Owning a business or running a company must be so much more challenging today than it was just a few years or decades ago. The way that our society has changed (not always for the better), the way that the average person’s work ethic has changed (rarely for the better), amidst all of the other economic challenges and government regulations, it must…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 284)
It is a common experience. You buy a new lamp, plug it in and turn it on. You buy a TV, plug it in and turn it on. You buy a DVD player, a cable box, and oh no! You only have two power sockets and you need more. So, now you buy a power strip, plug it in and you have…
When our government talks about balancing the national budget, they are always talking about taking the existing budget (with all that has been accumulated over the years) and cutting things out of it. When we look at our busy schedules and try to find room for something else, we always take the entirety of our existing schedule (with all that has been…
It is widely believed that babies come into this world having inherited sin from their ancestors. If that is true (which it is not), how many sins does the average newborn baby have? Does he have one, two, three? Does he have 700, 800, 900? For which sins of his ancestors is he guilty? 4,000? 5,000? 6,000? No! The answer is zero!…
For those who have ever tried to send information or upload files via the internet, you know that it is much faster to download and receive than it is to upload and send. For example, a speed test that I just ran on my internet connection showed download 4-5 times faster than upload. What does that have to do with anything? Well,…
How often does the philosophy “close enough” impact your daily life? You pull into a parking space and you’re a little further to the right than you should be—close enough! You cut a piece of wood and it’s one-eighth of an inch off—close enough! You call your child by the wrong name but it’s still somebody in the family—close enough! How do…
How easy is it to start an argument or a fight? Whether at school, at work or in your home, the right word, the right look, the right attitude, the right behavior or the right action can ignite an argument instantaneously. The wise man said, “It is honorable for a man to stop striving, since any fool can start a quarrel” (Prov.…
The Founding Fathers of this country were men of principle and integrity. Even down to the sixteenth President of this country, Abraham Lincoln was a man of principle and integrity. They did not operate based upon “what was popular” or “what polled well among the people.” There was RIGHT and there was WRONG, and these early leaders in our nation’s history did…