His longtime friend was succumbing to a terminal illness and only had a short time to live. The Christian gentleman sat by his bedside and tried again to do the same thing he had oft tried before—to talk to his buddy about Jesus. He wanted nothing more than for his friend to leave this life prepared to meet his Savior. But the…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 2)
Memory loss is a sad and devastating reality that affects many people who we know and love. Unfortunately, while it is easy to identify in others, it is not so easy to identify in ourselves, especially when it comes to things that really matter. When Moses was delivering his final messages to Israel in the book of Deuteronomy, he frequently emphasized their need…
Sometimes Christians allow other people to affect their service TO the Lord and FOR the Lord. Sometimes Christians get frustrated with a preacher or with the elders, so they disconnect from the local congregation and stop serving in the church. Sometimes Christians get hurt by a fellow Christian, so they disconnect from the local congregation and stop being involved. The nature of human relationships…
Some distractions are unavoidable and created by others—like when someone literally gets in your face. Other distractions, even if created by others, are easier to disregard and can be managed, if we try. So, think about a place where distractions exist but we wish they didn’t—in a worship assembly. But, how many of the distractions are self-imposed? Or, how many could we…
Do you ever get emotionally overloaded with the trials and hardships of life? Then, do you ever get emotionally over-overloaded when you look around at the dismal condition of the sin-filled world around us? Then, do you ever get emotionally over-over-overloaded when unexpected challenges face your family? Then do you ever get emotionally over-over-over-overloaded when friends or family unload their troubles and…
Osmosis
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We used to joke around as kids about putting the school textbook under our pillow at night and learning what we needed to know for the next day’s test by osmosis. Well, it doesn’t take a genius to know that didn’t work. Being in the proximity of the book that has information doesn’t actually convey the information. The same ought to be obvious to…
Contortionists are often a favorite act at a circus, as they often twist themselves into reality-defying shapes and positions. While that is entertaining, it is anything but entertaining when some individuals today are like contortionists when it comes to the subject of the essentiality of baptism for salvation—they twist themselves into reality-defying positions to avoid the truth so plainly taught in Scripture. …
With 24-hour news today and immediate information available on every possible desired detail of any event, we quickly get absorbed (if we so desire) into current events, especially when it involves war (or war-like activity). It becomes all we can think about, talk about, pray about, etc. What’s interesting is that as spectators, none of us is privy to all the reasons or…