Douglas Spurling
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Douglas Spurling

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My bio includes stuff like: Professional Rodeo. Youth Pastor. Church Founder. Columnist. Catastrophe Adjuster. Business Owner. Author.

But really, I’ve been a pro mistake-maker. A face-in-the-dirt-planter. Bucked off more horses than ridden, out of more marriages than entered and quit more jobs than started.

I spent my youth around St. Peter, MN, claiming I could teach anyone how to water ski.

Quit Bible College to fix my parent’s marriage. I couldn't.

Ended up driving truck for Coke and playing cowboy.

Married a rodeo girl. Had four awesome kids, found the moral compass I’d lost, helped pioneer a church, became youth pastor and business owner. Life was great...until it wasn't.

After twelve years...divorce. I was broken.

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Average rating: 4.89 · 9 ratings · 1 review · 3 distinct works
Adjuster's Life
4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013
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Grieving Grace
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions
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Count it all Joy, James 1:1-4

 

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Thegospel from parchment scroll to sandal leather.

Theno holds barred, New Testament version of Proverbs.

Exposingthe hypocrisy of believing right and living wrong.

Demandingsweat equity of faith, not just lip service.

Callingout couch potato faith.

SpeakingTruth, saving souls,

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The Journey: Walking the Road to Bethlehem
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The Triumphal Entry, John 12:12-15
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I Told You So: The Christmas Story, as told long before the very first Christmas
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“God is under no obligation to fit into my logic.”
― Douglas Spurling, The Voice
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“Things are going to break. You can count on it. Some breaks will leave scars that never go away. But as long as a man is willing to try—those scars are badges of honor.” Richey rested his head on his Grampa’s chest. “I can hear your heart beeping.”
― Douglas Spurling, The Voice
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“And at that moment the sun broke through a cloudy sky and shined so bright it made their eyes water…and scattered every demon within fourteen square miles.”
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