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Posts by David Sproule (Page 2)

Dear devil,

You keep trying to tempt me to sin against my God! Sometimes it looks really good! Sometimes I think it wouldn’t be that big of a deal! Sometimes I think about the fact that no one would even know about it! Sometimes I see how close I can get without crossing that line! Sometimes I let my emotions and what feels good get the better of me. Sometimes…

He knows what is in each person

When Jesus was on this earth, “He knew what was in man” (John 2:25). He knew their hearts and their thoughts (Matt. 9:4), without them saying a thing to Him. That should not surprise us, as God “looks at the heart” (1 Sam. 16:7), and He “alone know[s] the hearts of all” (1 Kgs. 8:39; Acts 1:24).  Now, we could read those verses and…

“Isn’t everybody related?”

What a smart girl! Instead of listening to what so many in the world would have her to believe, the 9-year-old young lady used the brain that God gave her and figured it out on her own. She came out of worship on Sunday and said, “If Adam and Eve were the first people, and they had children, and then those had children, then…

The head of the church lives!

How beautiful is God’s design for His church! Everything that we know and need to know about it is found in His beautiful Scriptures! The church was planned by Jesus (Eph. 3:9-11), built by Jesus (Matt. 16:18), purchased by Jesus (Acts 20:28), started by Jesus (Acts 2:22-47), is loved by Jesus (Eph. 5:25), is governed by Jesus (Col. 3:17), is shepherded by Jesus (Heb.…

Give Me the Bible, Not “Sola Scriptura” (Part 3 of 6)

The all-wise, all-powerful God had an opportunity to provide all that man would need in His Scripture?  Did He do it?  Can we know?         In the verse immediately after the affirmation that “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God,” the Holy Spirit made it clear that God has breathed out all Scripture, so “that the man of God may be complete,…

Does your face shine?

You know the closing verses on Numbers 6, although you may not realize it. Let me start it and you finish it: “The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His…” Are you singing the rest of the song in your head? Part of verse 25 says, “The Lord make His face to shine upon you.” What does that mean? Have you seen someone’s face…

Those who have hope

Paul wrote about those who face the sorrow of death and “have no hope” (1 Thess. 4:13). Their loved one was outside of Christ—a place where there is “no hope” (Eph. 2:12). But, he wanted those inside of Christ to know that they may sorrow at the loss of a faithful child of God, but their sorrow is tempered by hope. How? Those who have…