Nehemiah chapter 3 is an amazing passage of Scripture. It is God’s listing of those who were involved in the rebuilding of the wall around Jerusalem. Rather than merely saying, “The people rebuilt the wall, piece by piece,” God took time to name each person and family who was involved, and He noted what specific part they repaired. However, there was one group (the nobles…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
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Posts by David Sproule (Page 77)
With less than six months until His death, Jesus took Peter, James and John “up on a high mountain by themselves,” and there Jesus “was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him” (Matt. 17:1-3). They “spoke of His decease which…
Have you ever made a mistake (even just a small one) and then tried to point out the shortcoming of someone else in what was happening, in an effort to deflect the blame from yourself and even diminish the mistake that you made? I think this is almost a natural reaction for some (read Genesis 3:12-13). “Well, he shouldn’t have said what he said.” “Well,…
Have you seen all of the “wickedness” going on around us today? Have you seen those who are filled with “pride” and “foolishness”? Have you seen the folks who treat “adulteries” and “fornications” like it’s no big deal? Where, pray tell, is all of this coming from? Two thousand years ago, Jesus told us exactly why these things are happening today. “For from within, out of…
I have spent time trying to figure out the “when,” the “how” and the “why.” When was it that preachers became my heroes? How did it happen? Why did it happen? I’m not sure that I’ve been able to pinpoint the precise answers to those questions. All I can determine is that it started very early and that there were two groups…
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“This world is not my home!” Aren’t you glad! Doesn’t that just make all the difference in your day knowing that “there’s a beautiful place called heaven” that is “reserved” for you (1 Pet. 1:4-5)! The very thought of heaven…the very thought that we do not deserve to be in that place for even one second…the very thought that God longs for us to be…
There has long been a discussion regarding the Bible as to whether it is “A Rule Book” or “A Love Letter.” (Note: The Bible nowhere uses those kinds of terms to describe itself, so recognize that we are using language that man has created in an effort to describe the Bible. Thus, this language falls short in many ways of adequately and…
We might think this is so obvious, but consider the wisdom of Proverbs 22:2, especially for our day and age: “The rich and the poor have this in common, the Lord is the maker of them all.” Every rich person needs to see the poor person is made by God, and every poor person needs to see the rich person is made by…