For nearly 2,000 years, men have been trying to predict the date when Christ will return a second time, judge the world and usher in eternity. Some of the more well-known predicters have been among the Jehovah’s Witnesses, prophesying dates in 1874, 1914 and 1925 (among some of the dates they have suggested). A more modern effort was made by a man named Harold…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 72)
Jesus wanted His disciples to know what the church (i.e., the kingdom) would be like, describing its many aspects through parables, including its immeasurable value. In one parable, Jesus said that His church is “like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls” (Matt. 13:45). Do you know anyone who is searching for truth? What a beautiful pearl! But notice what Jesus said this merchant found. He “found one…
It is critically important to understand things in the Bible in the way that they were written to be understood. There are some religious teachers who would suggest that the baptism of fire is a good thing and something for which we should long. However, that is not what Scripture teaches. Let’s study what the Bible says in Matthew 3:11. The Bible…
If a snake came and talked to you and offered you a piece of food that your Physician had forbidden you to eat, would you give in? Sometimes we are quick to judge. First, we may think, “Who in the world would pay attention to a talking snake?” (Yet, we have another man in the Bible arguing with a talking donkey.) Second, we may think, “Staying…
I may have misheard this. The morning traffic report on the radio said that there was an accident on the Beeline Highway at Lake Worth Road. Some people would completely disregard because they’re not on the road that day. Others would believe the report, as it is coming from a professional who knows what he’s talking about—why question him? Still others would realize that those two…
The denominational world has surely complicated what the Bible teaches about the return of Christ. They have added much to the simple information that we have in the Bible. Let’s see just how simple it is. (1) The timing of the return of Jesus is unknown and completely unpredictable (Matt. 24:36-44; 1 Thess. 5:2). There will be no signs to indicate the…
Five times in the letters to New Testament Christians, instruction is given to “Greet one another,” “all the brethren,” with a “holy kiss” or “a kiss of love” (Rom. 16:16; 1 Cor. 16:20; 2 Cor. 13:12; 1 Thess. 5:26; 1 Pet. 5:14). In addition to those five, twenty-one other times Christians are instructed to “Greet” specified brethren. That’s 26 times where Christians are told…
Is the Christian life worth it? Is it “worth all the sorrows that here befall”? In all that the apostle Paul endured, he certainly insisted that it is well worth it! He pleaded, for example, with the churches of Galatia to remain true to the Christ and to His gospel and to not “turn away” from Him. In his next-to-last sentence in the letter, to show…