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Posts by David Sproule (Page 10)

You keep using that emoji

One of the best scenes in “The Princess Bride” is when Inigo Montoya has heard Vizzini repeatedly use (or rather, misuse) the word, “Inconceivable,” and he tells him, “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” I think of that scene often when scrolling social media and seeing the praying hands emoji used repeatedly and…

Must himself (or herself) be friendly

The wisdom of the book of Proverbs is so practical and it just makes sense. One such nugget of truth states, “A man who has friends must himself be friendly” (Prov. 18:24). How true is that? Someone who is not “friendly” does not have many “friends”! Sometimes folks in the church will be upset because they don’t have many friends in the church. Can I ask…

Make God a liar

Can you imagine anyone accusing God of lying, let alone “making God a liar”? That’s exactly what the apostle John claimed we can do.  “If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us” (1 John 1:10). The reason that making a claim that “we have not sinned” makes God “a liar” is because…

The “Givingest Giver” of All Time

How much do you give to the Lord? I know! That’s a personal question! And it’s absolutely none of my business! Who would you say was the biggest giver in the Bible? Several suggestions could be made in answer to that question. One finalist on that list of the biggest givers would certainly be the brethren in Macedonia. Paul describes “the riches of their liberality,” in that they…

It leads to only one thing

When you play a game, sometimes it can lead to a win and sometimes it can lead to a loss. There are two different possible outcomes. But, in the Bible, there is a choice that we can make that the Bible says “leads only” to one place, and it gives us a clear warning. Look at Psalm 37. It talks about God’s…