Monthly Archives: October 2013

Put a ring on it…

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Tom Brainerd

From a stream of a discussion on Biblical Womanhood on ‘The Front Porch’ … Brothers, if you are looking for a wife and you find a woman who is, indeed, following hard after Christ, and she is concerned with the cause … Continue reading →

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Table Meditation: October 13, 2013…

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Tom Brainerd

The servants said to him, ‘Do you want us then to go and gather them up?’ But he said, ‘No, lest while you gather up the tares you also uproot the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the … Continue reading →

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Congregational Prayer: October 13, 2013

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Tom Brainerd

Our Father, we give You thanks for your goodness. Our Holy Father, we give You thanks for the blessings You shower upon us, for the gracious hand that holds us and sustains us, that feeds us and feeds Your entire … Continue reading →

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Table Meditation: October 27, 2013…

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Tom Brainerd

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.” That picture again for you…tying … Continue reading →

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Congregational Prayer: October 27, 2013…

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Tom Brainerd

Our Holy Father and our God, day by day we rest in the salvation that is ours in Jesus Christ. We know that it is through His coming for us and dying for us that we live in Him and … Continue reading →

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Amazing contest…

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Tom Brainerd

What an amazing contest, that while we are endeavoring by every possible method to hinder the grace of God from coming to us, it rises victorious, and displays its efficacy in spite of all our exertions! John Calvin <small><small>And thanks … Continue reading →

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Eternal life fades from view…

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Tom Brainerd

Calvin on Matthew 13:44-46… The first two of these parables are intended to instruct believers to prefer the Kingdom of heaven to the whole world, and therefore to deny themselves and all the desires of the flesh, that nothing may prevent them … Continue reading →

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A or B???

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Tom Brainerd

A: Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. B: And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.  Romans 8:28

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For all men, and every man…

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Tom Brainerd

However deeply devoted he was, this death took his king away, And he could not keep life in his courageous king’s body, Or ward off the will of the only wise God. The Word that works all things is the … Continue reading →

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Shaped by cross and resurrection…

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Tom Brainerd

If you want to know how to live as a Christian, you need to understand how the cross and resurrection shape our lives. Tim Chester Ordinary Hero

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