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Posts by David Sproule (Page 297)

How much do you trust God?

We go through each day trusting people we do not even know and have never met.  We drive right through an intersection with a green light, trusting that the cross traffic is being held by a red light that some guy programmed.  We drive at 70 miles per hour down a crowded interstate highway, trusting that the guy in the lane next…

When I put the money in the basket, is that worship?

Should giving in our assemblies on the first day of the week really be considered an avenue of worship?  Stop and think about it, then study what the Bible says about it.  Is it possible that bringing money before the Lord and giving it freely and willingly could be considered “worshiping God”?  It is obvious from 1 Corinthians 16:1-2 that this was…

“Isn’t there a more humane way to discipline your child?”

Well, the radio DJs thought they had it all figured out.  Some of them praised the school system in a small Texas town that was bringing the paddle back for disciplinary purposes, but others were wholly against the idea of spanking, asking (or suggesting), “Isn’t there a more humane way to discipline your children and reason with them?”  One caller used the…

Every verse is mine!

How confused the average “un-churched” person in this world must become when listening to the “churched” folks.  Catholics “have their verses” that teach a baby must be baptized for his sins; Protestants “have their verses” that teach baptizing an adult (not a baby) is good but has nothing to do with sins.  Jehovah’s Witnesses are so committed to “their verses” that they…

Cannot love each other enough!

Paul told the church in Thessalonica that he was always “remembering without ceasing your…labor of love” (1 Thess. 1:3).  He had rejoiced at Timothy’s report, when he “brought us good news of your…love” (3:6).  If there was any church that really understood and practiced Christian love, it was the brethren in Thessalonica.  So much so, that Paul wrote, “But concerning brotherly love…

“Patience is a virtue”

How many times have you heard it – “Patience is a virtue”? (Probably so many times that you might have wanted to smack the person who last said it to you.  Ah!  Maybe that’s why they were extolling patience.)  Patience is a hardy virtue, which entails constant endurance. Patience is a command from God.  “We exhort you, brethren…be patient with all” (1…

Cinco de Mayo

To the average American, what is Cinco de Mayo about?  Some might say it is a celebration of Mexico’s Independence Day, but that day is not until September.  Some suggest it is a celebration of Mexican culture, but is that what the typical American partier is thinking?  Most Americans have come to admit that Cinco de Mayo is seen in the same…