Posts by Spencer DeBurgh (Page 73)

Posts by Spencer DeBurgh (Page 73)

Huh? What was that?

That was weird. I caught just three minutes of something on the AM radio. It was like everything weird, aberrant, cheesy and misleading all rolled into one… I don’t know if it was a regular show or an infomercial. I would guess infome…

impartiality

I might as well go ahead and admit it. I am partial. You are too. We should be. I know what James 2 says about a church leader not being partial to a rich congregant over a poor one. Good and God honoring counsel. But impartiality in many other ins…

The tetragrammaton

3:14 I AM WHO I AM. This name for God points to His self-existence and eternality; it denotes “I am the One who is/will be,” which is decidedly the best and most contextually suitable option from a number of theories about its meaning and…

Faithful wounds

Time after time I see it happen here at RBC. A crisis strikes one family (a death, an illness, an acute financial need) and the church family rallies around them with love and support and acts of service. This proves and displays our love. But wh…

Exodus

In the Pentateuch as a whole, there are six major themes: (1) God’s blessing on all nature and humanity; (2) God’s promise to the patriarchs; (3) God’s deliverance in the exodus from Egypt; (4) God’s revelation of himself in covenant, law, and tabe…

Things good Pastors say

I love this list. It comes from Pastor Jared Wilson. Things good pastors say 1. You’re right. Good pastors know they’re not always (not usually?) the smartest, most “spiritual” person in the room. They are zealous to give credit and acknowledge a…

What’s Happening

In my book bag right now – All the King’s Men, Robert Penn Warren Heartbreakingly well-written. Corruption in politics is as old as politics. I really resonate with fiction from the “Christ-haunted South.” A New Inn…