Have you ever grown increasingly frustrated with someone who would not respond positively to your efforts to touch their lives with the gospel? You tried and tried and tried, but they rejected and rejected and rejected at every turn. Most likely, every one of us have been there, and every one of us have been tempted to just give up trying. But,…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 144)
What is it that brings you satisfaction? The answers to that question are endless. There are certain things that we “do for ourselves” that satisfy. But, many have found the real treasure. They have discovered the true and pure satisfaction that comes in “doing for others.” Rather than waiting on someone to call you to see how you’re doing, do you call…
If someone is a deeply sincere, devoted, religious person, who believes in the true God, worships God and prays to God, wouldn’t you think that such a person would be in a better-than-average relationship with God and pleasing in His sight? Such human reasoning can be dangerous and leave one with a false sense of security, an unscriptural conclusion and a lost…
As a major hurricane is forecast to strike, there are often two very different reactions. For some, it seems that panic sets in. Their own personal Terror Level reaches DEFCON 1 and everybody else had better watch out. For others (on the other end of the spectrum), they are rather nonchalant about the whole thing. If it comes, that’s fine. If it…
One of my favorite Greek words is found in 1 Peter 2:21. In fact, this is the only time the word is found in the Greek New Testament. The English text says, “For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps.” The word “example” in this verse (for what…
The apostle Paul had the opportunity to stand before powerful men and proclaim the precious message of Jesus Christ. In Acts 26, after being imprisoned in Caesarea for more than two years and preaching to two governors, Paul was brought before King Agrippa II (cf. Acts 9:15). Paul presented his early life (26:4-8), his zeal as a persecutor (26:9-11), his encounter with…
It is perhaps not a word that we think of very often, but it should have our attention. Christians are specifically commanded at least three times in the New Testament to “put off…malice” (Col. 3:8). In the other two passages, we are commanded to “put away…all malice” (Eph. 4:31), “laying aside all malice” (1 Pet. 2:1). Underscore the word “all” in these…
When catastrophe strikes, where is God? When the unexpected happens, where is God? When your world has been upended, turned upside down and then shaken really hard, where is God? We have been trained by our society to look for someone to blame when bag things happen, and so God is often the object of unfounded censure and criticism in hard times.…