Posts by Spencer DeBurgh (Page 78)
please pray
The RBC elders have some extended meetings this weekend.
We really need your prayers. Would you please pray for us?
These are the men attending our meetings:
Steve Miller
DanCabush …
burdens and fears
I’ve learned the hard way that the primary thing which separates the spiritually mature from the spiritually immature is what one does with his/her burdens and fears and frustrations and doubts and unanswered questions.
Throughout this proces…
all in a day’s work
In the last two or three hours…
Ate lunch of leftovers from Los Mariachis. Steak fajitas. Great when they were sizzling on the platter last night. Still very good taken cold from the fridge today.
A brokenhearted brother dropped in. All I …
Far from being a measure of our maturity
From DA Carson:
One of the most important entailments of the doctrine of creation is this: it grounds all human responsibility. The theme repeatedly recurs in the Bible, sometimes explicitly, sometimes by implication. To take but one example, John’…
am i crazy?
If everyone around is telling the lie then it is the one who tells the truth that sounds like a crazy idiot.
Practical Suggestions for Getting into the Word
We had a great discussion in firm foundations class last night about getting into the Word of God every day.
Several people shared some best practices that have worked well in accomplishing this most important activity.
You have to have a fixed ti…
Bibliolatry?
I’m reading Psalm 119 as homework for the spiritual disciplines class on Sunday nights.
We are a Bible Church where the Bible is always talked about.
Some people have wondered or asked – Do you worship God or do you worship a Bible?
A…
today is the day
I don’t know how many practices have been put in but I know the number is large.
Between my drummer/keyboardist, violinist, and vocalist we have been been to several of them.
I am praying and looking forward to a great day.
Music for the Mas…
fifty foot bubbles
I wish this post was about blowing fifty foot bubbles with the kids in the backyard.
I wish.
Instead, this post is about shameful “protected-speech-bubbles” the city of Chicago just created around abortion clinics.
I saw a story to…
reading Genesis
As I am reading through the book of Genesis I am compiling a list. If you are reading it (even just the first twelve chapters) add to this list. Don’t you think we could make it very, very long?
The book of Genesis accomplishes several purposes…