Maturing in Christ

Spiritually, the same is true, if we’re to be spiritually alive, we need to continue to mature. While I’m continually trying to mature in Christ myself, it’s also my responsibility to help others in the church to do the same. And these verses in Colossians are for the church. Paul’s writing to those of us…

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What’s the Most Important Thing to Do in Life?

When I was growing up, former New England Patriot running back Ron Burton came to my school in Brookline and gave a speech about life. He said the most important thing you could do in life was to run five miles every morning and if you did, it would change your life. He went on…

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What is the Church?

In less than two weeks, Jill’s dad will celebrate his 75th birthday. As in many families, one of the traditions in Jill’s family is that on a family member’s birthday, everyone sings Happy Birthday. This often happens over the phone because we’re at a distance from one another on a birthday. Given the vocal abilities…

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Who Is The Holy Spirit?

Galatians 5:22-25, “By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by…

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God’s Grace for Us

Good morning, my name is David Pranga.  I am Executive Pastor here at Brewster Baptist Church.  We are in the middle of a very important series, “Going Deeper in Faith”.  Each week, we are exploring a foundational belief we share as followers of Jesus Christ.  In doing this, we want to help you to know,…

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Can God Forgive Me?

So far in our series on Going Deeper in Faith we’ve talked about how God is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast and that grace, love and mercy were shown in God giving the world Jesus, so that everyone who believes in Him may not perish but may have eternal life.…

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What Does Jesus Want to Give Us?

Jesus came to give us abundant, joyful, and eternal life. I want to focus today especially on the fact that Jesus wants to give us his joy. It may be hard to believe but our team is well into planning for Vacation Bible School this summer. One song I remember learning at VBS went like…

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The Most Precious Gift

We are in a new series – “Going Deeper in Faith”.  Throughout this series we will explore the foundational beliefs we share together as followers of Jesus Christ.   The series will focus on 13 core values we believe as a church. Last week, Pastor Doug kicked-off the series with our focus on God.  I realize…

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What is God Like?

“The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. The LORD is good to all, and his compassion is over all that he has made.” Psalm 145:8-9 One of the things I’ve learned through the years I’ve been a pastor is that a person’s understanding of God has a huge…

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