Each of us needs to honestly answer the following question. Let’s look inside our hearts and examine before we answer. “Am I the same person when I am speaking to someone face-to-face that I am when I am typing on a keyboard?” It is so easy to say some things (that I normally would not say) and to say them in a certain way (that…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 112)
If there is anything that we do not want, it is for others to think ill of us—especially without any cause. When others hear something about us or are led to believe something about us, we certainly would love it if they would just give us the benefit of the doubt. If we want that so much for ourselves, shouldn’t we be ready to…
What motivates you? What motivates you to do something? What motivates you to not do something? The word “motivation” can be defined as “the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way.” What are your reason(s) for behaving in the way that you do? As Christians we have numerous things that motivate us to do or not…
Sometimes it is easy for us to get puffed up—to think that we are something and to think that our thoughts, our ways, our abilities, our pursuits are of utmost importance and of supreme value. The Lord, however, is quick to remind us that such thoughts are not of Christ. Paul wrote about the wonderful “treasure” of God’s new covenant and how “glorious”…
Are you a “strong” Christian? Or, are you a “weak” Christian? Let’s ask that a different way. Are you a “mature” and “seasoned” Christian, who has firmly placed your faith in Christ and is seeking faithfully to serve Him? Or, are you a fairly “new” Christian or a Christian who has not matured as you should, and you’re still trying to learn some of elementary principles…
Too often I act before I think, which causes me to make poor choices and engage in sinful behaviors. While I know that I will never be perfect, that is not an excuse for not trying my utmost to “not sin” (1 John 2:1). I must endeavor to greater levels of “self-control.” The matter of personal “self-control” was an essential part of…
We need to be very careful that we learn to use Bible words in the way that the Bible uses them, and not just use them in the way that we’ve heard others in the religious world use them. Some claim to be “apostles” today, but the qualifications required accompanying the Lord during His ministry and witnessing His resurrection (Acts 1:21-22). Some claim…
It is easy as an American to take being an American for granted. All the freedoms, all the privileges, all of the abundance. It is appropriate (and needful) that we have a “Memorial Day” to help us to remember the sacrifices that have been made for us to have this great nation. Likewise, it is easy as a Christian to take being a Christian…