Posts by Spencer DeBurgh (Page 5)

Mary’s Song Blue homespun and the bend of my breast keep warm this small hot naked star fallen to my arms. (Rest … you who have had so far to come.) Now nearness satisfies the body of God sweetly. Quiet he lies whose vigor hurled a universe. He sleeps whose eyelids have not closed before. His breath (so slight it seems no breath at all) once ruffled the dark deeps…

  Has it happened to you lately? It always does. Things don’t go your way. What you wanted to happen didn’t happen.  What you prayed for didn’t come through. Satan loves to pounce on us when we are disappointed so that he can double down on the discouragement.   Here is a solid word from the wonderful little book Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices by…

  John Newton, in a letter to a friend, lays out why we are the way we are —   The holiness of a sinner consists chiefly of low thoughts of self, and high thoughts of the Saviour. These will always be in proportion. The lower we appear to ourselves, the more highly we shall esteem him. The more his glory strikes us, the more we shall sink in our own eyes.…

On June 26, 2015, in a 5–4 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled that same-sex marriage was legal in all 50 states. In the hours that have passed, Christians have been praying and wondering aloud what comes next and how we should respond. To aid our collective…

It is a mark of the love of God that he brings Job low; for this is where a creature ought to be. This is true for us as well. We often pray for success. And yet so often success leads to pride, and pride to self-confidence, and self-confidence to independence from God, and independence from God…

The providence of God around us is the solid basis of all sanctified and durable prosperity.  His providence enfolds all who bear his image in everlasting arms. The delight and pleasure resulting from the observation of divine providence is very great.  It will doubtless be a part of our entertainment in heaven to view with transporting delight how the designs and methods…

Spring 2015 Classes Classes begin March 18, 2015 at 6:30 PM   Every Wednesday evening from Mar 18 to May 6, we will be offering the following classes for adults.  There will be nursery care for infants and toddlers, the AWANA program for preschoolers through 5th grade, and youth group for middle…

If you are going through a season of suffering perhaps this counsel from John Newton will be of help. This is a letter John Newton wrote to his friend Mrs. Thornton on November 29, 1776. The way he looks to Jesus and ties our sufferings to trusting Jesus is priceless.   My Dear Madam, . . . Though I feel grief, I trust the Lord has mercifully preserved me from…

Pastor Samuel Rutherford tells you to take care about what you love. Will you regret wasting your love? Is what you love really worth it?   Alas! that clay, and time, and shadows run away with our love, which is ill spent upon any but upon Christ: each fool at the day of judgment shall seek back his love from the creatures, when he shall see them all in a fair fire;…