The word “compromise” is a word that often means different things to different people. It is used often in marriage counseling, in an effort to help a husband and a wife to learn to get along and to find some kind of common ground in their relationship and even in their arguments. “Just compromise.” However, while some may see the word as…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 112)
Some people wonder today how long God is going to allow the earth to still stand. Some people wonder why God hasn’t destroyed America yet. Some people wonder how long the patience of God can hold out while sin is running rampant all over the globe. In Genesis 6, “the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and…
The very folks who should have been expecting the coming of Christ and welcomed Him with open arms into their lives and into their homes actually rejected Him. However, it is interesting to see the response that some Gentiles had to our Savior. In Luke 7, a Gentile centurion “heard about Jesus” and pleaded “with Him to come and heal his servant” (7:3). When…
For some reason, we sometimes try to justify certain behaviors and think we will “be ok” and that God will “be ok” with us. Unfortunately, that is what “the flesh” does and how “the devil” works—he deceives us into thinking according to “the flesh” and living according to “the flesh.” God issues warning after warning against giving into and flirting with our…
God is all-powerful! When it came to His creation, He could have created you/me/us/mankind in any image that He wanted! He could have made us in the image of the llama or the monkey. But, He didn’t! He could have made everyone in the image of Shaquille O’Neal or Jennifer Lopez. But, He didn’t! He could have made everyone in the image of your second-grade teacher or your…
Dear fellow Christian, is it really Christ-like to share something on social media but to make a disclaimer about its sinful content? Sometimes we see a video or meme and think it really conveys a message dear to us in an effective manner, but we think that saying, “Pardon the language,” exonerates us from sharing un-Christlike speech. Would that also work and be…
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus challenged His followers (then and today) to examine what standard they are going to follow in their attitude and behavior. Option number one: Use the standard that is based upon “What you have heard others say.” Option number two: Use the standard that is based upon “What I [Jesus] say to you.” Those are two…
When we read about Joseph being mistreated by his brothers, we see a man who made the best of a bad situation. When we read about Moses dealing with a nation of complainers, we see a man who made the best of a bad situation. When we read about Elijah facing loneliness and despair, we see a man who made the best of a…