Monthly Archives: January 2015

By besotting and inveterate vices…

Posted on January 31, 2015 by Tom Brainerd

But since the mind itself, though naturally capable of reason and intelligence is disabled by besotting and inveterate vices not merely from delighting and abiding in, but even from tolerating His unchangeable light, until it has been gradually healed, and … Continue reading →

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There is a city of God

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Tom Brainerd

…there is a city of God, and its Founder has inspired us with a love which makes us covet its citizenship. Augustine, CoG, XI.1

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Brothers, may we this day be found faithful…

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Tom Brainerd

Originally posted on Livin' in the foothills:
To interpret and apply his text in accordance with its real meaning, is one of the preacher’s most sacred duties. John Broadus On the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons

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Coram Deo…

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Tom Brainerd

“…remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father…” 1 Thessalonians 1:3 How many of us are familiar with the Latin phrase Coram … Continue reading →

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Hope => patience…

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Tom Brainerd

Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 1:3… …remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father… “Wherever there is a well-grounded hope of … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 27, 2015 by Tom Brainerd

Leon Morris on 1 Thessalonians 1:3… …remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father… “Once we see that God is like … Continue reading →

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A more disastrous fall…

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Tom Brainerd

…the proud scorn to take God for their Master, because “the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.”433  So that, with these miserable creatures, it is not enough that they are sick, but they boast of their sickness, and … Continue reading →

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That kind of God…

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Tom Brainerd

Leon Morris on 1 Thessalonians 1:3… …remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father… “God loves, not because people are worthy … Continue reading →

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Because of God’s sustaining power…

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Tom Brainerd

Originally posted on Livin' in the foothills:
Man can discover scientific “laws”; indeed, he must, he is commissioned to do so as the steward of the creation. But the scientist who has adopted this biblical cosmology will not only recognize…

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Christ humble…you proud…

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Tom Brainerd

Why do you thus seek such a plausible reason for escaping from the Christian faith, if not because, as I again say, Christ is humble and ye proud? Augustine, CoG, X.29

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