Resilient Faith / Spiritual Resilience

Earlier this month I received a call from the Vice Commander at the base asking me to give a briefing the next day to the wing on the subject of spiritual resiliency. With the suicide rate climbing in the military and civilian population, the military wanted some education on spiritual resiliency. The morning started with…

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Hope In the Midst of a Flood

In life it sometimes seems that we’re either heading into a storm, in the midst of a storm, or coming out of a storm. A storm can be literally a meteorological event – rain and floods and mudslides have been causing terrible distress and loss of life in Australia and Brazil in recent weeks. In…

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Making a Difference in the World

Before the tragic event that took place in Tucson Arizona a week ago Saturday in which fourteen people were wounded and six others including a lovely nine-year-old girl were murdered, I had already chosen to preach today on Making a Difference in the World. The reality is every single human being makes a difference in…

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Growing Old Gracefully

The first ten verses of Titus chapter 2 contain specific advice for different groups and ages of people – older men, older women, younger women, younger men, even slaves. Each group mentioned in these verses is told something relative to their situation or station in life as a Christian in the first century. January 9,…

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What Kind of Year Will It Be?

It is always amazing to me to look back at the end of a year at all the things that happened in my life, in my circle of relationships with family and friends, and in the world. While we were at Jill’s parents for a few days this week Greg and I enjoyed watching the…

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Can You Hear It?

(Pastor Dave Anderson preaches from an outline, which you can follow as you listen to his sermon.) December 26, 2010: Luke 9:18-20, Can You Hear It? Dave Anderson, Brewster Baptist Church [print_link] [powerpress] Shhhh! Quiet! Listen! Can you hear it? Do you hear anything???? In the coming days the POST CHRISTMAS transformation will begin: The…

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Christmas Is A Time for Love

“And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds  said one to another, “Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.” 16 And they came with haste, and found Mary,…

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Called To Belong to Jesus

Later this week on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, many of us will call family members and friends we will not be able to see in person to wish them a Merry Christmas and to catch up on life. Being able to call people on the phone is something we take for granted, but it…

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Future Glory

At this time of the year, I think a lot of people are looking forward to something. What are you looking forward to in the coming weeks? Time off from school, visits from loved ones, family members going back where they came from, special programs, concerts, worship services, presents, celebrating the birth of Jesus –…

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