Category Archives: Get drunk and be somebody

An envy and wicked emulation…

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Tom Brainerd

This paragraph from Thomas Manton’s treatise (or collection of sermons) on the Lord’s Prayer has some affinity with a series of posts I did with the title Get Drunk and Be Somebody. In typical Puritan fashion, Manton wrings the last … Continue reading →

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Get Drunk and Be Somebody [5 and hopefully last]…

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Tom Brainerd

Best to read this, this, this and this first… I want to be somebody. There…I’ve said it…but not loud enough. I WANT TO GET DRUNK AND BE SOMEBODY!!! My congregation already knows it. I have preached to my own hurt, … Continue reading →

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The people you stop following…

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Tom Brainerd

Last night during our Bible Study on the book of James we discussed (well…I talked about) intentionality and sin. A little earlier I had taught a logic class of sorts, and read the following from Proverbs: Keep your heart with all … Continue reading →

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Get drunk and be somebody [4]…

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Tom Brainerd

War over indicatives… Christian, Yahweh has spoken onto your life, and continues to do so. When Jesus Christ dug you out of the pit He found you in (Isaiah 51:1) he said “MINE!” Thanks be to God for that, dontcha … Continue reading →

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Get drunk and be somebody [3]…

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Tom Brainerd

Isaiah 43:1… But now, thus says the LORD, who created you, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine. This will make … Continue reading →

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Get drunk and be somebody [2]…

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Tom Brainerd

This will make more sense if you read this first. Isaiah 39:1-2… At that time Merodach-Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick and had … Continue reading →

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Get drunk and be somebody [1]…

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Tom Brainerd

His name was…well, I guess it doesn’t really matter what his name was, now does it? It was three decades ago, in another city, in another state, in another life. I think we were on a job out of town, … Continue reading →

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