Over 140 years ago. Philip P. Bliss penned the words to a beautiful hymn, which should resonate in our hearts and be perceptible in our daily lives. It is so easy today to become absorbed in our culture, in our media and in the cares of this world that we just…forget. We forget who we are. We forget how good we have it. We forget our…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 114)
New Testament Christians, of all people, should know how to be wary of things that they hear. In religious settings, we long to be like the Bereans, who sought to verify what they heard before acting upon it (Acts 17:11). We should take that same mindset to everything else in our lives. When we hear something on the news, do we just believe the…
Being consistent is one of the hardest things for a person to do. When a child is in school, often their behavior when the teacher is out of the room is not consistent with their behavior when the teacher is in the room. That translates to the adult life, when behavior while the boss is out of the office is not consistent…
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…
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…