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	<title>Brewster Baptist Church</title>
	
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	<description>Mark 1:17 - The Adventure of a Lifetime Begins Here!</description>
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	<itunes:summary>Wonderful, challenging, Christian sermons.</itunes:summary>
	<itunes:author>Brewster Baptist Church</itunes:author>
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	<itunes:subtitle>Contemporary Christian sermons</itunes:subtitle>
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		<title>Faith That Continually Seeks Understanding</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 11:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I apologize that my message today may not sound like a Mother’s Day sermon, but that’s because I was going to be giving it last Sunday until our worship plans changed and we had the wonderful sharing from the folks who went on the mission trip to Bulgaria. I want to talk with you today [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/brewsterbaptistchurch/OrXz/~4/9pr1e9OAPI0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>I apologize that my message today may not sound like a Mother’s Day sermon, but that’s because I was going to be giving it last Sunday until our worship plans changed and we had the wonderful sharing from the folks who went on the mission trip to Bulga...</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>I apologize that my message today may not sound like a Mother’s Day sermon, but that’s because I was going to be giving it last Sunday until our worship plans changed and we had the wonderful sharing from the folks who went on the mission trip to Bulga...</itunes:summary>
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		<title>Upcoming Memorial Services</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/brewsterbaptistchurch/OrXz/~3/Ac0XxpkAGj8/</link>
		<comments>http://www.brewsterbaptistchurch.org/upcoming-memorial-services/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 18:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MiKemp</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.brewsterbaptistchurch.org/?p=4148</guid>
		<description>&amp;#160; &amp;#160; We have two memorial services coming up very soon: Al Robinson, Saturday, May 12, 10:00 am Rolly Bassett, Thursday, May 17, 11:30 am&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/brewsterbaptistchurch/OrXz/~4/Ac0XxpkAGj8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<title>Jesus the Good Shepherd</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/brewsterbaptistchurch/OrXz/~3/hcY87Mex9ws/</link>
		<comments>http://www.brewsterbaptistchurch.org/jesus-the-good-shepherd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MiKemp</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.brewsterbaptistchurch.org/?p=4117</guid>
		<description>Growing up I never had much experience with sheep. About the closest I get to sheep is a wool blazer. While sheep have not been an important part of my life, they are one of the few livestock animals that are found virtually everywhere in the world. Australia has ten times as many sheep as [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/brewsterbaptistchurch/OrXz/~4/hcY87Mex9ws" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>Growing up I never had much experience with sheep. About the closest I get to sheep is a wool blazer. While sheep have not been an important part of my life, they are one of the few livestock animals that are found virtually everywhere in the world.</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Growing up I never had much experience with sheep. About the closest I get to sheep is a wool blazer. While sheep have not been an important part of my life, they are one of the few livestock animals that are found virtually everywhere in the world. Au...</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>Brewster Baptist Church</itunes:author>
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		<title>He Came Back For Us</title>
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		<comments>http://www.brewsterbaptistchurch.org/he-came-back-for-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MiKemp</dc:creator>
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		<description>&amp;#160; April 22, 2012 John 21: 1-14 &amp;#38; Luke 5:1-11 &amp;#8211; He Came Back For Us Pastor David Anderson, at Brewster Baptist Church He Came Back For Us from BBC Staff on Vimeo.&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/brewsterbaptistchurch/OrXz/~4/ssRCtzXAGM8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>  - April 22, 2012 John 21: 1-14 &amp; Luke 5:1-11 - He Came Back For Us Pastor David Anderson, at Brewster Baptist Church He Came Back For Us from BBC Staff on Vimeo.</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary> 





April 22, 2012
John 21: 1-14 &amp; Luke 5:1-11 - He Came Back For Us
Pastor David Anderson, at Brewster Baptist Church


He Came Back For Us from BBC Staff on Vimeo.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>Brewster Baptist Church</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:duration>21:15</itunes:duration>
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		<title>The Blessing of Believing</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/brewsterbaptistchurch/OrXz/~3/GF4K1Nb4KJs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.brewsterbaptistchurch.org/the-blessing-of-believing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MiKemp</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.brewsterbaptistchurch.org/?p=4076</guid>
		<description>Today’s Gospel passage describes two encounters with the resurrected Jesus, the first happens on Easter Sunday evening and the other one week later. Listen closely. 19 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/brewsterbaptistchurch/OrXz/~4/GF4K1Nb4KJs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>Today’s Gospel passage describes two encounters with the resurrected Jesus, the first happens on Easter Sunday evening and the other one week later. - Listen closely. - 19 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week,</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Today’s Gospel passage describes two encounters with the resurrected Jesus, the first happens on Easter Sunday evening and the other one week later.

