When you look around at all of the denominations today, while some teach similar doctrines, most of them teach very diverse things. Of course, that’s the very reason that they are all in existence. If they taught the same thing, they would not be divided. Is that God’s design? To the first-century congregation that was struggling with division, Paul made the singularity of his teaching…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 97)
We know that God “desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth” (1 Tim. 2:4). We immediately identify that statement with God’s desire for non-Christians, which we also do with 2 Peter 3:9, knowing that “the Lord is…not willing that any should perish.” But does that desire apply only to non-Christians? God wants all to be…
In our culture today, there is an increasing disrespect and disdain for marriage and for God’s perfect plan for it. Some today view marriage as optional, yeah, even old-fashioned. Is marriage one of those things that we should let go—in the same way that we have let go of bell bottom pants, black and white television, and Pluto as a planet? Let’s…
The first time you read the word “night” in the Bible is on Day One of Creation. God said, “Let there be light” (Gen. 1:3), and “God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night” (1:5). When it wasn’t day (i.e., light), it was night (i.e., dark). From the beginning of time, man has always known of the dark of night. Man has experienced…
This illustration may fall flat with the younger generation. Do you remember the analog radios and how you would turn the knob ever so slowly to dial in your station just right? Do you remember as you drove further from the signal how you might start to hear some other station playing completely different music but was mixed in with the song from your…
How easy is it for us to forget what we have…and forget how good we have it? Children sometimes do this—thinking that other kids have it better than they do. Husbands and wives sometimes do this—thinking that someone other than their spouse might be able to satisfy them better. Christians sometimes do this—thinking that people in the world have it better than…
From the book of Exodus through the book of Joshua, the Bible reader learns of a special relationship that God initiated with the children of Israel. He brought them out of Egyptian slavery and into the beautiful land of Canaan. They had so much going for them. Then, you get to the book of Judges. Seven times in that book, you read “the children of…
When I begin to think it’s all about me and that people should focus on me and do what’s best for me…are there perhaps some other things I should consider? Am I aware of the needs of others around me? Do I recognize that there are others around me who are seriously hurting—physically, emotionally and spiritually? Do I realize that I am not perfect and…