Sometimes as Christians, we may approach our Christian life like we do a grocery list or a honey-do list. At the grocery store, we mark off the things as we put them in the basket. “Got it! Done!” We may sometimes drag our feet to do things on a honey-do list, but once they’re done, we check them off and gladly say, “Finished! Don’t have to…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 7)
Jesus. Truly, He is our perfect example in all things regarding righteous living. Consider what Peter (an eyewitness) reveals to us about the interaction of Jesus with those who mistreated Him. “When He was reviled, [Jesus] did not revile in return” (1 Pet. 2:23). Secondly, “when He suffered, He did not threaten.” Of course, you expect that out of Jesus! But, Peter’s point is that Jesus was “leaving…
The subject of baptism is one of the most thrilling of all Bible subjects. Yet, due to the diverse teachings that exist today about baptism, it sometimes loses its thrill in the midst of discrepancy. While the Bible clearly teaches the essentiality of baptism in order to obtain salvation from sins (Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38; 22:16), many religious groups today teach that…
The nature of the Lord’s church (by definition and by design) is to be an assembling people, who “come together as a church…in one place” (1 Cor. 11:18, 20). Rather than view that merely as a “requirement,” children of God ought to share the heart of the hymnist Joseph Swain, who wrote of “How sweet, how heavenly” it is when God’s people “delight”…
We are living in a time when personal interactions are intentionally being limited and even eliminated, and it is deemed as progress. Instead of going into a store, just do curbside pickup. Instead of going to a restaurant, just have delivery. Instead of speaking with a customer representative on the phone, just interact with the automated system. We shop online, we bank online, we have virtual…
The Food and Drug Administration requires labels on food packages to indicate the % Daily Value of that food item to the FDA’s recommendation of 2,000 calories a day. It doesn’t matter, in essence, who picks up that package of food. It is going to recommend 2,000 calories. Yet, even the FDA realizes that the caloric needs of each individual person varies.…
A leading disinfectant spray claims that it “kills 99.9% of germs.” That sounds pretty impressive. You can’t get much closer to 100% than that. Due to scientific limitations and the existence of resistant microbes, it cannot guarantee 100% elimination of all germs. But 99.9% is good enough. What if Bible promises worked that way? What if the blood of Jesus cleansed us from 99.9% of our sins? That…
The denominational world seems to say many things about baptism, except (unfortunately) what the Bible actually says about baptism. Some describe baptism as “the solemn and beautiful testimony of a believer showing forth his faith” and “a sign of fellowship and identification with the visible body of Christ.” However, the Bible never uses this terminology and never calls baptism a “testimony” or a “sign.”…