Spencer DeBlog (Page 115)

I recently listened to this short story, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. It’s a classic that I had never heard before. The description of the hanging is, to me, unforgettable. As Peyton Farquhar fell straight downward through the brid…

If you were here on Sunday, I trust you sensed, as I did, the presence of the Lord in our services of worship. The beauty of the Lord and the spleandor of His holiness seemed especially vivid on Sunday. From the sermon, here are a couple of thing…

So Friday and Saturday, for me, are a couple of days away from the office. What am I doing? The weather is ideal. Sunny, not too much humidity. So what am I doing? Homework. Down in the basement, banging away at the computer to finish another pap…

In Family Bible time we recently found ourselves reading selections from Thomas Watson’s sermons on the Ten Commandments. In typical Puritan fashion he pulls the sweetest points out of the smallest portions of text. Watson preached several se…

Don’t you love toast and jam? Linda came back from Montana with a gift for us. A jar of huckleberry jam. Do you have a taste or a food that brings back warm memories? When we lived in Spokane we would get huckleberry jam every time we headed…

I enjoyed reading this technical, over-my-head, but interesting article about psychiatry. The author is Charles Barber. Dr. Barber worked with the homeless mentally ill in New York City for 10 years. He is a lecturer in psychiatry at Yale University…

Martyn Lloyd-Jones is one of my heroes. This is a snippet from MLJ about preaching the gospel. It describes precisely how I felt yesterday as I did just that at Racine Bible Church. “There are certain things which have to be said over and over a…

Kids. They grow up. As they get bigger, time gets faster. If yours are older than ours you are saying, “Yeah. Tell me about it.” If yours are younger than ours you are saying, “Yeah. That is what they tell me.” This came to me again, last week, d…

I just came across this yesterday. It goes well with the quotes I posted this week about self. G.K. Chesterton relates this witty conversation. He was in his publisher’s office discussing certain persons with his publisher. It will make…

This short thought really gets to me. I have felt its truth in my life as I have learned to look to the Lord. “While we are looking at God we do not see ourselves – blessed riddance. The man who has struggled to purify himself and has had n…