Circled up in a moment of celebration following a young man’s baptism, some older (than him) Christians offered quick advice on living the Christian life. Several themes ran through their wise counsel including, “Don’t try to do the Christian life on your own. You’ve got a great Christian family who loves you.” I wondered how many “older” Christians need to hear that same advice. How…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule
It is amazing how often a passage is misunderstood and misused, and yet equally amazing how simple that same passage really is. Such is the case with 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. These verses are often used to teach that Jesus will return and the church will be “caught up” (or “raptured”) to Him, and then either 1,000 years later or 1,007 years later,…
In school, we were not allowed to use calculators on our math tests. Those great little tools would have made those math questions so much easier, with just the punch of a few buttons! So why couldn’t we use them? Because the teacher wanted us to learn to think for ourselves. Today, those little calculators have become giant Ai data centers that can answer any…
A man of God went from Judah to Bethel in 1 Kings 13, as instructed by the Lord. Part of the commandment from the Lord included, “You shall not eat bread nor drink water there, nor return by going the way you came” (13:17). Pretty simple! However, an old prophet found him and told him, “I too am a prophet as you are, and an…
In your imagination right now, visualize a rubber duck. What does it look like? Certainly its head is distinct from its body, sitting erect on the front edge of the body. It has an orange beak and two eyes. It likely has a tail-like feather sticking up in the back and even a wing-like protrusion on each side. It is molded to…
Social media is an enjoyable way to keep up with our family and friends and all the fun, interesting or just random things that they are doing. Friends can see their friends on vacations, at celebrations, with their relatives, in selfies with random people, hanging out and eating at various places, etc. And your friends can see…
Jesus is the only person who ever lived who had any right to brag about Himself. But, where do you read Him doing that? You don’t! In fact, just the opposite! The “mind” of Jesus was to do “nothing…through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind” to “esteem others better than himself” (Phil. 2:3-5). And those verses in Philippians are telling us to do the…
One of the things that makes Bible study so enjoyable is reading about faithful brothers or sisters in Christ for whom there is very little information given. Why is that enjoyable? First, it rejoices the heart that God saw fit to introduce them to us, even if they were not “a big name in the church” (from our perspective). Second, it refreshes…