Posts by Spencer DeBurgh (Page 26)

Why did I preach from Hebrews yesterday? Because I want for you what the author of Hebrews wanted for his people. He knew that they had 1,000 opportunities to drift away. So do you. Countless sinful temptations lurk within your own heart. There are desires and drives arising from within that will lure you away. For others of you persecutions and…

I will be sharing this with the Old Testament Survey Firm Foundations class this Sunday evening. It was written by Dane Ortlund. While the Bible is not uniform, it is unified. The many books of the one Bible are not like the many p…

I have been informed that I stated, from the pulpit last Sunday, that George Muller is my huckleberry. I deny having said this. It doesn’t sound like me. And I refuse to listen to the sermon audio in order to resolve this dispute. Be…

E.M. Bounds wrote these words sometime around 1890. They were first published in book form in 1920. They represent exactly what I believe to be most important about ministry in 2012. Where are the Christlike leaders who can teach the …

Sunday Nights Started the Old Testament Survey course last Sunday evening. We covered Psalms, Proverbs and Song of Solomon. Our discussion ranged from kinds of poetry, to how do you pray for a whole hour, to psychological counseling vs. bibl…

A new slate of Firm Foundations classes starts this Sunday evening. Classes convene for eight weeks. Please come join us. Old Testament Survey II I am teaching this class. We will cover Psalms through Malachi. We will move at a r…

Here are the books Darien recommended during our services yesterday – Living in the grace of the gospel: Living the Cross-Centered Life by C.J. Mahaney Discipline of Grace by Jerry Bridges A Gospel Primer for Christians by Milton…

Did you open your Bible this morning? What did you expect to happen when you did? I opened mine with a renewed sense of expectancy, thanks to these thoughts from Tozer… I believe that much of our religious unbelief is due to a wrong conceptio…

These five points were in the sermon I preached at Howard Anderson’s memorial service yesterday. He was 92 when he went to Heaven. Amy often called Howard “the most dignified man we know.” He was ever the Christian gent…

Would you pray for me? I have been impressed more and more lately of my need for prayer. I need to pray, much more than I do. And I need you to pray for me, much more than you do. I first read these lines from E.M. bounds over twenty years ago. I …