Too many pulpits these days are filled with stand-up comedians, motivational speakers and professional salesmen. Well, maybe not literally, but that appears to be the case in many places. A man gets up to speak during a worship service and he tells a funny joke, he shares some moving stories, he offers some advice for life, and oh, he sprinkles a couple…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 66)
The early Christians faced challenges to their faith that we can read about but cannot fully imagine the extent thereof. We obviously think about them being killed for their faith in Christ, but perhaps even worse is the torture the experienced through the vile persecutions of their families, their livelihood, their property and their rights. To reassure, refocus and rejuvenate these Christians (who were…
So, what kind of driver are you? Are you the kind that when your check engine light comes on you call the car mechanic right away and take it in to get it checked out? Or, are you the kind of driver who waits to see if it’s just a fluke and it might go off on it own? Or, are you the kind of…
Where would we be without the Bible? The answer is, “Nowhere good!” Without the Bible, we would have no direction from our Creator. We would have no idea how to live a life pleasing to Him. We would not know how to prepare ourselves for life after death. But, with the Bible, we have God’s all-authoritative Word (2 Tim. 3:16-17; 1 Cor.…
I can remember a young lady saying, “I didn’t even know that verse was in the Bible.” It’s a short verse but it speaks volumes. “Abstain from every form of evil” (1 Thess. 5:22). Some have tried to quibble over it, but what is there to quibble? The word “abstain” means “to hold oneself from, to avoid contact.” There is no compromise in that imperative. There is…
A completely dark room is hard to navigate. A dimly lit room is only a little better. Have you noticed that the best lighting in a room is when it is hanging from the ceiling, so that the whole room benefits from it? That’s exactly what Jesus said that Christians are to be! We are to be “the light of the world” (Matt. 5:14), but where…
There are two places in the New Testament where God explicitly tells us to “resist” the devil. You may think of James 4:7, as that one seems to be a little more familiar. The second place is in 1 Peter 5:9. Both verbs are imperatives and mean to “set oneself against, oppose, resist.” There are a number of similarities between these two passages in James…
The following is a true story. The names were changed to protect the innocent. There was a young lady in the church who was working two jobs—one during the week and the other on the weekend. The weekend job continually scheduled her to work the entire day on Sunday, and she could not attend worship. So, in order to be able to get to worship on…