It has been proven that one of the greatest memory devices is to set something to music. In preparing for tests, some people will try to take the information they are attempting to memorize and create a rhyme that they can sing. God created our minds as fascinating machines, and He tied our memories somehow to song. When little kids are trying…
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Let's Go Back to the Bible
Posts by David Sproule (Page 58)
Can you think of something that you absolutely always want and expect others to give to you, but you are hesitant and stubborn to give to anyone else? Wow! That could be a lot of things, right? Go ahead and start that list. But think about putting this on the top of that list – the benefit of the doubt. You always want and expect others to…
A modern proverb suggests, “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt.” Many people think that’s in the Bible, but those words actually are not. Also, “We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” That’s a great saying, but those exact words are not in Scripture. Yet,…
Robert Lupo begins working full-time with our Family/Youth Program on Sunday, June 11, 2023. We are excited to have him here and look forward to many great things in the years ahead. Robert is no stranger to Palm Beach Lakes. When he was a teenager, Robert and his dad, Ron, and his two brothers came to PBL from the Suncoast congregation in…
In a battle between Iron Man (Tony Stark) and Iron Monger (Obadiah Stane) near the end of the 2008 Iron Man movie, Tony “ripped out” the “targeting system” from Obadiah’s suit. As a result, Obadiah could not shoot straight and kept missing his target. Could it be that some Christians have had their “targeting systems” ripped out – either by choice, by negligence…
In the television series “The Mandalorian,” the Mandalorians live by a code (which basically summarizes their belief system) that is captured in the simple phrase, “This is the way.” Of course, as has been the case for hundreds of years, Scripture permeates culture. To begin with, Jesus Himself stated, “I am the way” (John 14:6). He didn’t say that He was “one of the…
There is much that man can say about the topic of “pride,” but that can be very subjective to the person. The first definition for the word “pride” in the Webster’s New World College Dictionary is “an unduly high opinion of oneself; exaggerated self-esteem; conceit; haughty behavior resulting from this; arrogance.” Rather than focus on what man has to say, let us…
“Immediately” after Saul of Tarsus became a Christian, “he preached the Christ…that He is the Son of God” (Acts 9:20). This wasn’t just something that he went around saying to other people. Verse 22 states, “Saul…confounded the Jews who dwelt in Damascus, proving that this Jesus is the Christ.” Those who did not believe in the deity of Jesus were stirred, amazed and confounded –…