Go back 2,000 years and imagine explaining to someone all of the different brands and styles of paper that are available today. If someone is looking for plain white, 20 Lb., 8.5″ x 11″ paper, there are over 20 different brands (at least from my brief search). What! It’s just plain, white paper! Why are there so many different varieties? Why can’t we…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 197)
Life. Sometimes it controls us. Sometimes we get so entrenched in what we’re doing that we lose sight of what is most important. As Christians, there is one simple truth that must guide every decision we make and every move we take—Christ is to “have first place in everything” (Col. 1:18). Christ must have first place in my life! My relationship with…
When Moses came off of Mount Sinai and caught sight of the golden calf, his “anger became hot” (Ex. 32:19). Was Moses wrong to be angry at Israel’s idolatry? When Jesus came into the temple and caught sight of “those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables,” “He made a scourge of cords, and…
“Mom, I thought you loved me!” “I do love you, sweetheart!” “Then, why did you spank me? If you loved me, you wouldn’t spank me!” “I disciplined you because I love you! If I didn’t love you, I wouldn’t discipline you!” How many parents have had a conversation like that? Discipline, to a child and some outsiders, seems so unfair and so unloving.…
Saul of Tarsus went through an incredibly thorough transformation in becoming the apostle Paul. It was more than just a name change; it was a wholesale change of everything about him. That he went from “persecutor to persecuted” is more than just a catchy way of saying it, it was visibly true. Visibly true? Do you mean that it was visibly evident…
For more than 50 years, the question has been raised as to whether it is proper for the church to hire full-time “Youth Ministers.” This article is not about that question. For nearly 2,000 years, the church has desperately needed more and more “youth ministers.” Please notice the difference in spelling between the first and second paragraphs. The responsibility of Christians is…
Jesus taught that “where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matt. 6:21). So, the question is, “Where is your treasure?” Note a few things about this. First, Jesus says you only have one treasure (not more than one). A few verses later He emphasizes that “no one can serve two masters” (6:24). You only have one master. You only have…
Two cars approach one another, going opposite directions on a well-lit, single lane street. There is a solid wall on the right and a solid wall on the left. There is no other direction to go. Who must yield the right of way? Would it help to know that it is a one-way street? Now, which one must yield? This is not…