How would you describe your disposition? How would you describe your general attitude? Are you generally a positive or negative person? What is your standard mindset? Is your default to find fault? Are you bent on being bent out of shape? If anyone had a right, from a human perspective, to be bitter and bent out of shape because of circumstances, it was Paul while imprisoned in…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 2)
James 5:16 states it rather simply, “Pray for one another.” So, do we? Who have you prayed for today? Have you prayed for the elders of the church and their wives? What about elders of the Lord’s church all over the world? Have you prayed for the deacons and their wives? Have you prayed for the preachers and their wives? Have you prayed for those doing mission work…
This expression, with an obvious military origin, is often used in everyday life to express an absolute willingness to make a strong defense and hold a position (in a particular argument), with no intent to ever consider compromising or backing down (even if presented with information that makes one’s position indefensible). It is being unmovably committed. In a surprising and very unfortunate…
Do you ever get text messages that have a string of emojis at the end? All of varying expressions? Do you ever look at each one individually and think about its meaning? I’m guessing that you don’t. I’m guessing you just see a line of emojis as a group and move on, not considering that someone took the time (usually) to intentionally select which laughing one…
We’ve heard it so often that maybe it has lost its impact—“…the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed…” (1 Cor. 11:23). What night? The night He was betrayed! That’s not just a chronological marker or a filler to make Paul’s sentences even longer! That event was tragic! After Jesus washed 24 grimy feet and explained the heart of a true servant,…
Have you ever been afraid of Bible verses? Maybe you weren’t afraid of the verses BUT afraid that someone would bring them up? When I was a kid, I attended a religious school that did not teach what the Bible teaches about salvation from sins. I was that kid in the back of the room, who frequently raised my hand to say,…
We might sometimes read the book of Ezekiel and think that the prophet was given an unfair mission. God called him and told him that he was being sent to “a rebellious nation” (2:3), who was “obstinate,” “hard-hearted” and “stubborn” (2:4; 3:7). Does it seem “fair” for God to send him to such a people? But, God gives him the message to preach to this…
It has been joked that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach and the way to a woman’s heart is through flowers and diamonds. (It’s a joke!) Of course, every person is different, so “the way” to each person’s heart is also different. Have you ever wondered what is the way to God’s heart (if such a question could be asked)? Another…