Dewayne Spivey

No pain.” Sounds like a good thing, doesn’t it. Or, does it?   Right now I have no pain on the upper side of my right jaw and right cheek. You know the feeling. You’ve been there too.   When the filling in my tooth was being repaired and the cavity that was...

Thomas Watson Lee has been visiting with us at Riverchase the past few weeks. If you attend our 10:30 worship service you have probably seen him. This past Sunday, Thomas handed me a poem he had written. His inspiration for the poem was the dust he saw collecting on...

I replaced our smoke alarms yesterday. I smoked the kitchen up pretty good last weekend when the pizza I was cooking dripped cheese to the bottom of the oven. The silent smoke alarm caused me to run a test and it failed the test. The Bible warns us often about being...

He paid a debt He did not owe, I owed a debt I could not pay, I needed someone to wash my sins away. And now I sing a brand new song: Amazing Grace (all day long) Christ Jesus Paid the debt that I could never pay. I know this beloved American Folk Hymn is using poetic...

The Mystery It was hidden from past ages and generations. (Colossians 1:26) It has now been shown to God’s people. (Colossians 1:26) The mystery is regarding the kingdom of God. (Mark 4:11) The mystery, not made know to other generations, has now been revealed to the...

5 This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; 7 but if we walk in the Light...

Job had some questions for God. The majority of his book is an argument between Job and his friends about what God was doing or not doing, and what he should be doing. Job thought he had a pretty good case for himself, and he longed for the opportunity to stand face...

Nehemiah built a wall. The wall became a highly charged political thing. Those opposed to the wall ridiculed those who were building it, made fun of their work, fought against it to get rid of the workers, lied about the intent and motivation for the wall being built...

The holidays are always nice, with each year filled with its own special memories.   But it sure is nice to get everything put away, normal things put back in place and have the house back to normal and clean. Wait, something doesn’t sound right about that last...

We are fast approaching the end of another year and the beginning of yet another. We typically look back with some joy and some regret. We look forward with anticipation and strong intentions.   The key is always today. The only day we have to work with.  ...

It was so nice to drive out of Helena this morning and see the water rolling over the dam. We thank God for the blessing of rain. Blessings often come with mixed emotions. The front that brought our rain stretched across our country from North to South. We were first...

Today is election day. Today we choose the leadership of our country for the next few years. Before He ever created anything, God elected, determined to bless all humanity in Jesus the Christ. He chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and...

My vote is important to me. My vote is not a statement of personal like nor dislike for either candidate. Several factors enter into the making of my decision as to whom to vote for. But two are key. The first is the oath of office. The oath for the office of...

I had been receiving a series of texts from my fellow ministers and elders. Thinking I was done with the texts, I decided to end the link. As you may know, the Iphone has now made it possible to quickly respond to texts through a list of premade responses included in...

We learn stories of Daniel from an early age. His night in the den of lions is certainly a favorite. Do you remember the events that led to that night? Daniel had survived with honor the final days of the Babylonian empire and he would flourish under the new...

My Dad would say often, “I may not be able to give you a lot, but one thing I promise to give you, a good name.” And that he did. A good name is to be more desired than great wealth, Favor is better than silver and gold. (Prov. 22:1 NAU) A good name is more desirable...

In the Great Debate we are all participants.   It is the Great Debate because it is the most important of all debates. At stake is our present life and eternal destiny.   Paul describes the Great Debate with these words:   21 So I find this law at work:...

There may have been times in the recent past when the use of the word “offensive” was most often in the context of a sporting event. But in our “politically correct” world of today, being offensive seems to have become one of the major things we must avoid in any...

A few years ago a comedian designed his act around finding things people say and do to show that their intelligence level may not be all that it should be. You know, they show themselves to be “a half bubble off plumb”, “their elevator does quite go all the way to the...