If you look down on people because they are a different race or ethnicity than you…if you look down on people because they are less fortunate than you, have less money than you or have “not-as-nice” things as you…if you look down on people because they have less education than you or have not advanced as far in life as you…if you…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 129)
At some point in our lifetimes, we have all said things that perhaps we didn’t really mean. We had, in all likelihood, good intentions by what we were saying, but the follow-through was lacking. Unfortunately, too often this has happened with the biggest verbal statements of people’s lives. Before someone is baptized into Jesus Christ, he/she makes a verbal confession of faith—“I…
If you hate the President, if you hate the former President, if you hate the one who lost the Presidential race…if you hate someone who doesn’t agree with you politically…if you hate someone because he’s black or hate someone because he’s not black…if you hate someone because he’s white or hate someone because he’s not white…if you hate someone because he’s rich…
I am convinced that there is a hymn to meet every need and challenge you face in life. Perhaps the following account (which I heard Brother Wendell Winkler share several years ago) helps to establish that point. A preacher presented a lesson on how Christians must commit themselves to serving in the church. The song leader got up and led the song,…
Many people have very definite opinions about their pizza. A group of teenagers sat around a lunch table voicing their absolutes — “Cheese! Cheese! Pepperoni! Hawaiian! Pineapple and pizza do NOT go together! Anything on it is fine except broccoli! Broccoli on pizza is just NOT right!” And the beauty of the topic allows them all to be right–at least to themselves.…
You’ve been there. You’ve seen it. Maybe you’ve been the target. Or maybe you were just an innocent bystander. Maybe, perhaps, you were the extender. What? Those moments when the middle finger is gesticulated in someone’s direction. Is there anything wrong with that? Well, what is usually involved when someone extends their middle finger? Some words have been spoken or some actions…
In a recent religious blog, the author (a prominent member of a large denomination himself) reviewed what he called “Contemporary Trends in Church Names.” Space will not allow a listing of all the common church names that he found but notice what is making the top of the list today: “Point” has become ubiquitous: LifePoint; CrossPoint. Add an “e” to be fancy:…
When Jesus calmed the storm on the Sea of Galilee, the disciples marveled, “Who can this be, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?” (Matt. 8:27). But, after everything they saw that day, they should have known Jesus was truly Lord of all. Earlier in the day, leprosy obeyed Jesus (8:1-3), then paralysis obeyed Jesus (8:5-13), then fever obeyed Jesus…