Sometimes it helps us to be reminded of things that we have read and that we know but that we sometimes lose sight of in the midst of life’s challenges. Consider just a few and be refreshed. God “is ABLE to strengthen you according to [His] gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ” (Rom. 16:25). God “is ABLE to keep what [you] have committed…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 5)
The Bible does not teach that a Christian can “earn” his way to heaven by doing good works (Eph. 2:8-9), but it does teach that we are created for “good works”(Eph. 2:10). Sometimes that might sound confusing. Sometimes folks will lean on the first part of that (verses 8-9, as if good works are not necessary to go to heaven) over the…
So many things have been done to depict the devil almost as a caricature that some people (even Christians) have a hard time accepting that the devil is real or that he has any influence over them today. No doubt, that is one of his “devices” (2 Cor. 2:11) that he uses to “deceive” (Rev. 12:9) folks and keep them “blinded” (2 Cor.…
Have you ever felt overwhelmed in your spirit? Like some folks were just out to get you? Like no one was concerned about you and you had nowhere to go? Have you ever felt in desperate need and that you were, figuratively, in prison? I am not just making up the words in the questions above randomly. They are drawn from the very words that a…
Let’s do some word studies and then make the application. In the book of First John, there are several words that are key terms, which are used repeatedly in the book. One of them is the word “know.” There is more than one Greek word that is translated “know” in English, but I want to focus only on the uses of the…
Have you ever been talking to someone about something and then you get on your phone and there is an ad for the very thing you were just talking about? Have you ever looked something up online and then the next time you got on your phone there was an ad for it? Advertisers are very good at writing algorithms to put in front…
Elisha built a close relationship with a couple in Shunem who cared for him, and he interceded to God on their behalf to miraculously have a child (2 Kgs. 4:8-17). Some years later, the child died at a young age, which threw the “soul” of the mother into “deep distress” (4:18-27). But when her husband spoke with her, she said, “It is well” (4:23). When…
His longtime friend was succumbing to a terminal illness and only had a short time to live. The Christian gentleman sat by his bedside and tried again to do the same thing he had oft tried before—to talk to his buddy about Jesus. He wanted nothing more than for his friend to leave this life prepared to meet his Savior. But the…