Where do you get your advice for choices you need to make? Who do you go to when you need some guidance? Too many Christians go to the wrong place and the wrong people! Years ago, it may have been Ann Landers or Dear Abby. Or maybe just ask folks at work or friends from school. Today, it’s Google or ChatGPT. All of these can head you in…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 2)
Perhaps we sometimes lose sight of the seriousness of sin. It seems ok, sometimes, and doesn’t feel like that big of a deal. Notice the common theme that runs through the Bible. Joseph: “How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin AGAINST GOD?” (Gen. 39:9). David: “AGAINST YOU, You only, have I sinned” (Psa. 51:4). Solomon: “When Your people are defeated…because they have sinned…
Many people have asked over the years, “So you believe sola scriptura?” I remember the first time someone ever asked me something like that—I had no idea what they were talking about. I had never heard of “sola scriptura.” I’ve been in some Bible studies where a person will say, “Of course you would say that! You’re sola scriptura!” At first, it…
As Jesus was nearing the end of His life, He told His apostles that when He left, “another Comforter” would be sent by the Father—i.e., the Holy Spirit (John 14:16, 26; 15:26; 16:7). What an interesting word to use—“Comforter” (KJV). The Greek word literally means one who “calls alongside.” What would the apostles need? Comfort! Where would they get it? From “the God of all comfort” (2 Cor.…
I heard of a family who played the “Name-As-Many-Players-As-You-Can Game” while driving on long trips. They would pick a number (like “23”), and then say, “Name as many college or professional athletes as you can think of who ever wore the number 23.” After exhausting that number, they’d go to another one. This was obviously a family who loved to watch sports. What about another…
In 1882, Priscilla J. Owens penned these opening words of a familiar hymn: “We have heard the joyful sound: Jesus saves! Jesus saves!” What could be a more “joyful sound” than that? In fact, if you were looking for a simple two-word summary of the whole Bible, you could not find one better than “Jesus saves!” Let us think about this exciting…
The red light on your dashboard comes on, telling you that you are almost empty and you need to fill up. How much longer will you go? At some point, you are going to have to stop and take the necessary steps to fill it up. There was a Christian lady in Joppa, who became sick and died (Acts 9:36-37). That was not an unusual…
The phrase “my whole heart” is found eight times in the Bible and each of them is in the book of Psalms. Of the eight occurrences in the book of Psalms, five of them are in Psalm 119. All three times the phrase appears outside Psalm 119, the psalmist is saying, “I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart” (9:1; 111:1; 138:1),…