There seems to be something almost magical about the end of one year and the beginning of a new year. It is so magical that many folks often make “New Year’s Resolutions”—this is going to be the time that I start something new, or this is going to be the time that I stop that particular habit. And so, we wait. Something…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 102)
Insurance is an interesting thing! It is not something that you just automatically receive when you are born or buy a house or a car. There are steps you must take to qualify for it. After you have it, you must continue to maintain it and keep up on your premiums. The worst thing to hear is that your insurance policy has lapsed. This is not…
Sometimes you hear something so often that you tune it out. Such is often the case with announcements made at church services. This was evident on a Sunday morning when the announcement maker made the customary appeal to silence all cell phones for the worship service, and then ten minutes later an Amber Alert came out. The Amber Alert revealed who wasn’t paying attention during…
It has been stated by some Bible students that since Jesus said, “There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him” (Mark 7:15), it is safe to conclude that alcohol does not defile a man, surmising that Jesus permits drinking alcohol in this text. Is that what Jesus is teaching? Every verse must always be kept in its…
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In the first chapter of the book of Job, Satan comes after Job to get him to denounce his faith and turn against the Lord. Even after the horrible events of that chapter, “Job did not sin” (1:21). The very first word of chapter 2 speaks volumes—“Again.” Satan was not done with Job. He came at him again in chapter two , but “in all this…
After a long, exhausting day of teaching and healing, “evening had come” and it was time to “cross over to the other side” of the sea (Mark 4:35). “Now when they had left the multitude, they took [Jesus] along in the boat as He was…And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling. But He…
Jesus “went through the cities and villages” of Perea and was “teaching,” while He was “journeying toward Jerusalem” for the last time (Luke 13:22). There were many things He needed to share with the people in these closing weeks of His life. One message that resonated with “one” of His hearers was when Jesus spoke of “few” who would be “saved” (13:23). …
We often quote Jeremiah 1:5 to prove that there is life in the womb. But have you considered the rest of the verse? God looked at the life in the womb, and even before his birth, God “ordained” Jeremiah to be “a prophet to the nations.” Consider a similar statement made by the prophet Isaiah (Isa. 49:1). The apostle Paul said that “God…separated me from my…