One evening last year, Person “A” made some of the very worst decisions a person could ever make and killed Person “B.” If you didn’t know anything else, what would your thoughts be? The following details will start to reveal the exact case, but just pretend like you had no prior knowledge of any of this. What if you learned that Person…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 105)
If you were in prison, how would you like to be free? How much would you think about it? If someone came along, removed you from the prison and freed you, how would you respond? If you were a slave, how would you like to be free? How much would you think about it? If someone came along, removed you from the…
The caller phoned the church office and said, “I’m confused. I’ve been watching videos from your church online and reading my Bible. What you’re saying makes sense and fits right in line with what the Bible says. But then I ask my pastor about it and he takes a totally different position. He starts using this terminology and that terminology, and I…
Different people “go to church” different places on Sunday. That’s pretty obvious, isn’t it? Where is “your church”? That may sound like a simple question, or it may sound like an odd question. Consider this as the context. In a recent issue of Sun Sentinel, there was a Community News report about an event called “Cars & Coffee Palm Beach,” which is…
Friends, we are destroying ourselves. We are allowing outside influences to shape our thinking. We are giving others too much control over our minds. We are listening to politicians and media tell us that everything has some kind of “racial overtone.” But, it doesn’t! And it doesn’t have to! Every issue does not have a racial slant. Every post doesn’t need a…
You’ve met a lot of people in your life, right? That means you have met all sorts of different kinds of people. So, who was the last perfect person you met? Do you remember his or her name? The last person you knew who didn’t make any mistakes? Say the name out loud right now. Go ahead. What’s with the silence? You…
“Isn’t it enough to give? As long as I’m giving, does it matter why? Does it really matter what my motivation is?” Think about this for a moment and consider what Scripture has to teach us. Much of the giving in the early church was done to help brethren who were in need (1 Cor. 16:1-2; 2 Cor. 8:16-24; Rom. 15:25-27). Giving…
In First Samuel chapter 8, the Israelites demanded that Samuel “appoint a king for us to judge us like all the nations” (8:5). In other words, “All of the other nations have a king. We want to be like all the other nations.” So, how did that work out for Israel? The nation would never be the same again. Sin ravaged her…