Posts by Spencer DeBurgh (Page 94)

This morning I stopped on one third of a verse. It is the middle part of a tricolon in the 24th psalm. he who does not lift up his soul to what is false The one being described here is the one who can ascend to worship the Lord. Several actions and at…

Fundamentals of the Faith Class on Sunday nights. We purchase this FOF curriculum from Grace Community Church. It is very well written. It provides the right depth for an overview of the fundamentals of our faith. …

When I saw this, it appeared to be custom made for the Racine Bible Church Board. I hear that the wives of RBC board members believe in the power of this new idea. I have to agree with them. This really sounds like it would work with our guys. s…

John Piper’s advice to Pastors on what to do with the television: “Turn it off! It isn’t necessary for relevance. It is a deadly place to rest the mind. You are least capable of critical interaction. Its pervasive banality, sexual…

I don’t quite know how he did it, but Dan Miller scored about fifty of us free lunch at Chipotle today. Thanks, Dan. Those burritos are so big. I can’t eat another thing. I will, however, post this hymn I mentioned this morning. John Shairp was a Rug…

Rylie showed me this verse yesterday during our Bible time. How great are Your works, O Lord! Your thoughts are very deep. A senseless man has no knowledge, Nor does a stupid man understand this. It comes from Psalm 92.

I just had to drop this in here because it totally cracked me up. It is from an opinion piece in the WSJ: The Obama administration has come under intense criticism for replacing the term “war on terror” with the emaciated euphemism “overseas co…

(I typed this up yesterday, Tuesday the 14th) In this space today, I am simply going to answer the question I get when I walk through the front door at my house. “What did you do at the office today?” I will try not to refer to this…

It would much conduce to the settlement of your heart, to consider that by fretting and discontent you do yourself more injury than all your afflictions could do. Your own discontent is that which arms your troubles with a sting; you make your burden…

On a Sunday night not too long ago, one of my kids came home and said that, in Firm Foundations class that evening, they sat at a table with a couple of our seniors and enjoyed chatting with them. This means the world to me. Recently, I heard tha…