Messages from Brewster Baptist

“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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

During the last week of Jesus’ life as given in Mark’s Gospel there are three people, in addition to Jesus, who figure prominently: Judas, who betrays Christ, Peter who denies him, and an unnamed woman who anoints him before the failures of Judas and Peter. It is interesting that the…

It’s nice to be at BBC after being away the last two Sundays. Two weeks ago, Jill and I were in New Bern, North Carolina attending the wedding of our friend Adam Warren who stayed with us in the summer of 2007 when he pitched for the Brewster Whitecaps in…

For some of us it may be difficult to believe that it was nine years ago, on the third Sunday of October, October 21, 2001 to be precise, that we held the first worship service in this sanctuary. Since that time BBC has continued to change – our worship, mission,…

In case you didn’t know it already, Americans are woefully ignorant about religion. The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life published the outcome of its U.S. Religious knowledge survey on September 28 and the results were not flattering. Atheists and agnostics, Jews and Mormons were among the highest-scoring groups…