Posts by Spencer DeBurgh (Page 80)

Don’t you think that most of the time we use the word “most” we are mostly exaggerating? Is what we are talking about really the most? Really? Anyway, here is one more most. You can form your own opinion as to whether or not…

So last night I’m thumbing through a collection of essays by Yale historian Edmund S. Morgan. He is one of our nation’s most respected historians. This is a new collection of his short essays on heroic figures (Washington, Winthrop, …

“I formulate the Gospel this way: it is information issuing in invitation; it is proclamation issuing in persuasion. It is an admonitory message embracing five themes. First, God: the God whom Paul proclaimed to the Athenians in Acts 17, the Go…

If you were here, I think you will agree that God’s goodness was especially evident yesterday. So many stand-out moments in the morning and the evening. Among them: Jim, Pat and Linda singing “The Majesty and Glory of Your Name”…

William Newell wrote several volumes titled Old Testament Studies. He also preached here at RBC several times in the 50s and early 60s. I have been re-reading some of his introductory material. This is from the first chapter of his first volume. H…

I am super excited to start a new series on the First Five books of the Bible. I am also coming to some painful conclusions in the middle of a looooong day of study. Conclusions I am reaching… The hardest sermon to study for is the first…

Psalm 19:12-14 Who can understand his errors? Cleanse me from secret faults. Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins; Let them not have dominion over me… Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of me heart Be acceptable in Yo…

I made a mistake. I regret making it. But I am not apologizing. My mistake does not merit an apology. Nevertheless, it was a mistake that caused a bit of trouble and consternation. What did I do? It’s not what I did. It’s what I wore…

Justification by Faith, Not by Works Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Vain are the hopes the sons of men, On their own works have built; Their hearts by nature all unclean, And all their actions guilt. Let Jew and Gentile stop their mouths, Without a murmuri…

Some great advice here from N.D. Wilson’s new book. I think he is on to something good here. We live with the fractures of sin rumbling all around us. From being grumpy with each other in the mornings to terrorist attacks. From unkind words to murd…