Posts by Spencer DeBurgh (Page 60)

Bible study for tomorrow morning’s elder meeting is on 1 Timothy 4:13-16 These three things require the giving of attention. The reading is seen in Luke 4:16-17 and Acts 13:15 The exhortation is the public appeal to the conscience and conduct of …

In my prayer time today, this one from the Valley of Vision really blessed me. Take some time to read it, pray it and make it your own. The death and suffering of Jesus was the deepest. There is none more cruel. Now the exaltation and advocacy of Jes…

If you are willing, I have something for you to do each of the next four days. Friday – Join us at 7pm for the Good Friday service at Calvary Memorial. I will be preaching on Leviticus 16 and Matthew 27: Forgiven and Forgott…

Let the Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible, be the rule of our faith and practice. Holding this principle we travel upon the king’s highway. The road may sometimes seem narrow, and our faith may be severely tried, but we shall not …

Pascal What sort of wonder is man? How monstrous is he? How chaotic, how paradoxical? Judge of all things, ruler of all beasts, feeble earthworm himself, repository of truth, sinkhole of doubt and error, glory of the world, refuse of the universe…

Yesterday during welcome and announcements the children’s choir looked so cute that I spontaneously told them “All of your parents should take you out for donuts and chocolate milk!” I didn’t plan to say it. I got caught …

What a great time of prayer we enjoyed last night. Thank you to Wayne and Tim for your leadership. The testimony from Adam&Katie was unforgettable. The line that keeps ringing in my ears is this one. “I was waiting, just hoping and waiting, for somebody to ask me if I really knew Christ. I wanted to. But I did not know how. Then finally I met…

Can’t wait for the prayer summit tonight at seven. I’m thinking about sharing from Genesis 18, Exodus 32 and Numbers 14. I will try not to turn “prayer meeting” into “preaching meeting” but hese texts are like a tug-of-war of powerful prayer and God wa…

Do you think you might be called to ministry? Maybe some of you do. Do you hope that the Pastors in your life are truly called to the ministry? I trust that all of you do. So how do you know if one is called to the ministry? I love what Spurgeon lay…

Really enjoyed a gospel-saturated time of prayer this morning after reading a wonderfully gospel-filled sermon by Martyn Lloyd Jones earlier this morning. Email exchange with Brian Phipps in Turkey about our upcoming trip to minister with him th…