So, there’s Bible class on Sunday mornings and Bible class on Wednesday nights. There’s worship on Sunday mornings and worship on Sunday nights. There are various other events (for the whole church or certain segments of the church) a couple times during the month. Then, there may be certain “favors” that deacons or elders or members ask to be done. “You know…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 107)
Those who live along a southern coast know about the “Cone of Uncertainty.” It starts to appear as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) tracks a storm system through the tropics. The cone is intended to represent “the probable path of the storm center,” showing its WHERE and WHEN over the next several days (or at least the estimated general area). …
Christ will not accept second place in our lives. As our Creator (Col. 1:16), our Sustainer (Col. 1:17), our Savior (Phil. 3:20) and our Lord (Acts 10:36), He expects and demands to “have first place in everything” (Col. 1:18). Second place is not an option (cf. Rev. 3:16). It is evident that such priority and preeminence applies to His body, His church,…
Would you say that the world we live in today could be aptly described as “crooked and perverse”? I don’t know of two words that could more accurately express the condition of our society today! Yet, do you know that those are the exact words that God used to depict the world in which His first-century followers were living–2,000 year ago? The…
What do you let into your mind? What do you let settle itself down in your mind and make itself at home? What do you allow to take up residence in your mind so long that you find yourself meditating on it and allowing it to become a part of your character? How often do we let these sorts of things into…
The first six letters of the word “Christian” give an obvious and helpful reminder that there is ONE who MUST come FIRST and absolutely foremost in our lives—CHRIST! There is no question that one cannot be a CHRISTian without CHRIST, and the positioning of those six letters is FIRST in the word! As a Floridian is one who is “of or belonging…
The Bible teaches that Jesus is coming back (Acts 1:9-11; Heb. 9:28b). Are you ready for that? The Bible teaches that Jesus will return as suddenly and unexpectedly as a thief in the night (Matt. 24:43-44; 2 Pet. 3:10). Are you ready for that? In reaction to the certainty of the return of Christ, the Bible bids Christians to be “looking for…
When Apollos is introduced to the reader in Acts 18, he is described as being “mighty in the Scriptures” and “instructed in the way of the Lord” (18:24-25). I have known some men who I considered to be “mighty in the Scriptures.” I stand in awe of such men. I would imagine that the brethren in Ephesus were impressed with Apollos. Sometimes,…