Are you satisfied? Are you satisfied with where you are in life? Are you satisfied with your relationship with God? And, if you are satisfied, is that good thing? Or is that a bag thing? Be careful how you answer. Proverbs 14:14 states, “The backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways.” What does that mean? A heart that is…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 174)
Do you have some clothes that…well…just don’t fit like they once did? Sometimes clothes just don’t fit right anymore. Have you ever borrowed someone else’s shoes and realized how very different feet are? Sometimes certain clothes fit other people better than they fit us. There is a piece of “clothing” that God tells every Christian, with urgency, to put on. It is…
Worship is an interesting subject to discuss, as there seem to be so many varied ideas about what is or is not acceptable in worship. Some folks take a very open approach and suggest that “how” one worships really is not all that important, “as long as one is worshiping God.” What do you think about that position? Do you honestly believe…
You’ve heard of “unanswered prayers,” right? The idea is: (1) “I asked God for this.” (2) “I didn’t get it.” (3) “It’s an unanswered prayer.” Of course, such an approach severely limits God to only see, desire and give us what we want. An answer of “Yes,” then, is the only acceptable response for some, but we must realize that God sometimes…
Near the end of “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,” when Frodo Baggins had nearly completed his task of carrying the One Ring into Mordor, he collapsed from sheer exhaustion. He could not go on. His friend, Samwise “Sam” Gamgee, tried to urge him to finish the journey, but Frodo seemed to have lost the strength to reach…
There is only one church (Eph. 4:4; 1:22-23; 2:16), and that one church finds its origin in God, not man (Isa. 2:2-4; Dan. 2:44; Matt. 16:18; Acts 20:28). Those points are inarguable. So, when it comes to how that church is organized, we should expect that there is only one organizational structure that is acceptable and that it comes from God Himself.…
Do you think the stripes in a parking lot are important? Some folks who have trouble parking straight might suggest removing them to make parking easier. Do you know when a parking lot is most chaotic? It’s when there are no stripes. Without stripes to designate where to park, drivers park anywhere and in any way they choose. Oftentimes, fewer cars are…
A man stood behind the podium and led the congregation in prayer during the morning worship assembly. There was nothing unusual about his prayer. It was truly worshipful in every way. But, there was something about the way he said a certain phrase that made it stick. Again, the phrase was not anything new. But, he gave it a little added emphasis…