Monthly Archives: August 2013

Livin’ large in the Public Domain…

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Tom Brainerd

Think what you will about the utility, and even validity, of copyright laws. I actually think that they’re a pretty good thing. I do not think that Mickey Mouse should be be 200 years old before he is considered public … Continue reading →

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Densely-packed eddies…

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Tom Brainerd

There are some sucking whirlpools in the river of life where time seems longer than it is…it passes slo-o-o-o-o-o-owly. Trapped inside, your stay seems interminable. Yet there are a few eddies where time seems suspended…densely packed. The time contains so … Continue reading →

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Video clips and all…

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Tom Brainerd

I just received a piece of spam that encouraged me to put photos and video clips in my blog posts, because it would ‘make them one of the most helpful of their type.” Right. One has to wonder, what sort … Continue reading →

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Dominion as his calling…

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Tom Brainerd

The covenant man is never a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth in this sense; he is a dominion man, and his pilgrimage has dominion as its calling. RJR

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Neither peace nor security…

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Tom Brainerd

Because the earth is the Lord’s, it cannot give peace or security to His enemies. RJR

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Pharisaic war…

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Tom Brainerd

It is phariseeism to war against another man’s evil and not our own. RJR

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Congregational Prayer: August 11, 2013…

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Tom Brainerd

Our Father and our God, we give You thanks, O Lord for all that You do for us, for all You have done for us. Even for all these temporal things, O God, we know that our thanksgiving is clearly … Continue reading →

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Table Meditation: August 11, 2013…

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Tom Brainerd

“Behold! My Servant whom I have chosen, My Beloved in whom My soul is well pleased! I will put My Spirit upon Him, And He will declare justice to the Gentiles. He will not quarrel nor cry out, Nor will … Continue reading →

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Dust and flesh…

Posted on August 10, 2013 by Tom Brainerd

Our Lord Jesus deals very tenderly with those who have true grace, though they be weak in it, Isa. 40:11; Heb. 5:2. He remembers not only that we are dust, but that we are flesh. Matthew Henry

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Standing Truth…

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Tom Brainerd

It is a standing truth in the kingdom of grace, that weak grace, weak faith, and weak repentance, are all precious in our Lord’s sight. Ryle

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