After a night of anguish, mockery, lies, beatings and fake trials, Jesus was sentenced to execution by crucifixion by the spineless governor Pilate at 6:00 a.m. (John 19:14). He bore His cross to travel from the Praetorium to Golgotha (John 19:17). Apparently, the weight of the cross was too much for His battered, weakened and anemic body to bear, so they laid the cross…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 51)
How many times have you heard it said? Or maybe you were the one saying it? “The Bible is too hard to understand.” People have been saying that for years. But, is that true? Should we set the Bible aside and dismiss it as an incomprehensible book? Or have we maybe been misinformed and the Bible can actually be understood? Let’s consider…
There is a battle going on right now in the courts over one state’s 1931 ban on abortion. Can’t you hear the arguments in your imagination? “Oh, c’mon! That is ancient history! We’ve grown as a nation since then! We are so much more advanced now! We’ve got move on beyond our foolish, closed-minded past!” Is a 90-year-old ban on abortion all that naïve? What about a 2,000-year-old ban? Jesus…
The thought of whether Jesus loved the Father may have never crossed your mind. It may be one of those obvious things—“Well, of course He loved the Father! That’s just a given!” But, do we have any evidence of it? Note carefully what Jesus said in the last verse of John 14. “But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as…
When we think about all of the various sins there are in the world, we might think there are hundreds or thousands of different kinds of sinners. However, if we narrow it down, we may come up with a number much smaller, representing the types of sinners on earth. In Luke 7:36-50, Jesus was in a house with two sinners. However, these…
We want our kids to grow up to be responsible, productive adults. So, we train them to take on responsibilities and we encourage them strive for greatness. Those are ideal and needed life qualities, but what happens when those “needed life lessons” run up against the church? We want our kids to succeed, so we may push them to push themselves and strive for…
An expert in the law of Moses came to Jesus and attempted to “test” Him, however, he was the one who got tested. Luke tells us that he was “wanting to justify himself” as a keeper of the law, when he said to Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” (Luke 10:25-29). Jesus told the familiar parable of “The Good Samaritan” to identify “who” a neighbor…
The anguish of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane is one of the most moving scenes about which to read in the sacred text! When He took His three close friends (Peter, James and John) with Him into the Garden, “He began to be troubled and deeply distressed” (Mark 14:33). He told His friends, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death”…