Spencer DeBlog (Page 114)

You ever read a verse and feel instant conviction? You ever experience a sense of surgery-on-my-soul while sitting under the preaching of the Word? Do you struggle with guilt? None of these things is bad. We should feel that prod…

“[The flesh is that] lower nature that is in each of us and remains in us even after conversion and baptism. It is one of the fields of our human estate in which we may sow. “To ‘sow to the flesh’ is to pander to it, to cos…

Here is the promised follow up and application from the message on Ephesians 5:3-4. Two helpful resources on maintaining sexual purity. A short article from John Piper on six strategies for fighting lust http://www.desiringgod.org/ResourceLibrary/Tast…

As a tempted brother, he feels for us; as a sinless brother he can save us. – Sinclair Ferguson

In membership class last Sunday night one woman shared this about seeking church membership. “I think of people in other places who are persecuted for their faith. They pay the ultimate price for joining the church. I want to be numbered with …

First, a gem from Spurgeon A man who wants to see a country, must not hurry through it by express train, but he must stop in the towns and villages, and see what is to be seen. He will know more about the land and its people if he walks the highway…

In elder’s meeting Tuesday morning we talked about giving money to do electrical work at the local Truck Stop. Huh? How is that proper stewardship of what comes in to the offering plate? The explanation is that we are working with Transport…

Stare at your fish for three days straight! This story shares a little more on meditation. I have heard this story several times before and I really enjoyed the telling of it here: It is from popular Christian blogger Tim Challi…

Here is the shocking opening line to make you stick with this post to the end: Bible reading was never intended to be the primary means of spiritual growth. Huh? Really? Then what is? This line came from Don Whitney at last weekend’s confere…

Three simple words from the text I am studying for Sunday. Walk in love My meditations on these words have been sweet. I looked up prayers about love in my very favorite book of prayer, The Valley of Vision. If you do not…