It’s kind of a weird question, but if you had the opportunity to be any kind of flower in the world, what would you want to be? There are so many from which to choose! In fact, scientists have identified approximately 400,000 types of flowering plant species in the world. Some are extremely rare, like the endangered corpse flower of Indonesia. It…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 126)
Were your parents “fair”? The answer to that may depend on where you are in your life. How many kids have been known to say, “That’s not fair!”? As if children were born into this world with the divine standard for measuring true fairness in their parents. No child (slightly overstated) ever thought his parents were always fair in their decisions. (And,…
One’s physical posture in worship, while it can have an impact, is not the focus. You could be standing on the outside, but asleep on the inside. You could be kneeling on the outside, but bored on the inside. The real focus to which each and every worshiper must give attention is the posture of their heart. Consider words from Psalm 95.…
Raising kids can be fun, difficult, exhausting, exciting, challenging, thrilling, nerve-racking, joyful and rewarding—all wrapped into one wonderful experience. As your kids grow up, there are always certain things you want to do with them and certain places that you want to take them. “When they get old enough, we need to take them here. During the summer, we need to go…
So, there’s Bible class on Sunday mornings and Bible class on Wednesday nights. There’s worship on Sunday mornings and worship on Sunday nights. There are various other events (for the whole church or certain segments of the church) a couple times during the month. Then, there may be certain “favors” that deacons or elders or members ask to be done. “You know…
Those who live along a southern coast know about the “Cone of Uncertainty.” It starts to appear as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) tracks a storm system through the tropics. The cone is intended to represent “the probable path of the storm center,” showing its WHERE and WHEN over the next several days (or at least the estimated general area). …
Christ will not accept second place in our lives. As our Creator (Col. 1:16), our Sustainer (Col. 1:17), our Savior (Phil. 3:20) and our Lord (Acts 10:36), He expects and demands to “have first place in everything” (Col. 1:18). Second place is not an option (cf. Rev. 3:16). It is evident that such priority and preeminence applies to His body, His church,…
Would you say that the world we live in today could be aptly described as “crooked and perverse”? I don’t know of two words that could more accurately express the condition of our society today! Yet, do you know that those are the exact words that God used to depict the world in which His first-century followers were living–2,000 year ago? The…