Weekly Christian sermons from Brewster Baptist Church
The vice we’re talking about today is sloth and at the most basic level, sloth is reluctance to exert ourselves, to work or make an effort; laziness. Click to listen: Click this link to get a printable version: Sloth – Resistance to the Demands of Love 2 Peter 1:3-7 “His divine power has given us…
Thirty years ago in 1989 on the set of a commercial in the Nevada desert for a Canon Rebel camera, 19-year-old tennis pro Andre Agassi was instructed to step out of a white Lamborghini, lower his sunglasses, and utter the words, “Image is everything.” “Image is everything?” Agassi asked the director. Click to listen: Click…
Today we’re beginning a new series in worship based on Rebecca DeYoung’s book Glittering Vices: A New Look at the Seven Deadly Sins and Their Remedies. Many Christians today have forgotten about or misunderstood the seven deadly sins: envy, vainglory, sloth, avarice, anger, gluttony, and lust. Click to listen: Click this link to get a…
Life is full of failures and disappointments so we might as well be prepared to accept them and learn from them, without being crushed by them. It’s important that we learn that One Failure Doesn’t Mean You’re a Failure. Click to listen: Click this link to get a printable version: One Failure Doesn’t Mean You’re…
The period in which the events of the Book of Ruth take place (the time in which the judges ruled) is among the worst in Israel’s history. The Book of Ruth begins in this time of hardship and moves to great heartache. Click to listen: There’s no audio file this week, just video and PDF….
There’s a big contest this evening that many of us are interested in watching, and we have passionate feelings about who wins. In 1 Kings 18, there’s also a big competition with lots of spectators and it’s between the prophet Elijah and the prophets of Baal, and it was a matter of life and death….
This morning, we are going to be talking about excuses. Every one of us has used an excuse from time to time. I found this article from Readers Digest, “Most Ridiculous Excuses for missing work.” Watch the video (above) Click to listen: Click this link to get a printable version: When You Run Out of…
When I was very young, many of the first books that were read to me and that I could read were Bible stories published by Arch Books. They were simplified versions of classic Bible stories with vivid illustrations. I really liked them. It was through one of those books that I first heard the story…
It goes to show how ancient is the human failure to properly handle conflict and disagreements, and emotions like anger, jealousy and envy. Conflicts between people are as old as humanity… Watch the video (above) Click to listen: Click this link to get a printable version: When You’ve Failed to be Your Brother or Sister’s…