Monthly Archives: October 2012

A letter to Jake…

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Tom Brainerd

Back during the Summer I was honored by one of the families in our congregation to write a letter. Their second young man was turning 15, and they have formed a tradition of having a scavenger hunt on that auspicious … Continue reading →

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It’s a start…

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Tom Brainerd

But it’s only a start…

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Redeemed stones…

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Tom Brainerd

For a house is being built to the Lord in all the earth, even the city of God, which is the holy Church, after that capitivity in which demons held capitve those men who, through faith, became living stones in … Continue reading →

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Ceasing to be man…

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Tom Brainerd

…as if there could be anything more wretched than mankind tyrranized over by the work of his own hands, since man, by worshipping the works of his own hands, may more easily cease to be man, than the works of … Continue reading →

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O may such a time again come…

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Tom Brainerd

“Hermes then follows out at great length the statements of this passage, in which he seems to predict the present time, in which the Christian religion is overthrowing all lying figments with a vehemence and liberty proportioned to its superior … Continue reading →

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The right place…

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Tom Brainerd

If you’re going to have a winestain in your Bible…this is the place…

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No pressure…

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Tom Brainerd

Bishop Ryle on preaching… Let us notice the way in which our Lord commenced his mighty work. “He began to preach.” There is no office so honorable as that of the preacher. There is no work so important to the … Continue reading →

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Coming near is the kingdom…

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Tom Brainerd

In Matthew 3 and 4 these words are spoken by John the Baptist and Jesus: Repent, for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand. That is from the New King James Translation There are just some places where the translations … Continue reading →

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For every citizen…

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Tom Brainerd

Just as the ninefold fruit of the Spirit which Paul lists is to ripen in every Christian character, so the eight beatitudes which Christ speaks describe his ideal for every citizen of God’s kingdom. John RW Stott

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Too good to go to heaven…

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Tom Brainerd

There is a generation of men who commit idolatry with themselves; no such idol as self! They admire their own parts, moralities, self-righteousness; and upon this stock graft the hope of their salvation. There are many too good to go … Continue reading →

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