It’s interesting how current events can be a reminder of a similar event in the Bible. While Paul was in Ephesus in Acts 19, “there arose a great commotion about the Way” (19:23), and unbelievers targeted Paul for his preaching and miracles (19:27). Read the reactions of the people carefully: “They were full of wrath and cried out…So the whole city was filled with…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule
John Henry Holmes—a 19th-century electrical engineer and inventor from Newcastle, England—is credited with inventing the light switch in 1884. Never before could an individual so quickly turn something on or off. Or is that true? The apostle Peter utilized a type of switch in Galatians 2. When he visited the Gentile city of Antioch, “he would eat with the Gentiles” (Gal. 2:11-12), for his fellow…
God said, “Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy” (Deut. 5:12). So, are we supposed to “observe the Sabbath day” today? The Biblical answer to that question is, “No.” Let’s study the Bible together. First, we must observe to whom the command was given. “God made a covenant with [Israel] in Horeb” (Deut. 5:2). The command to keep the Sabbath was…
Jesus taught that we are to “love the Lord” with “all” of our heart, soul, strength and mind (Luke 10:27). What does that look like? Paul said that, to those who have “put on the new man,” Christ is “all and in all” (Col. 3:10-11). What does that look like? There are many ways to answer that question, but Chris Tomlin summarized…
So many folks who are not yet Christians have held off on making that final decision to be baptized into Christ and to give their life to the Lord UNTIL “I get things in my life straightened out.” Likewise, many Christians have stumbled over the years and then hold off coming back to the Lord UNTIL “I get my life put together again.”…
The precision with which the solar eclipse could be calculated this last week was astounding. I was in Henderson, Tennessee when it occurred. Here were the details that were available in advance of the eclipse (for where I was located): You “will see a partial eclipse for 2 hours 36 minutes. 96.1% of the sun will be obscured by the moon at the…
Do you have a friend who is always there for you no matter what? I mean “always”! They never have a family emergency or get sick or have something unexpected come up. You probably have a friend who is “almost always” there for you, but no one could say “always.” Do you have a friend who will listen to you all times of day or…
While waiting to board a flight recently, I had the unfortunate experience of witnessing firsthand some lousy parenting. One mom of a 10-year-old boy told him to do something. He ignored her. So she begged him to do it. He smarted off at her. She pleaded one more time. He shouted, “No!” She sulked, “Ok, I’ll just do it myself.” Not 10 minutes later, a father had a similar exchange…