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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 be physically present with his…
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 a point.[1] Because parables involve…
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 to get stuck in life…
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 thought expressed by the divine…
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, ritual, and church organization that…
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 all the time in our…