While “there is nothing new under the sun” (Ecc. 1:9), and the temptations we face are “common to man” (1 Cor. 10:13), and “the same sufferings” that Satan brings upon us “are experienced by [our] brethren in the world” (1 Pet. 5:9), the trials, tribulations, hardships, sufferings, griefs, sorrows, burdens, pains, heartaches, uncertainties, anxieties that each of us face are, nevertheless, very…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 252)
I was not aware of the new show on ABC network, nationwide, available-in-nearly-every-home television until a friend mentioned it to me yesterday. I had not heard about the new show with access to nearly every U.S. home for one hour every Lord’s Day evening. If you look for the show in your guide, you’ll find it listed as “GCB.” Just those three…
It is somewhat unusual in reading through the four accounts of the life of Jesus (in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) to find an event or a detail in the life of Jesus recorded in all four accounts. Having four different writers to write from four different vantage points to four different audiences (obviously all by inspiration) enriches the single account of…
The movie was rated PG-13 but was supposed to be, according to friends, “really good.” The family movie review site shed some light on what to expect, with content specifics on profanity, sex, violence, alcohol and other negative elements. In the section on profanity in this movie, the review included these details: 2 “f” words, nearly 40 “s” words, 15 “a- -,”…
The Bible uses the verb “bite” (or some form of it, like “bites, bit, bitten”) ten times in the Old Testament, and every time God used that word it was in connection with a serpent. In Numbers 21, “the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many of the people died” (21:6-9). Horrible! I’d never want…
To graphically illustrate for us the severity of a person’s spiritual stubbornness, more than a dozen times the Bible speaks of individuals or nations being “stiff-necked.” The first time was when the Israelites molded the golden calf at Mount Sinai. “I have seen this people, and indeed it is a stiff-necked people” (Ex. 32:9; 33:3, 5). Moses used it four more times…
Scripture teaches that Satan does not show partiality in his efforts to tempt and trip men and women, husbands and wives, fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters to yield to and follow his deceptive attempts. The devil is constantly walking about, constantly roaring like a lion, constantly seeking whom he may devour (1 Pet. 5:8). He’s still using the same tools that…
Clothing manufacturers must be saving a ton on new products these days, as so many ladies’ fashions are requiring less and less material. It takes no effort at all, in public places these days, for a man to see more of a woman’s body than he should. It is in vogue for ladies today to bare more and more cleavage, leaving very…