I saw a picture today of one of the Wall Street protestors standing with his nose in the face of a Police Officer, in what appeared to be a scornful defiance of the Officer’s position of authority. I read an article about an elementary school student sitting on the floor and sticking his fingers in his ears when the teacher told him…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 261)
Jesus frequently denounced the scribes and the Pharisees and their destructive traditions, for He was not only concerned about them but those who would follow their heresies. Since Jesus “knew all men, and had no need that anyone should testify of man, for He knew what was in man” (John 2:24-25), Jesus was well aware of the hearts and the motives of…
It’s hard to believe, but it was a year ago today that Mr. Pesky Hacker took down our old website. I remember the flood of emails that started coming in from folks wanting to know what happened and why they couldn’t connect. Oh, what progress a year makes! We went from desperation and frustration to one of the best sites out there…
The words “downsizing,” “cutting back,” “reducing workforce,” “trimming budget,” “scaling down,” etc., etc. are increasingly common in our nation today and are hitting too close to home for many of us. Whether we’ve been directly impacted by such workforce “adjustments,” each of us has certainly felt the instability in the economy and the inflation in costs of goods and services. All of…
Have you ever stopped to think about it? Why do you believe what you believe? When it comes to political and social matters, why do you believe what you believe? When it comes to moral and ethical matters, why do you believe what you believe? When it comes to religious and spiritual matters, why do you believe what you believe? So much…
There is an interesting and stark contrast drawn in 1 Thessalonians 5 between the children of God and the children of the world. Children of God “are not in darkness,” but are “sons of light and sons of the day…not of the night nor of darkness” (5:4-5). Children of the world are “in darkness” and are “of the night” (5:4-5). Jesus said,…
In times of grief, from whence cometh our comfort? In times of despair, from whence cometh our comfort? In times of sadness, from whence cometh our comfort? Paul wrote that “the God of…comfort” comforts “through the…comfort of the Scriptures” (Rom. 15:4-5). Paul is not the only one to teach this. The great treatise exalting God’s Word, found in Psalm 119, makes repeated…
As you have read this series of articles on withdrawing fellowship and considered this practice, you may be among those who view this action as cruel and unloving. “Deliver to Satan? Put away? Not eat with such?” Is it unfair? Is it heartless? Here’s a good rule of thumb: when something in the Bible bothers you or seems nonsensical to you in…