After telling someone some vitally important information that he needed to know, the person said to me, “You’ve got something stuck in your teeth.” Embarrassed, I removed the leafy item, and then came this question, “Now, what we’re you saying?” I had already explained everything he needed to hear in detail, but he hadn’t “heard” any of it. All he was doing…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 220)
Being a “Christian husband” is a tremendous responsibility. First of all, it emphasizes being a “Christian.” A Christian is one who has submitted to Christ, put on Christ and is seeking to emulate Christ. (The focus is no longer on self but on Christ!) Quite a responsibility! Second, it emphasizes being a “husband.” A husband is one who has committed to his…
The Bible is the inspired, inerrant Word of God! The evidence that points to this conclusion is solid and abundant–its unity, its factual accuracy, its scientific foreknowledge, its predictive prophecy and fulfillment. It has been given and preserved by the God of heaven Himself! Therefore, as finite creatures, how can we do anything else than just take it for what it says!…
Take a moment and reflectively read the following character traits from Second Timothy 3. As you read them, answer the question, “Do you know any persons who have qualities like these?” People who are “lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of…
In an address delivered on May 28, 1893, to the Y.M.C.A. of the University of Missouri, J.W. McGarvey (a tremendous Bible scholar, author and preacher of the 19th century), related the following story about “Gen. A.W. Doniphan, a conspicuous officer in the Mexican War, an eminent lawyer, and for many years the leader of the Whig party in [Missouri]. “Until he was…
The day is coming on which “we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ” (2 Cor. 5:10). On that day, what would you like to be holding in your hand, as you stand before your Savior and your Judge? Would you like to be holding a cocktail, a beer or alcoholic beverage of some kind? Would you like to be…
This message is for every Christian! When you’re not at worship, we miss you! When you’re not at Bible study, we miss you! When you’re not at your home congregation, we miss you! Now, sometimes you’re traveling and hundreds of miles away when we meet for services. We wish you safe travels, and we miss you! Sometimes you’re way-too-ill to leave your…
What does the Bible say about the right of a wife to divorce her husband for looking at pornography? If he spends time looking at images of women (and thereby lusting for those women), can she, with God’s approval, get a divorce and even remarry at some point in the future? Obviously, in our culture today, this is not a hypothetical question. …