Spencer DeBlog (Page 15)

The swish of Bibles turning simultaneously This quote comes from the first sermon John Piper preached at Bethlehem Baptist church in 1980. I wish I had said it myself because it is exactly how I feel – If I could choose a s…

The Bible’s prayers are rarely about health, travel mercies, finances, doing well on a test, finding a job, or the salvation of unsaved relatives. Of course, these are legitimate things to pray for, but they are a minor emphasis in Scrip…

“If Christ is risen, nothing else matters. And if Christ is not risen, nothing else matters.” So spoke Jaroslav Pelikan, Professor of history at Yale University, author of some 50 books on the history of the world and the churc…

Please join us for a Good Friday Service Tonight at 7:00. I will be preaching from John 11 & 12.

Here is a list of prayer requests for the church that the RBC Pastors prayed through today. Jesus Christ would always be at the center. No ‘ism’ would ever be more important that Him. Pride would be removed from the life of every one of our leaders. We’d be people of prayer. Consciously and constantly relying upon the…

A few links I liked … Solid thinking on the close connection between spirituality and sexuality – Have you noticed how the culture war flash points are all sexual? Abortion, gay marriage, gender interchangeability, sex e…

Pride always steals peace. This is so very true and yet I forget it so easily … The proud and arrogant person is a trouble to all that converse with him, but most of all unto himself; every thing is enough to vex him: but scarce any thi…

How to Stop Church-Killing Gossip Kent Hughes: Gossip involves saying behind a person’s back what you would never say to his or her face. Flattery means saying to a person’s face what you would never say behind his or h…

Two books I recommended in yesterday’s sermon – Sin and Temptation, John Owen (there are many versions, this link is to my favorite which is edited by Justin…

John Flavel exhorting those who would be Pastors – I may say to him that snatched at the ministry, as Henry IV did to his son that hastily snatched at the crown: He little knows what an heap of cares and toils he snatches at. The…