I guess you could say that I used to be a NASCAR fan. For several seasons, I watched nearly every race. Initially, I watched them alone, but after a while Traci started watching them with me. It was something we enjoyed doing together. Thanks to some kind and generous friends, we were able to go to several Saturday night races in Daytona. …
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 200)
Some folks look around at the denominational world today (and often at specific groups) and exclaim, “Wow! It is really something all the ways in which they are doing good and glorifying God.” Let me ask you a question–how do we know that it is “something”? Jesus placed a great emphasis on “abiding in Him,” especially in John 15. He affirmed that…
I could ask, “Do you love Jesus”? But, I think that it has a different ring to it to ask, “Do you agape Jesus?” As humans (and especially Americans) we have equated “love” with an emotion that we feel. Of course, we need to have an emotional affection for Jesus, but that is not the question here, nor is it the word…
What is missing in our world today? What is it that children lack in their interaction with adults? What is it that adults lack in their interaction with each other? What is it that citizens lack in their interaction with those who are in authority? What is one root cause of the bitterness in the workplace today? What is one root cause…
To be blessed by God is not a matter of guesswork or some mysterious puzzle to be solved. The New Testament makes it very plain, in passages like James 1:25, how a Christian can be blessed. The Lord promises, “This one will be blessed in what he does.” Now, which “one”? The “one” who will be blessed “looks into the perfect law…
There are few thoughts more comforting than the realization that our God is the “God of all comfort” (2 Cor. 1:3). We may think of Him as an all-wise, all-powerful God (and He is!). But, how often does it cross your mind that we have the blessed privilege to be “comforted by God” with a comfort that “abounds through Christ” (1:4-5)? The…
We are living in a time when hard work is often hard to come by and stick-to-itiveness regarding certain tasks is in short supply. Many employees are found glued to their phones rather than helping customers. Many employers have to make certain concessions just to fill needed positions. The entitlement mentality permeating our nation has made it hard for businesses to find…
Sometimes a Christian may be inclined to look at those in the world and think, “It’s not fair. They get to do whatever they want. They seem to be having more fun in life than me. They have so much more freedom to experience everything that’s out there.” If your eye and your heart is focused on the world and its ways,…