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Living Faithfully
Douglas Scalise, Brewster Baptist Church Luke 12:35-48 The context for today’s Gospel passage is that Jesus is on his way to Jerusalem where he will be crucified and he is teaching the crowds and his disciples about living faithfully. Jesus knows the time is coming when he will no longer…
Living Productively
Douglas Scalise, Brewster Baptist Church Luke 8:4-18 For the next five weeks we are going to be listening to some of Jesus’ parables in worship and talking about them in small groups. On one level, a parable is simply a comparison, a putting of one thing beside another to make…
Getting Unstuck
Mary Scheer, Brewster Baptist Church Luke 9: 57-62 In my last few sermons I’ve been talking about things that can be obstacles to our faith and affect our relationships with God and keep us from living our best life. Today I want to talk about things that can cause us…
Meeting Jesus on the Journey
Douglas Scalise, Brewster Baptist Church Luke 24:13-35 The last few weeks we have looked at Palm Sunday and Easter in Luke’s Gospel, and shared some of things that surprised us. Last week we noted how we expected Jesus to greet the women at the tomb, but he doesn’t. The key…
The Importance of Remembering
Douglas Scalise, Brewster Baptist Church Luke 24:1-12 Easter Sunday this year falls on the same date for the Western Christian and Eastern Orthodox churches because this is one of those years when the Gregorian and Julian calendars coincide. Those systems for dividing the year are symbolic of differences in doctrine,…
The Power of Passion
Douglas Scalise, Brewster Baptist Church Luke 19:29-40 Expectations are powerful in shaping how we feel and what we think. When our expectations are met we tend to be happy, satisfied and content. When our expectations are not met we tend to be impatient, disappointed, resentful, or angry. We experience this…
Defeating the Green Eyed Monster
Rev. Mary Scheer, Brewster Baptist Church James 3: 13-16 In my last couple sermons I talked about things that are obstacles to our faith and affect our relationship with God and keep us from fully enjoying life. First we looked at how idols in our lives can lead us away…
Crucial Choices
March 14, 2010 – Douglas Scalise Luke 14:25-33 Meaningful things in life usually come with a cost; including being a student or disciple of Jesus. You can’t be a disciple of Jesus without making some crucial choices that come with a cost. Listen to Luke 14:25-33. “Now large crowds were…
Things Most Surely Believed
March 7, 2010 – Rev. Dr. Catherine Clark Kroeger Luke 1:4 Our scripture this morning lays out what the Apostle Paul considered the essential platform of our faith, that upon which we build all the rest. We also read St. Peter’s declaration of the surety of the gospel events and…
Enduring Everything With Patience
February 28, 2010 – Douglas Scalise, Brewster Baptist Church Colossians 1:9-12 “For this reason, since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God’s will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you may…
Choosing Leah
February 21, 2010 – Mary Scheer, Brewster Baptist Church Eph. 1:11-14 Have you have been watching the Olympics? It seems like competition has been dominating tv these days. Some of the competition shows on tv include, America’s Next Top Model, Dancing With The Stars, Project Runway, America’s Best Dance Crew,…
The Value of Love
February 14, 2010 – Douglas Scalise, Brewster Baptist Church 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 February is a month where love is in the air as our culture harps on and sings about love on Valentine’s Day. Popular songs through the years have had a lot to say about love, but it is…