Do you have some good friends? Do you have the kind of friend that you can call or text any time and you know you’ll get a quick response? Someone you pretty much can reach out to any time of the day or night? But, even that friend has other things to do—right? There are times that he/she needs to focus on “his/her own things”—right? And, you…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 50)
The greatest gift in the history of the earth is “the gift of God” that involves our salvation from our own sins (Eph. 2:8). Through His marvelous “grace,” God gave the gift of His Son, and through the agency of His precious “blood,” He cleanses us from the guilt and condemnation of our own disobedience to His will (Eph. 1:7). What a…
Picture the comic strip detective holding his magnifying glass, hunched over, following the clues. Picture the hunter in the thick brush with his hound trailing the scent of some wild game. In both of those illustrations, there is something that is trackable, in order to reach the end of locating and securing that which has been tracked, so that the tracking is completed. In…
A screwdriver is created for a specific purpose. That’s not hard to figure out. A flashlight is also created for a purpose. A screwdriver cannot fulfill the flashlight’s purpose, nor vice versa. If the shaft of a screwdriver breaks or the batteries in a flashlight die, those devices cannot fulfill their intended purpose. Fellow Christian, we have each been created for a specific purpose. We have been…
Why there is such controversy in the religious community today over the Biblical requirements for one to be saved from sins is rather mind-boggling! The New Testament makes God’s conditions for salvation abundantly clear. In order to obtain the forgiveness of sins, one must believe Jesus is God’s Son, repent of his sins and confess his faith. All of those are clearly…
Forty-five years after the twelve spies returned from spying out the Promised Land and the people of Israel believed and followed the pessimistic perspective of the ten spies, Caleb recalled the effect of that faithless report. This faithful spy, in his old age, said, “My brethren who went up with me made the heart of the people melt” (Josh. 14:8). This same evaluation…
3,500 years ago, the king of Egypt grew increasingly concerned about the size and might of the Israelite nation. The king instructed the Hebrew midwives to take matters into their hands: “When you do the duties of a midwife for the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstools, if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a…
There are some who question there being multiple steps and conditions required for salvation. However, “the way of man is not in himself,” for “it is not in man who walks to direct his own steps” (Jer. 10:23). God is the author of salvation (Heb. 5:9), so we must respect and obey whatever conditions He specifies (and as many as He stipulates).…