Sometimes the simplest of statements can make the most profound impact. Think about these familiar yet insightful lyrics, “God is so good to me.” It could not be an simpler, and yet, it could not be any more profound. Six words. All of them single-syllable. Four of the words are only two letters in length. The longest word has only four letters. …
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 240)
Has somebody ever made your day…just by smiling at you? Just by acknowledging your presence with a quick greeting? Just by hugging you or giving you a pat on the back? Just by looking in your eyes and saying, “I’m praying for you”? Just by sending you a short text, email or personal message? Just by saying, “Thank you,” for something simple?…
Since the Bible says that it was at Mt. Sinai (more than 2,500 years after the six days of Creation) that God “made known” His “holy Sabbath” (Neh. 9:13-14), then the observance of the Sabbath as a “holy day” was/is not an eternal, perpetual law going all the way back to Creation. Since the command to “Observe the Sabbath day, to keep…
There were those in Paul’s day who “worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator” (Rom. 1:25). Such seems absurd to us that anyone would do that, but look around. Are there some individuals today who, exchanging the truth for the lie, have chosen to serve the creature (even their own wants and wishes) rather than the Creator (with His wants)?…
It has been noticed that, in the aging process, some people’s bodies begin to “shrink” a bit. Effectively sticking to a diet can also cause the body to “shrink.” So, are you shrinking? That’s not the kind of shrinking in mind here. When Paul met with a group of elders in Acts 20, he reminded them that while he was with them…
In a FoxNews.com article by Lamar Vest that was published on April 29, 2012, it was reported: “Research, commissioned by American Bible Society and conducted by Barna Research, found that the majority of Americans (69%) believe the Bible provides answers on how to live a meaningful life…Here in the United States, 85% of households own a Bible. Actually, most families own more…
If you knew that at 11:00 tomorrow morning you were going to be standing before Jesus, and on that occasion He was going to judge you and then sentence you for all eternity, what would you choose to wear tomorrow morning to be ready to stand before Jesus? Would you care? Would it affect your choice of what to wear at all?…
The account of Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5 provides a number of vital lessons which every Christian needs to learn, including the operation of Satan on a person’s heart. From the first chapter in Job, we learn that Satan cannot operate beyond the realm permitted by God (we see this in 1 Corinthians 10:13 also). From Acts 5, we learn that…