tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50230300796599778242024-03-08T00:29:13.975-06:00Tom's Blog's and Books ArchivesWelcome to blog posts from earlier years.Tom's Penhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784483791875272784noreply@blogger.comBlogger262125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023030079659977824.post-87599747055650394722017-02-12T22:52:00.003-06:002017-02-12T22:52:19.206-06:00Apollos Watered
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Tom's Penhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784483791875272784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023030079659977824.post-59256387453161403282017-01-03T09:57:00.005-06:002017-01-03T09:57:44.832-06:00"How Can I Be Sure?"<!--[if !mso]>
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Tom's Penhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784483791875272784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023030079659977824.post-11564186073126841032016-08-27T02:12:00.004-05:002016-08-27T11:58:40.705-05:00Here We Go Again
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Tom's Penhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784483791875272784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023030079659977824.post-73281948755458663452016-08-24T20:06:00.000-05:002016-09-01T20:06:28.188-05:00Fruits Of Repentance<!--[if !mso]>
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Tom's Penhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784483791875272784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023030079659977824.post-4509475968948086812016-07-27T02:14:00.000-05:002016-08-27T11:59:42.967-05:00Meditating On God's Word
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Tom's Penhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784483791875272784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023030079659977824.post-85012978163549114712016-04-20T02:02:00.000-05:002016-08-27T12:01:12.573-05:00On A More Personal Note
by Tom Wacaster
In 1982, after I had been preaching for ten years, I submitted an article to the Gospel Advocate for consideration under the title, “What I Have Learned After Ten Years of Preaching.” I did not attempt to present some scholarly research on the experience of preaching for a full decade; nor was it packed with an over abundance of scripture. It was, as this week’s title reflects,Tom's Penhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784483791875272784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023030079659977824.post-25565093753774644382016-02-03T19:14:00.000-06:002016-03-17T19:14:42.689-05:00Effective Communication<!--[if !mso]>
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Tom's Penhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784483791875272784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023030079659977824.post-44926877150546632232016-01-21T22:55:00.001-06:002016-01-21T22:55:33.410-06:00Genuine Needs<!--[if !mso]>
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Tom's Penhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784483791875272784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023030079659977824.post-69083083511846572302016-01-12T22:53:00.000-06:002016-01-21T22:54:06.092-06:00Tests<!--[if !mso]>
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Tom's Penhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784483791875272784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023030079659977824.post-57919276329158221522016-01-06T22:52:00.000-06:002016-01-21T22:52:44.585-06:00The Gospel Attracts<!--[if !mso]>
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Tom's Penhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784483791875272784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023030079659977824.post-26420652495814602772015-12-28T22:50:00.000-06:002016-01-21T22:50:54.733-06:00Blessed Are They That Mourn<!--[if !mso]>
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Tom's Penhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784483791875272784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023030079659977824.post-25544669843966979172015-12-23T22:49:00.000-06:002016-01-21T22:49:27.520-06:00Blessed Are The Poor In Spiritby Tom Wacaster
Being truly happy is related in some way to a certain kind of poverty. The word “poor” is from ‘ptochos,’ an adjective describing one who crouches and cowers, and is used as a noun, a beggar; while ‘prosaites’ is descriptive of a beggar, and stresses his begging, ‘ptochos’
stresses his poverty stricken condition” (W.E.Vine). There is another
word that deserves attention as Tom's Penhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784483791875272784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023030079659977824.post-80626667161323825792015-12-09T22:44:00.000-06:002016-01-21T22:44:56.025-06:00The Beatitudes<!--[if !mso]>
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Tom's Penhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784483791875272784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023030079659977824.post-59528978521875686632015-12-02T22:42:00.000-06:002016-01-21T22:43:07.185-06:00The Sermon On The Mount<!--[if !mso]>
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Tom's Penhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784483791875272784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023030079659977824.post-11818482674491866072015-11-28T13:59:00.002-06:002015-11-28T13:59:25.550-06:00Politisizing Morality
by Jerry Brewer
Satan has many devices for the corruption of humanity. Among those is his ability to get his followers to redefine terms of morality. Many of those are familiar to all of us. For instance, the practice of murdering babies in the womb is called “abortion,” and one of Satan's devices is to politicize that term, along with many others. A few years ago a deacon in a Tom's Penhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784483791875272784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023030079659977824.post-10108533890751420442015-11-11T14:03:00.000-06:002015-12-01T19:46:25.409-06:00Suicide<!--[if !mso]>
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by Tom Wacaster
Sometime in the week of March, 1997, in Rancho Santa Fe, California, the 39 members of Heaven's Gate cult committed suicide. The suicide of the cult members (21 women and 18 men, ranging in ages from 26 to Tom's Penhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784483791875272784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023030079659977824.post-11593829171380919052015-10-28T14:01:00.000-05:002015-11-28T14:01:52.097-06:00Bioethics and Planned Parenthood<!--[if !mso]>
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Tom's Penhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784483791875272784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023030079659977824.post-46445230466267869292015-10-14T15:23:00.004-05:002015-10-14T15:23:55.609-05:00Catching Up<!--[if !mso]>
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Tom's Penhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784483791875272784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023030079659977824.post-8372002593926623132015-10-07T15:21:00.000-05:002015-10-14T15:21:18.340-05:00Taking The Whole Of Scripture<!--[if !mso]>
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Tom's Penhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784483791875272784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023030079659977824.post-4555530898268192302015-09-30T15:16:00.000-05:002015-10-14T15:17:12.438-05:00God’s Providence And World Evangelism<!--[if !mso]>
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Tom's Penhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784483791875272784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023030079659977824.post-50572514558935405192015-09-16T15:12:00.000-05:002015-10-14T15:12:40.062-05:00“I Endure All Things For the Elect’s Sake”<!--[if !mso]>
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Tom's Penhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784483791875272784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023030079659977824.post-87834989533252171362015-09-09T15:09:00.000-05:002015-10-14T15:10:07.980-05:00Recapturing The Growth Of The Last Century<!--[if !mso]>
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Tom's Penhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784483791875272784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023030079659977824.post-14279043150444492092015-09-02T15:05:00.000-05:002015-10-14T15:06:20.693-05:00Two Care-free Days<!--[if !mso]>
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Tom's Penhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784483791875272784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023030079659977824.post-86012016676314134712015-08-26T08:59:00.003-05:002018-08-14T14:29:47.707-05:00Wisdom Wins
by Tom Wacaster
Over the span of more than 45
years of preaching, I have had the opportunity to carefully study, and even
teach a series on the amazing wisdom of Solomon as contained in the book of
Proverbs. Yet the wisdom of David’s son only pales in comparison to the divine
wisdom demonstrated by David’s greater Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Having said
that, my various journeys Tom's Penhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784483791875272784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023030079659977824.post-88654934057196268432015-08-10T18:40:00.006-05:002015-08-10T18:41:41.926-05:00Forgot You Password?<!--[if !mso]>
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