So, how are you doing? “Better than I deserve!” Have you known anyone who responded in that way? For many such folks, it really didn’t matter what kind of day they were having. They could have had a rough morning and may have even been carrying a heavy burden of some kind. Yet, they really meant it–“Better than I deserve!” These kind…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 104)
Is that you? Are you “coming to worship” but “enjoying it less”? Or, have you stopped coming because you just “weren’t enjoying it” or maybe you’re not coming as much? Over the years, there have been others in your same position. Maybe it’s the preacher who “just isn’t doing it for me anymore.” Maybe it’s the songs that “we just keep singing…
We have heard the story so often (and even some of the misinformation that is frequently associated with it) that we may not stop to consider the marvel of the event and the truly unusual things that transpired when those wise men (or magi) came to find the “King of the Jews.” First, consider the setting. Jesus was not depicted as a…
The apostle Peter recounts how Jesus continually suffered and was reviled at the hands of His enemies, and then He reveals what Jesus did in response–He kept on committing Himself (the force of the verb tense) to God (1 Pet. 2:23). Two chapters later, Peter was continuing to address the present reality of the followers of Christ also continually suffering and being…
Do you suppose that the Jews respected Nebuchadnezzar, when he besieged their home nation of Judah, when he took them captive and when he carried them back to Babylon as his prisoners of war? Yet, it is under his rule as tyrant king that the Lord revealed to him and to His people “that the Most High rules in the kingdom of…
The word “suffer,” in some form, is found 81 times in the New Testament. It is used of the trials through which Christians go, the physical calamities that come upon individuals, the eternal punishment awaiting the wicked, etc. But more than anything else in the New Testament, the word “suffer” is used (at least 27 times) of Christ and what He endured…
Nehemiah 8 is an interesting illustration of seeing the people’s heart through their outer posture. Ezra stood on a wooden platform for the purpose of reading the Book of the Law to the people. “And when he opened it, all the people stood up” (Neh. 8:5). Out of respect for the Word of God, the people could not remain seated. Then “Ezra…
The lyrics are simple. The song is short. The message is soul-searching. “Lord, make me a servant, Lord, make me like You; For You are a servant, make me one, too. Lord, make me a servant, do what You must do To make me a servant; make me like You.” Could you sing this song and truly mean it? The song makes…