One of the most comforting and thrilling verses in all of the Bible is the prophecy that Jeremiah foresaw in the coming new covenant and which was highlighted as a reality for Christians in the book of Hebrews, when God says, “For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more” (Heb.…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 6)
The sun rises every morning, as if it had never gone anywhere. It appears to give you a whole new supply of minutes, ready at your disposal in the new day. But there is another supply of “new” for you “every morning.” Perhaps you know the words of the song, which is based upon Lamentations 3:22-23, “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His…
There are 31,102 verses in the Bible. That’s a lot! If you memorized one verse per day, you could have the whole Bible memorized in just over 85 years. Of course, every verse in the Bible ultimately is about Jesus Christ—Someone is coming (summary of the Old Testament books), Someone is here (summary of Matthew through John), Someone is coming again (summary…
Usually when I fly, I take a lot of study material with me to work on various lessons or projects. If I’m working on lessons, I will usually take pictures of the passage(s) in my wide-margin Bible, so that I have the notes from my Bible readily available on the flight. It is also extremely helpful, when I’m sitting on the plane, to be…
Most preachers live by a guiding principle that they will strive to make decisions and take whatever actions are necessary to do what is best for the church. Removing self and being truly determined to put the needs of a congregation above one’s own personal desires is essential to the betterment of the Lord’s people and the Lord’s purpose on this earth. Most elders…
Sometimes we may equate “being in an auditorium” with worshiping. Sometimes we may associate “gathering with other people on Sunday” as worship. But, when we are (1) in an auditorium (2) with other Christians on Sunday, do we actually worship? That is a critical question to answer. We have a God-given responsibility to “worship” God (John 4:23-24), to “praise” God (Heb. 13:15),…
Back in the day, we used small calculators, which could only display a limited number of digits. If you entered a calculation which resulted in a number too large to display, it would display an error. Speaking of numbers too large to calculate, when was the last time that you counted up all of the struggles and burdens that you’re dealing with? Here’s a…
As a kid, we played a variety of games to see “how close” we could get to something. We used paper footballs or sometimes quarters (or coins) to slide across a table and see how close to the edge of the table we could get—trying to get it to hang over the side without falling off. Sometimes, it seems like we play the…