There are some seriously tough jobs out there! (Mike Rowe, who hosted the television show, “Dirty Jobs,” would likely call that an understatement!) From coal mining to sewer cleaning to prison wardens, there are certain jobs in this world that just take a little more courage, stamina and prayer-power to accomplish. Add to that list (and just go ahead and put it…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 211)
It’s interesting how some Christians can find justification (even “Biblical justification,” in their minds) for their sinful behavior. For example, some Christians, knowing full-well that the Bible condemns the drinking of alcoholic beverages, have found solace in the medical professionals who recommend drinking in moderation for health benefits. As if doctors trump God’s Word! Now, here’s the latest (perhaps) in this trend.…
News report: “There is an obvious target being placed upon Christians, and the thugs behind the attacks are not satisfied with anything short of murder. Extreme persecution and violence is the order of the day. Just the other day a Christian was beheaded, and so now the question is, ‘What will Christians do?’” The above paragraph (notice the quotation marks) could have…
Sometimes, when something is so obvious and so basic, we often will not give much attention to it and lose sight of its place in our lives. However, it is often those things that are the most obvious and the most basic that we need to be reminded of on a regular basis, in order to help us stay focused on what…
It is such an unpleasant topic–death. Who wants to talk about it? Who wants to think about it? But, the reality is that the one thing that every person on earth has in common is that one day they will die. For those who do not believe in absolutes, guess what? Death is an absolute! It is absolutely going to happen! Every…
It sure can be easy to let the circumstances of life and the things happening around us to get us down and dejected. What else is going to go wrong in this country? What else is going to happen to the cost of living? What else is going to trouble my family and my friends? Rather than focusing on “all the bad…
Sometimes we grow so accustomed to things being the way we’ve always known them to be that we cannot think of doing them any other way. I remember pulling up to a gas station several years ago and a man asking me what kind of gas I wanted and if I wanted my windshield cleaned. Having spent most of my life in…
Living in a fast-paced, self-gratifying world, it is not always easy or automatic to be kindhearted and to show kindness toward others, but that is exactly what the Lord expects of us. The love that is to characterize, motivate and permeate the Christian life “is kind” (1 Cor. 13:4). We are to “put on…kindness” (Col. 3:12), being instructed to “be kind to…