Do you remember when you (or your child) needed training wheels on the bike to learn how to ride and to keep from falling over? How long did you use them? Did you take one wheel off, but leave one for safety and balance? At what point did you finally remove both training wheels and go without them? What if you were…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 247)
How would you finish that statement? “If you’ve got a problem with me…” Then what? Some people would finish it by saying, “Deal with it!” or “Welcome to the club!” or “Take a number!” or “That’s your problem!” or something pleasant along those lines. How about this? “If you’ve got a problem with me, chances are that I don’t know it.” That’s…
It is absolutely astounding how complex and misconstrued some folks have made the Biblical teaching on the kingdom of God. It is a major theme in Scripture, but let’s see if we can see it in its simplicity. God prophesied His coming kingdom for centuries. The King of this kingdom would come from the tribe of Judah (Gen. 49:10), through the lineage…
The Bible tells us that Joseph and Mary had more children after Jesus was born—at least four more boys (James, Jose, Simon and Jude) and at least two girls (Matt. 13:55-56). These sons were called the “brothers” of Jesus (Acts 1:14; Gal. 1:19; Jude 1), because they were family. That same Greek word for “brother” (adelphos) is used well over 300 times…
There comes a point at which God will no longer allow His name to be maligned and profaned and He must act. Ezekiel prophesied to the Israelites how and why they were in captivity. In Ezekiel 20, God reminded Israel of how they had rejected Him and rebelled against His ways. “They rebelled against Me and would not obey Me…But I acted…
With the increase of technology has come the increase of Junk Mail! It used to be that your mailbox (the one in front of your house) was the only depository for Junk Mail (advertisements, solicitations, etc.). However, with the more technology we have today, the more Junk Mail we receive. Our email inboxes fill up with Junk Mail! Some text message services…
Let us consider one final passage in this study on giving as an avenue of worship on the first day of the week. It is sometimes suggested that the only example we have of the early church “giving in worship” involved meeting the benevolent need of the brethren in Jerusalem. However, such is not the only time we read about congregations giving…
Depending on where you place the comma, this sentence could have different meanings: “Please, help me, please!” or “Please, help me please!” Our daily prayer to God should not only be to plead for help (cf. Psa. 46:1; Heb. 13:5-6), but we should constantly have on our heart the plea for Him to help us to please! Now, who are we to…