Posts by Spencer DeBurgh (Page 20)
Allyson Felix!
A good round up of video and news stories here –
http://thecripplegate.com/congratulations-allyson-felix/
in my book bag
What I read on summer vacation…
Gospel Wakefulness, Jared Wilson
A great read, insightful Bible teaching tied in with real life stories and situations. Read this book if you want to know how to really live out a gospel-centered life….
Offline
Am offline for a week.
no element more central than this
I have been floored all week by John Murray’s profound comment on the phrase “justified freely by His grace” in Romans 3:24
“No element in Paul’s doctrine of justification is more central than this. God’s justifying act i…
Helping Those Who Grieve
We drop off a casserole.
We say ‘I will pray for you’.
But what else can we do? How can we best care for those in our church who are suffering from loss?
Follow the good counsel offered here –
Jill Sullivan, who lost a 16-year-old da…
Personal Evangelism
Brain Phipps has been with us for the last three Sunday evenings.
I am so thankful for his messages on evangelism.
I am challenged and convicted.
I am encouraged and motivated.
I am equipped and committed.
The stories Brian share…
Westminster Confession of Faith on Justification
Yesterday, during our communion service, I quoted a small part of this statement. Here it is.
III. Christ, by His obedience and death, did fully discharge the debt of all those that are thus justified, and did make a proper, real and full …
Get to work!
2 Peter 1 says that we have to give all diligence to adding to our faith.
We have to put in diligent, disciplined, daily work!
We don’t “have faith” and then magically keep growing without doing anything.
If you aren&rs…
Podcast
The podcast site for the sermons has changed.
You need to click on the link here at racinebible.org and it will subscribe you at the new site. Archives are there too.
Tom Sawyer
A couple of highlights from Twain’s masterpiece.
In this first one, Tom narrowly escapes a spanking, and as he runs away, we hear the inner, conflicting feelings of Aunt Polly’s heart. If you have ever had to discipline a child, you …