Spencer DeBlog (Page 89)

Last night at the dinner table we had a great discussion over our macaroni. I shared that the Obama Administration may pass a health care plan that uses our taxes to pay for abortions. “Picture it guys. Money taken out of my paycheck will b…

What comes to mind when you hear the phrase – “the close reading of a text”? I picture someone holding a textbook really, really close to his eyeball. But, imagination aside, that is not what it means. It means reading attenti…

Has someone hurt your feelings lately? Were you overlooked in an important decision? Left out in a way that wounded you? The next time something like that happens — remember this simple yet profound word picture: If we begin to get a glimpse of the v…

From an interesting article on our government and current economic situation: Once government has the deciding vote in the financial system, however, one of two things can happen. Government can try to get out of the financial business and restor…

It is my turn to lead the men’s leadership course on Sunday nights. The topic for this eight week course is biblical manhood and womanhood in singleness, marriage and parenting. These guys in the leadership track have been meeting together fo…

I believe this: “No man who is full of himself can preach the Christ who emptied Himself.”

Twitter Hyper-link Switch tabs Multitask Click Everything around us wants to move faster, faster, all the time. It wants to suck us into its swirl. We need to slow down. Read Pray Ponder Meditate Consider Journal Listen …

Good meeting up in Sheboygan. The meeting ended just before noon. We were hungry as we walked out of the church and piled into the car. I told the guys that if we drove back toward Racine I would take them to lunch at a place on the north side of M…

John, Darien and I are driving up to Sheboygan for a meeting this morning. RBC has partnered with Slavic Gospel Association in the Antioch Initiative to train church planters in Kabardino-Bulkaria. Several Wisconsin churches are working together …

This paragraph is taken from a letter Oswald Chambers wrote in 1907. I want to tell you a growing conviction with me. That is that as we obey the leadings of the Spirit of God we enable God to answer the prayers of other people. I mean that our…