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Posts by David Sproule (Page 252)

“Render to all their due”

In an attempt (a failed attempt) to trap Jesus, the Pharisees asked Him, “Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?” (Matt. 22:17).  As Jesus sometimes did, He responded to their question with a question.  Showing them a Roman coin, the Lord asked, “Whose image and inscription is this?”  The answer was obvious: “Caesar’s.”  Jesus instructions were simple, “Render therefore…

“My ideas are the only ideas that matter!”

Ever been in a conversation when the other person thought that his/her wishes, thoughts and ideas were the only ones that mattered and you shouldn’t even waste your breath expressing yours?  Or, have you ever been in a conversation when you were the one who thought that your wishes, thoughts and ideas were the only ones that mattered and everyone else should…

“What am I going to do?”

While “there is nothing new under the sun” (Ecc. 1:9), and the temptations we face are “common to man” (1 Cor. 10:13), and “the same sufferings” that Satan brings upon us “are experienced by [our] brethren in the world” (1 Pet. 5:9), the trials, tribulations, hardships, sufferings, griefs, sorrows, burdens, pains, heartaches, uncertainties, anxieties that each of us face are, nevertheless, very…

ABC + GCB + YOU = ROM 1:16-17 + 18-32

I was not aware of the new show on ABC network, nationwide, available-in-nearly-every-home television until a friend mentioned it to me yesterday.  I had not heard about the new show with access to nearly every U.S. home for one hour every Lord’s Day evening.  If you look for the show in your guide, you’ll find it listed as “GCB.”  Just those three…

An average of one profane word almost every minute

The movie was rated PG-13 but was supposed to be, according to friends, “really good.”  The family movie review site shed some light on what to expect, with content specifics on profanity, sex, violence, alcohol and other negative elements.  In the section on profanity in this movie, the review included these details:  2 “f” words, nearly 40 “s” words, 15 “a- -,”…

Ouch! Would you knowingly let a snake bite you?

The Bible uses the verb “bite” (or some form of it, like “bites, bit, bitten”) ten times in the Old Testament, and every time God used that word it was in connection with a serpent.  In Numbers 21, “the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many of the people died” (21:6-9).  Horrible!  I’d never want…