Author Archives: Tom Brainerd

Good Works are Dangerous…

Good works are dangerous, if they be made the Foundation in the great point of Justification by Faith, but if they be used in the Superstruction, then they are very useful. From “To the Reader”Gospel ConversationJeremiah Burroughs

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Blessedness

“It is good to take Christ’s judgment rather than our own about blessedness.” Jeremiah Burroughs

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Death of Sin in the Death of Christ

“There is no death of sin without the death of Christ.” John Owen, MoS Chapter VII

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A Safer Path to Hell

When a man on some outward respects forsakes the practice of any sin, men perhaps may look on him as a changed man. God knows that to his former iniquity he hath added cursed hypocrisy, and is got in asafer … Continue reading

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Corporate Prayer: May 14, 2023

Our Holy Father and our God, we give You thanks for this day You have given us. We thank You for the beauty of this place you have set us in, where we see Your glory writ large upon sky … Continue reading

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Corporate Prayer, March 5, 2023

“But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God … Continue reading

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Exhortation: May 1, 2022

Christians, hear Psalm 1… 1 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; 2 But his delight is in the … Continue reading

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Corporate Prayer: Easter Sunday 2022

Our Holy Father and our God, we have come into Your presence this morning because You have called us. You have called us from slavery to sin and death to become slaves of righteousness. You have called us from darkness … Continue reading

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Corporate Prayer: November 14, 2021

Our Holy Father and our God, we give You thanks for this day you have given us, for the beauty of this land that surrounds us, for the change of the seasons that puts the stamp on Your covenant faithfulness. … Continue reading

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Would it have been that hard?

I am not an electrician. But I have done some electrical. In Florida you could do your own, and my inspectors encouraged me to do that. Most of it is not rocket science. Using modern (as in the last 30 … Continue reading

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