Posts by Spencer DeBurgh (Page 16)
1 thing to do, read, listen to & pray about
One thing to do = We have good news. Share it with somebody this week. Ask them what they think about Jesus. Tell them about Him. Invite them to church.
One thing to read = Ross Douthat’s column from Sunday’s New York Times…
the real problem
“The central problem of our age is not liberalism or modernism, nor the threat of communism, nor even the threat of rationalism and the monolithic consensus which surrounds us. All these are dangerous but not the primary threat. The rea…
Satan’s interest in your sin
Hath Satan any more friendly aim and intention towards thee?
I shall only add, that the sin he tempts thee to against the law, it is not the thing he aims at; his design lies against thy interest in the gospel. He would make sin but a bridge to…
Prayer for the Servant in Battle
The prayer from Darien’s ordination service last night –
O LORD,
I bless thee that the issue of the battle between thyself and Satan
has never been uncertain,
and will end in victory.
Calvary broke the dragon’s head,…
Job and Christmas
This morning I sat near our Christmas tree and read the book of Job.
Did you know that Job is one of the oldest stories in the Bible? Biblical historians tell us that the events in Job happened around the time of Abraham.
As you read t…
three links
Here are three articles I appreciated recently.
The first offers good insight into church, state, the First Ammendment, and preaching unpopular truth by looking at the issue of female bishops in the Church of England.
http://www.firstt…
These “ation” words just might explain you to yourself
These “ation” words just might explain you to yourself
Justification – Rescue from the penalty of sin
Sanctification – Rescue from the power of sin
Glorification – Rescue from the presence of sin
One of the things …
A sermon on Romans 5
Here are some highlights from Alexander MacLaren’s sermon on Romans 5:21.
As sin hath reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
You much mistake Paul if you take…
each man’s death diminishes me
No man is an island,
Entire of itself.
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thine own
Or of thi…
Look for a building with a cross on it
“Look for a building with a cross on it,” people escaping North Korea for China are told, because Christians are more likely than anyone else to help them escape the Chinese police. The police, reports Melanie Kirkpatrick, a senio…