How do you decide if it’s going to be a good day or a bad day? How does your heart make the call if you’re safe or out, complete or incomplete, winning or losing, being rewarded or punished? There is a verb used in Colossians 3:15 that is not found anywhere else in the New Testament. Most English Bibles translate the word…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 232)
It may make you uncomfortable to state or hear or consider or admit that life on this earth stinks, but you know this to be true. Consider the evidence. Homosexuality is becoming commonplace. Polygamy is making its way into mainstream discussions. Marriage is being mocked and dismantled. Unwed births are becoming the norm. Thousands of unborn children are murdered every day. Alcohol…
If you believe in the one, true, living God (Eph. 4:6; 1 Thess. 1:9), you can be tremendously blessed! If you believe in the deity, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ (Rom. 10:9; 1 Thess. 4:14), you can be tremendously blessed! If you believe in the inspiration, inerrancy and infallibility of the Bible (2 Tim. 3:16-17; Jas. 1:25; 1 Cor. 2:9-13), you…
Ok, admit it. There are some people that just have a knack for getting under your skin. What kinds of folks really irritate you? Young people? Old people? Slow people? Fast people? Rich people? Poor people? Talkative people? Loud people? Quiet people? Smart people? Not-so-smart people? Busy people? Lazy people? Opinionated people? Non-opinionated people? Serious people? Silly people? People like you? People…
What is life about? What should be my focus in life? When I look at life, do I need to use any other pronouns other than first person singular? Consider Paul’s outlook. With the possibility of having his life taken from him while imprisoned in Rome, Paul reflected on the purpose of his life. “In nothing I shall be ashamed” (Phil. 1:20). …
You’ve been there, haven’t you? When everything seems to be going wrong? When things at home, things at school, things at work, things at church…things with friends, things with family… personal things, technology things, health things, financial things…e-v-e-r-y thing goes wrong? What have people told you to do? Finish the sentence: “When all else fails…” What? “When all else fails, read the…
What was Jesus’ purpose in coming? How would you answer that question? Our immediate thought likely goes to Luke 19:10–“to seek and to save the lost.” Can you think of a verse that has the word “purpose”? Approaching His final hours, Jesus exclaimed, “For this purpose I came to this hour…” (John 12:27). Peter preached that He was “delivered by the determined…
It is sometimes wondered when the early church transitioned from worshiping on the Sabbath to worshiping on the first day of the week. The answer is revealed to us from the very beginning of the church. The New Testament church was established in Acts 2. The church began and gathered for the first time on a Sunday (Pentecost was always on the…