In the television series “The Mandalorian,” the Mandalorians live by a code (which basically summarizes their belief system) that is captured in the simple phrase, “This is the way.” Of course, as has been the case for hundreds of years, Scripture permeates culture. To begin with, Jesus Himself stated, “I am the way” (John 14:6). He didn’t say that He was “one of the…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule
There is much that man can say about the topic of “pride,” but that can be very subjective to the person. The first definition for the word “pride” in the Webster’s New World College Dictionary is “an unduly high opinion of oneself; exaggerated self-esteem; conceit; haughty behavior resulting from this; arrogance.” Rather than focus on what man has to say, let us…
“Immediately” after Saul of Tarsus became a Christian, “he preached the Christ…that He is the Son of God” (Acts 9:20). This wasn’t just something that he went around saying to other people. Verse 22 states, “Saul…confounded the Jews who dwelt in Damascus, proving that this Jesus is the Christ.” Those who did not believe in the deity of Jesus were stirred, amazed and confounded –…
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…
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…