by Matthew Borgstrom | Jan 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
How do the Praise Psalms intend the sanctification of God’s people? It’s always humbling for us to acknowledge God as the source of our deliverance. The more we refuse credit for anything in our lives, the more useful we will be to him. Moreover, the Bible says that...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Jan 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
After discussing the parenting paradigms from Ephesians 6 and various Proverbs, there is one, final, critical truth to discuss: Just because we adopt these paradigms does not mean there is a guarantee of our children’s salvation or even that our kids won’t make...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Jan 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
It’s not debatable that we must protect our children from bad influences, which is a noble desire, for 1 Corinthians does say that bad company corrupts good morals. That means that an overexposure to those who are bent on doing evil can influence others to such an...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Dec 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
As Thomas Watson so aptly worded it in his book, The Doctrine of Repentance, “confession must acknowledge the source.” The source of all our sin is, of course, our own sinful nature. To embrace this truth even more, it’s often helpful to consider that...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Dec 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
In order to pursue the Lord and fight the fight of faith as we should, we are going to have to dive into, perhaps, the greatest biblical tension in the NT. This tension I am referring to is captured in these statements: On the one hand, we are informed that our old...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Dec 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
It’s a sad reality that the truth just bounces off some people like a ball off of a brick wall. How so? It’s because they have a built-in tuner that when the conviction comes, they tune it out by thinking about other people whom they think are worse offenders than...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Dec 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
Jesus’ words in the following text are particularly counter-cultural in evangelicalism—Matt. 7:13 “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. 14 For the gate is narrow and the...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Nov 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
We must understand that our accountability is largely based on our stewardship of the truth. For instance, to hear the word of God and not do anything about what you hear is like playing with fire, because you can become more hardened by the only thing that can...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Nov 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
As we think about the truth that our time is limited, one of the immediate implications is that our lives and everyone else’s lives are fleeting–James 4:14…What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. This is why Moses...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Nov 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
Even though the Isaiah 6 quotation in Acts 28 has a very specific purpose and application to the people of Israel, the principle carries over to all Christian ministry. We have hit this theme many times throughout our study of Acts, so it is fitting that we would...
