If you set out on a caravan journey across a particular state and determined in advance that everyone would stick to a single interstate highway on the journey, would it be obvious if someone in the caravan wandered off of that highway? Of course it would! With everyone on the same direct path, it would be quite apparent when someone was not. And it would…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 86)
As Peter wrote about how ignorant individuals were taking Paul’s “epistles” and twisting them “to their own destruction,” he concluded his sentence by saying, “…as they do also the rest of the Scriptures” (2 Pet. 3:15-16). That is interesting for a number of reasons. First, Peter recognized the existence and collection of “the Scriptures,” which he had earlier affirmed were from the Holy Spirit…
Each week, the faithful child of God looks forward to that blessed opportunity to commune with the Savior around His table, as he remembers His Lord’s death, discerns His Lord’s body and examines himself. This series of articles has examined the Biblical importance of doing that properly every Sunday and has sought to offer some practical and Biblical ways to fulfill this…
Children grow up and they want to be liked…to be accepted…to fit in and belong. When that doesn’t happen, they often wonder, “What’s wrong with me?” Further, they sometimes will change who they are, how they behave, how they talk, how they dress, in order to be liked and accepted by certain people. Are adults much different? We all want to be accepted. So, when we…
We might hear someone say something and think, “I feel like that’s got to be right.” We might read a news report online and think, “I feel like that’s the right thing to do.” We might see a friend choose a certain path and think, “I feel like they’re ok in that.” We may be faced with a choice ourselves and think, “I feel like…
Christians are instructed to partake of the Lord’s Supper every first day of the week and to remember the Lord’s death, discern His body and examine themselves as they partake. The first article in this series examined the importance of doing that; this article will begin to suggest some practical and Biblical ways to fulfill that joyful experience every week. I must…
The Lord Jesus was teaching some things “openly” with which Peter was not comfortable (namely, about His suffering, rejection, death and resurrection), and so “Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him” (Mark 8:31-32). Can you imagine? Rebuking the Lord because of what He was teaching publicly? “But when [Jesus] had turned around and looked at His disciples” (no doubt to consider what…
The Christians to whom Peter wrote his first letter were suffering terrible persecution because of the name which they wore (1 Pet. 4:16). Their “adversary, the devil” was truly prowling around, “seeking someone to devour” (5:8). These Christians were urged to “resist” him and remain “firm in your faith” (5:9). But, WHERE IS GOD? Sometimes when the devil is testing us, we want to know what…