“So, what do you want to be when you grow up?” That is the question that adults will always ask children. The usual answers include: doctor, nurse, teacher, firefighter, etc. In recent years, the answers have started to include: YouTuber, Vlogger, Social Media Influencer. There are lots of options out there today, and parents will often try to steer their children in…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 31)
The God that you read about in the Bible DOES NOT CHANGE (Mal. 3:6; Heb. 13:8)! He is the SAME God today as He was in Old Testament days and New Testament days. When the king of Syria sent his “great army” and “surrounded” God’s people (2 Kgs. 6:14), God was not off on vacation somewhere, nor was God too small to handle the…
In a recent Bible class, it was noted that first-century Corinth was not only the capital city of Achaia, but it was also “The Capital of Immorality.” Can you imagine how difficult it must have been to teach people about Jesus in the midst of religious perversion, rampant sexual immorality and sinful vices in abundance? Oh, wait! You live in 21st-century American culture! Maybe you can…
One must NEVER take a verse out of context! One must NEVER make a verse in the Bible mean something that it did not or does not mean! Still, when one understands passages in their context, look for applications for us today. During His last week of life before the crucifixion, Jesus cursed a fig tree because it had no figs, and…
Talking about others behind their back seems almost like a sport or a competition today. We have to be intentional and paying close attention to our conversations to stop ourselves from doing it. Can we look at this for a moment? James 4:11 commands simply, “Do not speak evil of one another, brethren.” The same Greek word is used twice in First Peter of others…
Solomon was overwhelmed with being king of Israel, and the Lord wanted to get him started off on the right foot. The Lord asked Solomon, “What shall I give you?” (1 Kgs. 3:5). The king simply requested “a wise and understanding heart” (3:9, 12), and that is exactly what the all-powerful, all-wise, all-loving God gave to him. Wisdom! Near the end of his days, the…
There are certain verses and phrases in the Bible that we know very well, often because of the comfort and reassurance that they bring to us. One such verse is found in Matthew, Mark and Luke. The verses vary slightly in each of the accounts, but they all say basically the same thing, “With men it is impossible, but not with God;…
Sometimes we may wonder if anybody knows or anybody cares what we do for others. Maybe we feel like we’re always the one giving but not very often on the receiving end. Perhaps we are forgetting too much and not remembering enough. The word “forget” is found three times in the book of Hebrews. First, the author wants Christians to remember that “God is not…