If you hate the President, if you hate the former President, if you hate the one who lost the Presidential race…if you hate someone who doesn’t agree with you politically…if you hate someone because he’s black or hate someone because he’s not black…if you hate someone because he’s white or hate someone because he’s not white…if you hate someone because he’s rich…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 152)
I am convinced that there is a hymn to meet every need and challenge you face in life. Perhaps the following account (which I heard Brother Wendell Winkler share several years ago) helps to establish that point. A preacher presented a lesson on how Christians must commit themselves to serving in the church. The song leader got up and led the song,…
Many people have very definite opinions about their pizza. A group of teenagers sat around a lunch table voicing their absolutes — “Cheese! Cheese! Pepperoni! Hawaiian! Pineapple and pizza do NOT go together! Anything on it is fine except broccoli! Broccoli on pizza is just NOT right!” And the beauty of the topic allows them all to be right–at least to themselves.…
You’ve been there. You’ve seen it. Maybe you’ve been the target. Or maybe you were just an innocent bystander. Maybe, perhaps, you were the extender. What? Those moments when the middle finger is gesticulated in someone’s direction. Is there anything wrong with that? Well, what is usually involved when someone extends their middle finger? Some words have been spoken or some actions…
In a recent religious blog, the author (a prominent member of a large denomination himself) reviewed what he called “Contemporary Trends in Church Names.” Space will not allow a listing of all the common church names that he found but notice what is making the top of the list today: “Point” has become ubiquitous: LifePoint; CrossPoint. Add an “e” to be fancy:…
When Jesus calmed the storm on the Sea of Galilee, the disciples marveled, “Who can this be, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?” (Matt. 8:27). But, after everything they saw that day, they should have known Jesus was truly Lord of all. Earlier in the day, leprosy obeyed Jesus (8:1-3), then paralysis obeyed Jesus (8:5-13), then fever obeyed Jesus…
It would not surprise you (or probably even bother or catch your attention) to find out that 89% of Americans believe that birth control is morally acceptable or that 59% believe that wearing clothing made of animal fur is morally acceptable. But it’s some of the other things, that this Gallup poll found that Americans believe are morally acceptable, which should get…
In the days of the early church, opportunities presented themselves to the brethren to serve and to be an active part of the church. How do you think some of them responded? We do not have a listing of how every Christian responded to those opportunities, but we do have a record of how some responded. In Acts 4, there was a…