by Matthew Borgstrom | Oct 15, 2018 | Child-like Dependence, Faith, Following Christ
The way that the Holy Spirit guides Paul and Barnabas’ missionary efforts in the beginning portion of Acts 16 should cause us to give much more consideration to the Spirit’s providential guidance in our lives in the opening of doors and the closing of them. ...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Oct 8, 2018 | Discipleship, Equipping the Saints, Prayer
Does Paul’s concern for the churches in Acts 15:36 represent the content of our concerns or do our concerns sound like this: “I’m so concerned for that person because they got that bad health diagnosis or didn’t get the job they wanted or has serious financial...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Oct 1, 2018 | Biblical Fruit, Loving One Another, Obedience, Pleasing Christ
So what do we do with this instruction from the Jerusalem Council in Acts 15. Animals which have been strangled during worship feasts for idols is probably one of the farthest thing from our minds. Nevertheless, the takeaway for all Christians for all time is that...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Sep 24, 2018 | Biblical Fruit, False Teaching, Gospel, Grace, Holiness, Obedience
We read from Colossians 2:8-19 during our Scripture reading time because it’s actually easier than we might think to lose sight of Christ being the centerpiece. According to that passage, you can know you are thinking correctly about this when you have power over...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Sep 17, 2018 | Adversity, Faithfulness, Following Christ, Theology
The debate in the beginning of Acts 15 is virtually identical to the heresy in Galatians where Paul is combating the idea of making circumcision part of justification (being declared righteous by God through faith alone in Christ). What’s most insightful in...
