Suppose for a moment that you took a blank sheet of paper and wrote this question on it, “What must a sinner do to be saved?” Then, suppose that you took that piece of paper to the ten closest “churches” to your home and asked for their response. After recording their responses on that sheet of paper and reviewing them, would it…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 151)
Perhaps you have seen the memes that poke fun, “They had one job…but failed.” There’s the picture of a coffee cup with the handle on the inside of the cup. There’s the Fire Zone painted on the blacktop in front of a supermarket that is spelled “FRIE.” There’s the “Back to School” display at a big-box store with racks full of chef’s…
Has someone ever asked you to do something that you really didn’t want to do, or they asked you to help when it really wasn’t convenient? When you went ahead and helped anyway, did you let them know (even if just in a subtle way) that you were doing them a favor and messing up your schedule to assist them, so that…
On the night before Jesus was crucified, He gathered with His disciples and instituted what the early church called “the Lord’s Supper” (1 Cor. 11:20) or “the communion” (1 Cor. 10:16). This is the most sacred of all feasts, for it commemorates the “body” and the “blood” of Jesus, which He willingly sacrificed on the cross for our sins (Matt. 26:26-28). Is…
Are you satisfied? Are you satisfied with where you are in life? Are you satisfied with your relationship with God? And, if you are satisfied, is that good thing? Or is that a bag thing? Be careful how you answer. Proverbs 14:14 states, “The backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways.” What does that mean? A heart that is…
Do you have some clothes that…well…just don’t fit like they once did? Sometimes clothes just don’t fit right anymore. Have you ever borrowed someone else’s shoes and realized how very different feet are? Sometimes certain clothes fit other people better than they fit us. There is a piece of “clothing” that God tells every Christian, with urgency, to put on. It is…
Worship is an interesting subject to discuss, as there seem to be so many varied ideas about what is or is not acceptable in worship. Some folks take a very open approach and suggest that “how” one worships really is not all that important, “as long as one is worshiping God.” What do you think about that position? Do you honestly believe…
You’ve heard of “unanswered prayers,” right? The idea is: (1) “I asked God for this.” (2) “I didn’t get it.” (3) “It’s an unanswered prayer.” Of course, such an approach severely limits God to only see, desire and give us what we want. An answer of “Yes,” then, is the only acceptable response for some, but we must realize that God sometimes…