Monthly Archives: January 2011

A new picture…

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Tom Brainerd

I figured out how to post my own picture at the head of the blog. This is the view from our home down to the plain below. The white structure in the center of the picture is Trinity Reformed Church, … Continue reading →

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Don’t get the wrong idea…

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Tom Brainerd

The new picture at the head of the blog, like the last one, is not of my choosing. Apparently, WordPress decided I needed a new picture. We do live in a pastoral setting, but not in the English countryside with … Continue reading →

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Wrong both ways…

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Tom Brainerd

When Yahweh met with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave Moses the Ten Commandments, which we also call “the Decalogue,” literally the ‘ten words.’ When we think and talk about the Decalogue we frequently break it into two pieces, the … Continue reading →

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Congregational Prayer: January 23, 2011

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Tom Brainerd

Our Father and our God, we give you thanks for the great blessings You have showered upon us in our Savior, Jesus Christ. He alone is our Redeemer from the bondage we had to sin and death. He alone is … Continue reading →

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Radio Silence…

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Tom Brainerd

Going to be down for a couple of days. Christ’s blessings on y’all. We rejoice in the Lord…becuase we can.

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In God’s court of law…

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Tom Brainerd

“You say, ‘Such a thing could not occur in an earthly court of law.’ Ay, but it has happened in God’s court of law. In the great court of King’s Bench, where God is judge of all, it has happened. … Continue reading →

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Education as curse…

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Tom Brainerd

“…as an accountable and immortal creature, you are to regard all other kinds of improvement as subordinate to the culture of the heart; and…your acquisitions, if they are not sanctified by divine grace, will ultimately prove a curse to you rather … Continue reading →

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Congregational Prayer: January 9, 2011

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Tom Brainerd

Our Father, we give You thanks for Your ultimate proclamation of covenant faithfulness in Your Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ. He is the one who is great to the ends of the earth. He is the one who is light, … Continue reading →

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Prayer after Sermon: January 9, 2011…

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Tom Brainerd

Father, we give you thanks for your goodness, thanks for the Christ, whom we so desperately needed, whom we so desperately need. We pray, Father, that you would give us eyes to read your Scriptures anew, that we would look … Continue reading →

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Wearing my Older Brother’s clothes…

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Tom Brainerd

“On the other hand, I know I can not enter heaven, unless I have a perfect righteousness; I am absolutely certain I shall never have one of my own, for I find I sin every day; but then Christ had … Continue reading →

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