After someone is baptized, it is critical that they continue to be taught. Not only must they “know” what the Lord has commanded, but Jesus instructed that they must be taught “to observe all things that I have commanded you” (Matt. 28:20). There is so much to “do,” that it can be overwhelming to try to “do” it all. Here are some…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 222)
As a fisherman, Peter knew a lot about fishing, but he also knew a lot about catching. When he had “toiled all night and caught nothing,” there can be little doubt that he had done all that he knew how to successfully do to catch fish. He’d been fishing that night, but not catching. Jesus sat in his boat and told him,…
Jesus encountered a Gentile in the city of Capernaum for whom He had great praise, “I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel” (Luke 7:9). What was it about this man that brought such commendation from the Lord? The centurion had a servant, “who was dear to him” and “was sick and ready to die. So when he heard…
After someone is baptized, it is critical that they continue to be taught. They must learn “all things that [Jesus] commanded” (cf. Matt. 28:20). There is so much to know, that it can be overwhelming to know where to start. Here are some things to keep in mind! Keep in mind that you are a babe in Christ! Babes don’t know it…
Imagine for a moment that you were able to do everything that you want to do for God! Wouldn’t that be cool! Think about all of those things that you’ve always wanted to do, and imagine that in the next year (or even the next few months) you were able to take them on one-by-one. Ultimately and truly, isn’t that what all…
For a number of reasons, having a Vacation Bible School is one of the highlights on the church calendar every year! It is not an event that is scheduled “because we always have one” or an event that “we have just to have it.” There are tremendously valuable purposes for an annual VBS. With a Vacation Bible School, we can focus on…
The salvation process, while it requires work and effort and diligence on our part, is actually a work that is done by God! God is the One who saves us! God is the One who has done, is doing and will continue to do the saving work! (Don’t misunderstand or misread that! Christians are “created for good works” [Eph. 2:10], and must…
Do you know how glass (if it has a convex curve) can magnify an image and yet, if you reverse the curve, the same glass could minify an image? Regardless of what was going to happen in his life (good or bad, life or death), the apostle Paul determined to make certain of one thing — “Christ will be magnified in my…