Monthly Archives: April 2013

Random prattlings…

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Tom Brainerd

The world would likely not be a lesser place without “Beer for My Horses.” Without Handel’s “Messiah,” it would be much diminished. Sorry, Toby Keith. THB

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Nuclear containment…

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Tom Brainerd

As things would have it I am preparing to preach tomorrow by musing on nuclear containment./THB

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Exercise extreme care…

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Tom Brainerd

Clearly it is necessary to exercise extreme care in evaluating biblical statements about the role of the “law” in the life of the Christian. When the New Testament affirms bluntly “you are not under law but under grace” (Rom. 6:14), … Continue reading →

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As a revealer of sin…

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Tom Brainerd

As a revealer of sin the, the law supplied a vital service to the Abrahamic covenant of promise. By exposing fully men’s inadequacy to establish righteousness by law-keeping, the Mosaic covenant has contributed to the cause of redemptive grace. O. Palmer Robertson … Continue reading →

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Far better full aware…

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Tom Brainerd

It is far better for the people of God to be fully aware of the precise nature of their particular sin rather than continuing to sin in ignorance. By receiving this particular revelation, Israel stands in a much better relation … Continue reading →

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Driven by the law…

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Tom Brainerd

The law should drive me to put my hands on the head of that goat, to claim the promise that God is going to deal with the serpent.

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The trouble with Pharisees…

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Tom Brainerd

The trouble with the Pharisees was that they were interested in details rather than principles, that they were interested in actions rather than in motives, and that they were interested in doing rather than in being.   D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

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Especially that modernist…

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Tom Brainerd

Is it not one of the besetting sins of those of us who are called Evangelicals? We see other men obviously denying the faith and living godless lives. How easy it is to become self-satisfied because we are better than … Continue reading →

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Table Meditation: April 21, 2013…

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Tom Brainerd

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, “Why with tax gatherers and sinners your Teacher eats?” I have just wrapped up teaching a little ‘kind-of’ logic course, and the very end of the course is about … Continue reading →

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Congregational Prayer: April 21, 2013

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Tom Brainerd

Our Holy Father, we have come into Your presence only because You have called us from the darkness of this world into Your marvelous light. We did not know to come nor how to come. Nothing that we might have … Continue reading →

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