What is the toughest six hours that you have ever experienced? Give it a few minutes of thought. Maybe it was the transcontinental flight you took. The one when you had to get up at 3:00 a.m. to catch the first flight out, then you had a screaming baby sitting right behind you. That was a pretty tough six hours. Maybe it…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 258)
There is nothing secondary about the religion of Christ. Everything is of primary (first!) importance! Think about how this is emphasized throughout the New Testament. Jesus “rose early on the first day of the week” (Mark 16:9; Matt. 28:1). He appeared to His disciples on “the first day of the week” (John 20:19, 26). The early church assembled on “the first day…
There is a really neat section in the book of Galatians that presents the great blessing a Christian has in being a “son” of God. In chapter 3, verse 26, Paul starts using the second person pronoun “you,” to make it very personal for his Christian readers. “You are all sons of God through faith…And…heirs according to the promise” (3:26-29). “God sent…
As of today, if I wanted to get you a message, I could call you on your home phone, call you on your cell phone, call you on your work phone, send you a text message, send you an instant message, send you an email, send you a private FB message, write on your wall, look for you on Google+, Skype you,…
The Sunday morning that Sherman responded during the invitation song will be remembered for a long time by those who were present. That little country church building had been there for generations and was showing its wear: discolored windows, rotting doors and a hollow-sounding wooden floor that made for noisy assemblies. With the congregation singing “Just As I Am,” the old man…
While we may not be familiar with the Greek noun, mimetes, or its verb root, mimeomai, we do know the English word that we have from these words – mimic. To mimic someone involves imitating their actions, their words, their attitudes, their inclinations, their mannerisms, their temperaments, etc. As long as he was mimicking Christ, Paul told early Christians to mimic him…
The New Testament teaching on faith has been so misunderstood and misrepresented. The New Testament speaks a lot about “believing.” “Believe in the gospel” (Mark 1:15); “All things are possible to him who believes” (Mark 9:23); “Those who believe in His name” (John 1:12); “Whoever believes in Him” (John 3:15-18); “He who believes in the Son has everlasting life” (John 3:36); “If…
Think about these words. David wrote in the long ago, “If it had not been the Lord who was on our side…” (Psa. 124). Think about how you would or could finish that sentence in your own life—“If it had not been the Lord who was on my side…” David makes that statement twice (“If it had not been the Lord who…