Spencer DeBlog (Page 104)

Many have yielded to go a mile with Satan, that never intended to go two; but when once on the way, they have been allured farther and farther, till at last they know not how to leave his company. Thus Satan leads poor creatures down into the depths of…

Did you start a Bible reading plan this year? Have you already missed, skipped or been tripped up? There will always be a reason to fail. And then our failures will always try to give us more reasons to stay down and give up. Get back to it…

Michael Horton has a new book out entitled Christless Christianity. I have not read it yet but a recent review made me want to check it out. Listen to these excerpts: “Aside from the packaging, there is nothing that cannot be found in most …

I commend this brief article as an application point following from Darien’s sermon yesterday. The author, Mark Altrogge, caused me to reconsider my definition of the “spiritual” person and I have to admit that many of us fall int…

I had a great time at church yesterday. Darien had the pulpit in the morning. (D – Thanks for speaking with power and clarity about our commitment to holiness in this church) Bob had the membership class in the evening. (I love sharing …

Sam is (mostly) in charge of Itunes on our computer. Every now and then Amy or one of us will put some music in there. But it is almost aways Sam. Some of those songs make their way on to my Ipod. How can I say this nicely? I appreciate some of t…

“If we are faithless, he remains faithful, for he cannot deny himself.” 2 Timothy 2:13 If you are in Christ, the deepest reality in your life is not your sins against Christ but his faithfulness toward you. Sometimes you trust him magnificently, and t…

So I was reading a story by Flannery O’Connor and Carly stops, looks at what I am reading, and asks, “Dad, why are you reading that? I just had to read that for my literature class?!” She showed me her school book and, sure enough, …

“Trials drive us to the realities of religion. You may feed on chaff until you have real work to do, or real grief to bear; but then you want the old corn of the land, and you must have it, or else you will faint and fail” — Charles Spurgeon

Don’t be afraid to use the Ipod dock for family Bible time. Today we listened to Alistair Begg preach a sermon from Revelation seven. What a passage. Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from w…