Monthly Archives: September 2014

Our own tools…

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Tom Brainerd

We are, in a certain sense, our own tools, and therefore must keep ourselves in order. Spurgeon, Lectures to My Students, p. 1

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Lath and plaster…

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Tom Brainerd

It is delicious to put one’s foot through the lath and plaster of old affectations, to make room for the granite wall of reality. Spurgeon, Lectures to My Students, p. xiv

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Collect: Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Tom Brainerd

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, give unto us the increase of faith, hope, and charity; and, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise, make us to love that which thou dost command; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

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In truth alone…

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Tom Brainerd

Our standing in doctrinal matters is well known, and we make no profession of latitudinarian charity, yet we find no failure in the number of earnest spirits who rally to our standard, believing that in truth alone, can true freedom … Continue reading →

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Congregational Prayer: September 21, 2014…

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Tom Brainerd

Our Holy Father and our God…we know, O Father, that it’s all of You. That whatever we have, and whatever we are…these things have been given to us. We know, O Father, that salvation lies in Jesus Christ alone, and … Continue reading →

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Prayer after Sermon: September 21, 2014…

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Tom Brainerd

Our Father and our God…we, indeed, O God, if we did absolutely everything that we could, would still be unworthy servants, and it is only what Your Son has done for us that avails for us any opportunity at all … Continue reading →

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Prayer for Illumination, September 21, 2014…

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Tom Brainerd

You are our portion, O LORD; We have said that we would keep Your words. We entreated Your favor with our whole hearts; Be merciful to us according to Your word. We thought about our ways, And turned our feet … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 21, 2014 by Tom Brainerd

Calvin on Matthew 24:45… Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season? “Let all who are called to an honourable office learn from this that … Continue reading →

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Towards the heavenly life…

Posted on September 20, 2014 by Tom Brainerd

…God does not bestow the honourable title of his children on any but those who acknowledge that they are strangers on the earth, and who not only are at all times prepared to leave it, but likewise move forward, in … Continue reading →

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The same fire of doctrine…

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Tom Brainerd

Calvin on Luke 22:49… I came to send fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! “…the same fire of doctrine, when it burns on all sides, consumes chaff and straw, but purifies silver and gold.”

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