Weekly Christian sermons from Brewster Baptist Church
With Thanksgiving coming this week, I’ve imagined myself being “one” with pastors all over the country who were doing the same thing I’ve been doing all week—praying that we can encourage our congregations and ourselves to grow bigger hearts of thankfulness beginning this Sunday. Probably every church in America is exploring some of the Scriptures…
Do you have any traditions in your family that you enjoy? Do you know their origin – how, why, or when they started? In the musical Fiddler on the Roof, one of the best known songs is Tradition. The lead character, Tevye says, “Some people may ask, how the tradition get started? I’ll tell you…I…
Good morning to you. As many of you are aware, I am the new Executive Pastor at BBC. I started in late August and things are going well. I am enjoying the opportunity to be serving you and be on staff with such a great team. I really enjoyed getting to know many of you…
If you had to choose, would you say you’re a person who likes and enjoys surprises, or do you prefer to know what’s coming? Some people enjoy surprises and others don’t; sometimes it depends on the nature of the surprise whether it is positive and nice or upsetting and even a little unnerving. One of…
When you got up this morning, how lucky, blessed, or fortunate did you feel? Why do you think you feel the way you do? What are the reasons or circumstances behind your feeling lucky, blessed, or fortunate; or unlucky, cursed, or unfortunate? Each of us can probably come up with our own list of reasons…
What has most shaped your view of the earth and all the creatures, life, and resources it contains? What people, experiences, teaching, and beliefs helped form the view you now hold? People have very different views from utilitarian: “What can I get out of it to benefit myself?” to a view of creation as sacred.
One of the earliest Dr. Seuss books I remember hearing and reading is Green Eggs and Ham. Like so many Dr. Seuss stories the repetition of words and the fun drawings made it easy to learn and fun to listen to over and over. For those of you who don’t know the story, there is…
Our message today comes from Tom and Terry Myers, who are Missionaries in Bulgaria. They help the Baptist Union of Bulgaria give holistic expression of the gospel. Tom works primarily in development and in job and small business creation, using these as a means to address the issues of poverty and trafficking. Terry’s work includes…
In numerous Bible passages (like Proverbs 6:16-19) and throughout Christian history we find lists of sins that people engage in which, with God’s help and self-discipline, we’re to avoid to the best of our ability and for our own good. Perhaps best known outside the Bible are the seven deadly sins of pride, wrath, greed,…