Spencer DeBlog (Page 111)

This little bit from John Flavel stunned me. This Puritan pastor takes the plight of one who thinks, “I am too bad for Christ” and turns it around. Here is what Flavel wrote: “I pity many poor souls upon this ac…

I am no poet. I am no musician. Happily, these types of talents are all around me. Amy and Sam both have a musician’s ear and a poet’s eye. I love a great song with a lyric that is wise and true. I recently re-discovered this great C…

Sending this in from the Holiday Inn of Marshfield. We are here for the IFCA Wisconsin regional conference. This hotel has a little waterpark in it so I talked the boys into coming with me. Good times. My buddy Bill is Pastor of the ho…

Here is part of our group with Andrew Petersen. He is the one between Andy and Bryce, with the sharpie in his hand. Don’t you love Sam’s thumbs up and grin?

Cyprian was martyred in the year 258. He died confessing His allegiance to the Lordship of Christ over all. When I read through some fragments from his writings recently, they convinced me that this man is rightly considered a hero. He willingly,…

Last night we drove down to Chicago for a concert. We ended up bringing three carloads from the youth ministry with us. How does this happen? I left the house in the morning thinking that it would be the five of us. Amy calls me when I am heading h…

I love old books. I picked up this love from many of the men who have mentored me over the years. They picked it up from their mentors, right on back down the line. Listen here to JC Ryle, writing in 1864, on why he loved old books…

This is posted in honor of Scott, our highly esteemed Church handy-man… A very fine minister with silver hair was walking through the sanctuary of his church one day, and, as it happened, the sun was shining through one of the stained glass wi…

I enjoyed this wonderful story about Corrie ten Boom recently retold by Mark Altrogge: Faith leads to obedience; obedience eventually produces feelings. In faith we obey God, even when we don’t feel like it, trusting that feelings will follow. …

So there is a table at Barnes & Noble It is filled with books declaring that there is no God. How can this be? Without God there would be… No wood and no table No paper and no books No authors and no minds No readers and no opinions How can we debate about the existence of God? Maybe this is too obvious to be…