Do you ever get emotionally overloaded with the trials and hardships of life? Then, do you ever get emotionally over-overloaded when you look around at the dismal condition of the sin-filled world around us? Then, do you ever get emotionally over-over-overloaded when unexpected challenges face your family? Then do you ever get emotionally over-over-over-overloaded when friends or family unload their troubles and…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 4)
Osmosis
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We used to joke around as kids about putting the school textbook under our pillow at night and learning what we needed to know for the next day’s test by osmosis. Well, it doesn’t take a genius to know that didn’t work. Being in the proximity of the book that has information doesn’t actually convey the information. The same ought to be obvious to…
Contortionists are often a favorite act at a circus, as they often twist themselves into reality-defying shapes and positions. While that is entertaining, it is anything but entertaining when some individuals today are like contortionists when it comes to the subject of the essentiality of baptism for salvation—they twist themselves into reality-defying positions to avoid the truth so plainly taught in Scripture. …
With 24-hour news today and immediate information available on every possible desired detail of any event, we quickly get absorbed (if we so desire) into current events, especially when it involves war (or war-like activity). It becomes all we can think about, talk about, pray about, etc. What’s interesting is that as spectators, none of us is privy to all the reasons or…
To say that I have spoken to hundreds of people about their marriage situation is not an overstatement. It is almost a weekly occurrence to receive an email or a phone call with questions about marriage, divorce and remarriage. My heart aches for every single one of them. But here is something I have noticed. Every person who has contacted me can fit into one of…
The sea of religious division can sometimes seem quite overwhelming today—like attempting to swim in rough seas in the middle of the ocean. So here’s a question: Could you attend a church where they do not teach the truth about salvation? If a church does not teach God’s truth about how to be saved, then attendees and listeners would continually and incurably…
It is increasingly common today to run background checks on certain individuals to assess potential employees, screen tenants, vet volunteers and even for one’s own personal safety. What if you could run a background check on a Bible character like the apostle Paul. You would find his religious background, his family background, his employment background, etc. (Phil. 3:5-7; 2 Cor. 11:22; Rom. 11:1; Acts…
For as long as I can remember, various agencies and groups have been trying to affect what we eat: “The FDA says this.” “The food pyramid recommends this.” “The food label shows this.” While the reasons for that may vary, the bottom line is that the food we take in affects us, even if we do not realize it. The exact same reality faces us on…