man’s hands through the fabrication of things the one, true God has created, like gold and silver. These idols need to be spruced up to look good to the eyes of...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Feb 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
So how are we to think about God’s reign as it relates to our present time and as it relates to the future reign of the final David, who is the Messiah? This is a question of utter importance right now for there are many Christians who deny the straightforward sense...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Feb 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Love is the overarching principle in matters of conscience and all things in body life (Rom. 13:8-10), so if love is neglected, souls can be destroyed. More specifically, our goal can never be to get someone to push past their conscience, even if we seek to lovingly...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Jan 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
In the final verse of the first section in Romans 14 (v.12), Paul revisits the content of the end of v.10, which mentions standing before the judgment seat of God. He does this by referring to our individual accountability before the Lord. In light of that, here’s...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Jan 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
In the 2nd line of Ps. 103:8, David writes that Yahweh is slow to anger. It’s an interesting Hebrew phrase, which literally reads, long-nosed. It means it takes a long time to reach a flaring up of the nostrils. The opposite of this is similar to when we describe...
