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Living for the Lost and Helpless
Douglas Scalise, Brewster Baptist Church Luke 15:11-32 Earlier in the service we heard Luke 15:1-10 and Jesus’ parables of the found sheep and the found coin. Both the sheep and the coin were lost and helpless to change their condition. Jesus continues by telling a story about a father with two sons. “And Jesus said,…
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Pastor Douglas Scalise, Brewster Baptist Church Luke 14:15-24 In Luke 14, Jesus is eating a meal at the house of a leader of the Pharisees. He is being watched closely in a testing way by those who have not embraced him or his teaching but who are self-righteous and look down on other people who…
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Pastor Douglas Scalise, Brewster Baptist Church Luke 13:1-9 Tragedies we hear about in the news often cause people to think theologically – we can wonder why something happened or seek to find meaning or a reason that helps us understand or cope with what has taken place. This is an ancient human response which is…
Read MoreLiving Faithfully
Douglas Scalise, Brewster Baptist Church Luke 12:35-48 The context for today’s Gospel passage is that Jesus is on his way to Jerusalem where he will be crucified and he is teaching the crowds and his disciples about living faithfully. Jesus knows the time is coming when he will no longer be physically present with his…
Read MoreCongregational Prayer 4/18
Dear Lord, we thank you for being with us through another week. The days go by so fast and yet so much can happen. Lord, I thank you for each person here this morning and ask you to hear their hearts prayer, bless them and their families. [powerpress]Some of us may have come to church…
Read MoreOpening Prayer 4/18
Dear Lord, God of heaven, who guides us by day and watches over us by night. In your presence we find joy and safety. Thank you Lord for this time to worship you and sing our praises and offer our prayers. You are a holy and righteous God and we lift up your name. [powerpress]You…
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Douglas Scalise, Brewster Baptist Church Luke 8:4-18 For the next five weeks we are going to be listening to some of Jesus’ parables in worship and talking about them in small groups. On one level, a parable is simply a comparison, a putting of one thing beside another to make a point.[1] Because parables involve…
Read MoreGetting Unstuck
Mary Scheer, Brewster Baptist Church Luke 9: 57-62 In my last few sermons I’ve been talking about things that can be obstacles to our faith and affect our relationships with God and keep us from living our best life. Today I want to talk about things that can cause us to get stuck in life…
Read MoreMeeting Jesus on the Journey
Douglas Scalise, Brewster Baptist Church Luke 24:13-35 The last few weeks we have looked at Palm Sunday and Easter in Luke’s Gospel, and shared some of things that surprised us. Last week we noted how we expected Jesus to greet the women at the tomb, but he doesn’t. The key thought expressed by the divine…
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