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Posts by David Sproule (Page 94)

As is the habit of some

Some folks can sit at a football game for three hours (or more). Some folks can sit and fish all day long. Some folks can sit in a cart and play a round of golf for three or four hours. Some folks can sit and watch a movie for two or three hours. Some folks can sit and read a book for an entire afternoon. Some folks…

Jesus and the Old Testament

Sometimes when someone is reading through the Bible, they may think that Jesus is “a New Testament character who doesn’t really have a strong presence in or connection to the Old Testament.”  However, after they spend more time in both the Old Testament and the New Testament, hopefully they will begin to see that their initial conclusion was far from reality.  In…

Comparing yourself with others

We do it all the time. Or, so it seems. We measure ourselves against other people. We do it from a young age—“I’m almost as tall as mom.” And we keep on doing it throughout life—“We don’t have as much money as them…We are doing better in our marriage than them…I’m going to church more often than him…” The list goes on and on. Is this a…

When unbelievers object

If someone doesn’t believe the Bible and doesn’t want to hear what you might have to say about it, that’s ok. That’s on them. But wouldn’t a simple “No thank you” from them suffice? I don’t understand the vitriolic aggression that some are taking against Christians and Bible truth today. I would think that they would just walk away and leave us alone. Look at what…

It Is Not a Flippant Subject!

It has been over thirty years since I first heard a visiting preacher use the term “disposable” to describe society’s view of marriage.  I wish I could say that things have improved over the last thirty years, but simple observation would prove it to be much worse.  Our society, in general, does not see the necessity of marriage in order to enjoy…

Stop everything, turn on speakerphone, and listen

Parents for generations have experienced this, so it is not exclusive to us. With both of our girls gone from home, when the phone rings and it’s one of them, everything else stops. We put it on speakerphone, so that we can both hear, and we listen to whatever is on their heart. There’s nothing better than seeing one of their names on the Caller…

They didn’t “believe” at first

We know that the word “believes” is found in Mark 16:16 as a prerequisite to being “saved,” but have you ever put that word in the context of Mark 16? This chapter begins by recounting for us the resurrection of Jesus from the dead on the first day of the week. But, when His disciples “heard that He was alive and had been seen…