There is great power in prayer. Prayer can truly “avail much” (Jas. 5:16), but it cannot save an alien sinner from his sins. Consider the conversion of Saul of Tarsus. Saul would later call himself the “chief” of “sinners” (1 Tim. 1:15). Was he saved from his sins by praying? In Acts 9, Jesus appeared to Saul on the road to Damascus. Jesus told Saul to “go…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 59)
This is the time of year when graduation notices start coming in the mail, graduation parties are being hosted, graduation pictures start to flood social media and graduates start to move on with their lives to bigger and better things. Congratulations to all of the graduates out there! Now, I just have one plea to make of you—DON’T GRADUATE! Please! At the…
There is no better part of your day (don’t even try to argue against this!) than when you get to read your Bible! Thus, reading it should be a principal part of each day. But, we must do more than merely run our eyes over lines of text. We must take time to understand it. The Ethiopian eunuch was reading from Isaiah 53, but Philip…
How shameful that some have tried to suggest that the church of Jesus Christ was founded upon Peter! When Jesus said, in Matthew 16:18, “You are Peter,” his name is from the Greek petros, which is “a stone that might be thrown or easily removed.” But, the “rock” on which Jesus would “build” His “church” is the Greek petra, which is “a mass of…
Many people today, including some Christians, have a view of the church that does not harmonize with the view that Christ had (and would have us to have) toward the church. The church is often viewed today as something that is “optional,” or as a “crutch” for those who are weak-minded, or as a “charitable organization” that takes donations, or as a…
In one of the lengthier psalms, David extolled all that the Lord had done for him. The Lord “saved” him (Psa. 18:3), “heard” him (18:6), “flew upon the wings of the wind” for him (18:10), “thundered from heaven” for him (18:13), “took” him (18:16), “drew” him out of danger (18:16), “delivered” him from the enemy (18:17, 43, 48, 50), “supported” him (18:18), “delighted”…
The word “worthy” means “having worth or value; of commendable excellence or merit; deserving attention, respect, admiration.” Read those words one more time. Then think about the words of Psalm 18:3 – “I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised.” Our Lord is WORTHY to be praised! There are many reasons for that, but note the ones that David emphasizes in…
As Jesus hung in agony on the cross, they offered Him “sour wine mingled with gall to drink. But when He had tasted it, He would not drink” (Matt. 27:34). The word “tasted” there is not hard to figure out. It is the same word found in John 2:9, when the master of the feast “tasted the water that was made wine.” …