Posts by Spencer DeBurgh (Page 85)

“Fear of Man. This can take many forms. Sometimes it involves an actual fear of what others can do to us (Prov. 29:25; Luke 12:4-5), but it is most commonly seen as an excessive concern about what others think about us. This can lead to a preoc…

I love it when strong theology is put into a beautiful form of poetry. That’s why I like Isaac Watts so much. All Things Decreed by, Isaac Watts There’s not a sparrow nor a worm But’s found in God’s decrees; He raises monarchs to their thrones, And…

Clyde, Maynard and me at Lambeau and touring the Ray Nitschke training facility.

So I’m spending the day with two of our deacons tomorrow. Clyde, Maynard and I will be here: www.packers.com/community/shareholders/ They tell me that I need to do this. I may have lived and pastored in Wisconsin for eight years…

Sunday we attended church. I got to do something I almost never do. Walk into church (without a tie), take a seat (not in the front row), just sit there (not make sure we are all set to start on time), and then listen to the sermon (instead of tr…

We just returned from attending a wedding in Grand Rapids. I hated to miss the Badger evangelism event and missed seeing Brian Phipps. It was a bummer of a weekend to be away. But the wedding was that of Les and Miriam Lofquist’s daughter …

Please pray for our outreach event with the Wisconsin Badgers tomorrow. Faith – On display in our lives Hope – Clearly spoken as found in Jesus Christ Love – As the surest evidence that we belong to Him “When we preach Christ crucified, we have no re…

I totally relate to this from an article about author N.D. Wilson. N. D. Wilson had an instructive beginning to his life as a writer. Like many writers, the spark was lit when he was a child. Unlike most writers, that spark came in the form of a c…

A service team from our middle school ministry is in St. Louis at the headquarters of Child Evangelism Fellowship. The team is doing volunteer work and service projects all week long. Sam will be there over his fourteenth birthday. I am so very t…

“The holiest Christians are not those most concerned about holiness as such, but whose minds and hearts and goals and purposes and love and hope are most fully focused on our Lord Jesus Christ.” – J.I. Packer