Posts by Spencer DeBurgh (Page 64)

In preaching on the Ten Commandments John Calvin said that “Thou shalt not kill” is not fulfilled merely by abstaining from all injury or wish to inflict injury; it means in addition that we are to aid our neighbor’s life by all that is in our …

I re-read Richard Baxter on marriage recently. His advice is frank, realistic and helpful. Here is Baxter’s advice on living in peace with your husband or wife: Division with your spouse will pain and upset your whole life … Just as you d…

Of the more excellent nature any blessing is that we stand in need of, the more ready God is to bestow it in answer to prayer. Jonathan Edwards

Last week Had a good trip to Hutchison Kansas to preach at the Marriage conference. Amy was all set to come with me – but got Bronchitis! She was up coughing the entire night before we were due to leave the next morning. She stayed home. …

I read these verses today. They absolutely thrill me. They are what my ministry is all about! Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor ho…

Roger Nicole was an esteemed Professor of Theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. This is his letter to Justice Harry Blackmun upon the occasion of Blackmun’s retirement from the Supreme Court back in 1994. * * * April 13, 1994 Mr. Justic…

“What was God’s purpose in giving the Law?” is a huge question for Bible teachers. To say that “entire books have been written” about this is, in point of fact, an understatement! Entire interpretive schools have writt…

I really enjoyed this modern piece of poetry. The poet (Taylor Mali) is just talking about what he sees and hears in the world. His observation is so dead-on. The implications for those of us in the church — who have God’s truth to share…

In “A Simple Way to Pray” Martin Luther described how he uses the Ten Commandments as a guide in his prayer life: I divide each commandment into four parts, thereby fashioning a garland of four strands. That is, I think of each comman…

Who needs those Christian dating services when you can get great advice like this — Young Christian people should seek to become the kind of person that the kind of person they would want to marry would want to marry. – D. Wilson