Messages from Brewster Baptist

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…

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 –…

Hope is quite a word. Everyone from poets to politicians to preachers recognizes that there is power in the word, “Hope.” Hope and its siblings “hoped, hopeful, hopes, and hoping” appear 148 times in the Bible. “Hopeless,” appears once (Jeremiah 2:25, if you’re interested). I did a study of the word “hope” in the Bible…

Romans 13:11-14, “Besides this, you know what time it is, how it is now the moment for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we became believers; the night is far gone, the day is near. Let us then lay aside the works of darkness and put on…

I love the Sunday before thanksgiving.  I love all the songs and thanksgiving hymns.  I love all the pre-baking and things to anticipate, like the kids coming home.  Some folks will go to great lengths to get their kids home. November 21, 2010: Matthew 5:1-12, Blessings To Be Thankful For Mary Scheer, Brewster Baptist Church…