What was it? Was it a health scare or diagnosis or uncertainty that grabbed you and wouldn’t turn your mind loose? Was it the sudden death of someone dear to you? Was it the dissolving of your marriage? Was it the unexpected revelation from a family member or friend that stunned your senses? You’ve been there. What was it that got you…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 30)
Has someone ever started telling you something and you either (1) thought you knew what they were going to say or (2) hoped they were going to say something, but then (3) they said something completely different? Did you try to change what they actually said into what you thought or hoped they would say? Or did you just accept what they said? So…
Do you have some good friends? Do you have the kind of friend that you can call or text any time and you know you’ll get a quick response? Someone you pretty much can reach out to any time of the day or night? But, even that friend has other things to do—right? There are times that he/she needs to focus on “his/her own things”—right? And, you…
The greatest gift in the history of the earth is “the gift of God” that involves our salvation from our own sins (Eph. 2:8). Through His marvelous “grace,” God gave the gift of His Son, and through the agency of His precious “blood,” He cleanses us from the guilt and condemnation of our own disobedience to His will (Eph. 1:7). What a…
Picture the comic strip detective holding his magnifying glass, hunched over, following the clues. Picture the hunter in the thick brush with his hound trailing the scent of some wild game. In both of those illustrations, there is something that is trackable, in order to reach the end of locating and securing that which has been tracked, so that the tracking is completed. In…
A screwdriver is created for a specific purpose. That’s not hard to figure out. A flashlight is also created for a purpose. A screwdriver cannot fulfill the flashlight’s purpose, nor vice versa. If the shaft of a screwdriver breaks or the batteries in a flashlight die, those devices cannot fulfill their intended purpose. Fellow Christian, we have each been created for a specific purpose. We have been…
Why there is such controversy in the religious community today over the Biblical requirements for one to be saved from sins is rather mind-boggling! The New Testament makes God’s conditions for salvation abundantly clear. In order to obtain the forgiveness of sins, one must believe Jesus is God’s Son, repent of his sins and confess his faith. All of those are clearly…
Forty-five years after the twelve spies returned from spying out the Promised Land and the people of Israel believed and followed the pessimistic perspective of the ten spies, Caleb recalled the effect of that faithless report. This faithful spy, in his old age, said, “My brethren who went up with me made the heart of the people melt” (Josh. 14:8). This same evaluation…