Sermons

Douglas Scalise, Brewster Baptist Church Luke 2:1-20 As it is for many people, Christmas time is one of our family’s favorite times of the year. We enjoy the worship, music, and decorations in church. Our tree and decorations at home, the lights you see when you drive around at night illuminating the darkness. Getting together…

Kevin Saxton, Brewster Baptist Church I can still remember answering the telephone that warm May afternoon in Wilmore, Kentucky.  I had graduated from seminary about a week before and Allison and I were considering where God was leading us next.  The phone rang and I heard, “Hi this is Doug Scalise from Brewster Baptist Church…

Luke 21:25-36 Doug Scalise, Brewster Baptist Church In the weeks leading up to Christmas many of our schedules are filled with activities, special events, gatherings with friends, parties, music, worship all of which I enjoy. Yesterday Jill and I attended the winter music festival at Nauset Regional High School and it was great hearing so…

Luke 17:11-19 Mary Scheer, Brewster Baptist Church Last week, Pastor Doug talked about Personal Thanksgiving and this week as we celebrate this first week in Advent I’m going to be sharing a little bit more on the subject of gratitude. Advent is a time of waiting and hoping, and then Christ comes and life is…

Philippians 1:3-11 Doug Scalise, Brewster Baptist Church This Sunday before Thanksgiving I am especially thankful to for the gift of love and mercy God has given in Jesus, and for the love of my family, friends, and church. One of the things that happened after my mom died was that I received probably close to…

Luke 19:1–10 Doug Scalise, Brewster Baptist Church Who knows the title of the official song of the state of Georgia?  Georgia On My Mind by Ray Charles. You can tell a lot about a person by what is on his or her mind. If we could put on the screen what was on Jesus’ mind,…

Philippians 4:2–7 Doug Scalise, Brewster Baptist Church “Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near.” There are times in my life when I wonder if I am accomplishing anything devoting myself to preaching and teaching because sometimes I will talk about a subject, like gentleness, and immediately afterward someone will act or…

Deuteronomy 15:7-11 Doug Scalise, Brewster Baptist Church “You open your hand, satisfying the desires of every living thing.” Psalm 145:16 TNIV I would like to talk with you today about something very personal – your hands. Hands are fascinating. They are capable of acts of intricate and amazing dexterity such as performing surgery or playing…

2 Corinthians 9:6–15 Doug Scalise, Brewster Baptist Church We have been talking in worship about the Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations and the fifth is Extravagant Generosity. I can imagine some different responses to that phrase. “Extravagant generosity? The economy stinks. My net worth has shrunk, I don’t have discretionary income. I can’t pay all…