Spencer DeBlog (Page 103)

I went through a bit of spiritual pain today. Here is the cycle – Sin is exposed through confrontation Initial Resitance Coming to Repentance Believing and depending upon the Gospel and Growing in grace Then, later in the day, I …

Hebrews 13:17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with greif, for that would unprofitable for you. I love the double blessing…

The first sentence of Calvin’s Institutes is: “Nearly all the wisdom we possess, that is to say, true and sound wisdom, consists in two parts: The knowledge of God and of ourselves.” Sinclair Ferguson’s commentary on it i…

Best moment of the day yesterday: Singing “My Jesus I Love Thee” at the service for Ben Stewart. This I cannot do with dry eyes: Sing these lines at a funeral, while the flag draped casket sits in the front. I’ll love Thee…

Your elders read a book together entitled The Deliberate Church by Mark Dever, subtitled building your ministry on the gospel. We really enjoyed it. It was filled with great points like this one – 2 Timothy 4:2 and 2 Timothy 3:17 Timoth…

I really enjoyed preaching with Darien. I only hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. I spoke with several people (before hand) who said “That is a weird idea…” or something to that effect. But I felt like preaching the message toge…

The following is part of a list compiled by Ligon Duncan and published at Together for the Gospel. His suggestion is that you fill in your pastor’s name and print this out in order to use it in your prayer times. Please use it! That […

On this day in history, John Donne was born 437 years ago. He was a wonderfully gifted poet. I like this one asking God for forgiveness and then, humbly and honestly, telling God “Wait! That’s not all. I have more!” At …

I don’t know what your favorite verse is. But I am fairly certain that Proverbs 3:5-6 is a favorite verse for several of you. Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he w…

I have been applying my attention today to the staff evaluations that we do at RBC every year. John Anderson changed the process this year. (Chances are, if you think you have seen me do something decent in leadership here at RBC, you have John t…