Listen closely.

19 When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. 21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” 22 When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”


April 15, 2012
John 20:19-31, The Blessing of Believing
Doug Scalise, Brewster Baptist Church


The Blessing of Believing from BBC Staff on Vimeo.




24 But Thomas (who was called the Twinc), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe.”

26 A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” 27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe.” 28 Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” 29 Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.” 

Quite often a losing locker room is not a pretty place. I think the disciples, locked up in a room out of fear resemble a losing team in a locker room. Can you see the pointed fingers? Can you feel the weight of dissension? I wonder what the discussion was like. “Where were you when he was being crucified, Peter? Some rock you turned out to be?” “Oh yeah, well you weren’t exactly bright eyed in the garden when he was praying, Andrew.” “Sons of Thunder, hah, James and John, all talk and no action.” Can you hear them? Even though Mary Magdalene had announced to the disciples earlier in the day that she had seen the Lord, the doors of the house where the disciples had gathered were locked out of fear. This was not their finest hour, though we can understand why.

Last week on Easter Sunday I spoke a little about grief which is one of the primary emotions we have around death, another is fear. I’m sure the disciples had not wanted to consider what life would be like without Jesus. Most of us don’t want to think about what life will be like without someone we love. Whenever we do think about it, or when it happens to us, we may become gripped by fear. What would or will life be like for me without him or her? Locked in a room perhaps the disciples were pondering what life would be like for them without Jesus and what did this empty tomb news mean? They also were afraid for their lives wondering if they were next on the crucifixion hit list. All the gospels agree the disciples abandoned Jesus at the end. They didn’t expect to see him again regardless of everything he said to them. Note the sudden and surprising nature of these encounters with the disciples. Jesus intrudes into their midst. They don’t make him present. They weren’t praying he’d show up. They didn’t have an extra place set at the table. They’re frightened when Jesus appears. Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” The risen Christ gives them his peace three times, each time followed by a message.

The first time Jesus says, “Peace be with you,” he shows them his hands and side. Peace has a high price. He shows his wounds so that his friends may know that the one who lives is also the one who was slain.</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>Brewster Baptist Church</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:duration>24:58</itunes:duration>
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		<title>Telling the Easter Story</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/brewsterbaptistchurch/OrXz/~3/tVld6kiRiok/</link>
		<comments>http://www.brewsterbaptistchurch.org/telling-the-easter-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MiKemp</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.brewsterbaptistchurch.org/?p=4057</guid>
		<description>“When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. 2 And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. 3 They had been saying to one another, “Who [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/brewsterbaptistchurch/OrXz/~4/tVld6kiRiok" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>“When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. 2 And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb.</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>“When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. 2 And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. 3 They had been sayi...</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>Brewster Baptist Church</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:duration>21:43</itunes:duration>
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		<title>Relying on God</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/brewsterbaptistchurch/OrXz/~3/Sr1jVp058J8/</link>
		<comments>http://www.brewsterbaptistchurch.org/relying-on-god/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MiKemp</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.brewsterbaptistchurch.org/?p=4036</guid>
		<description>One thing that is not new to the human experience is suffering; it has always been a part of life. Suffering, hardship, pain, grief, and the sometimes unspeakable things that human beings do to other people, have always been part of human history. They have also been part of causing people to question or doubt [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/brewsterbaptistchurch/OrXz/~4/Sr1jVp058J8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>One thing that is not new to the human experience is suffering; it has always been a part of life. Suffering, hardship, pain, grief, and the sometimes unspeakable things that human beings do to other people, have always been part of human history.</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>One thing that is not new to the human experience is suffering; it has always been a part of life. Suffering, hardship, pain, grief, and the sometimes unspeakable things that human beings do to other people, have always been part of human history. They...</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>Brewster Baptist Church</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:duration>22:04</itunes:duration>
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		<title>Delighting God</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/brewsterbaptistchurch/OrXz/~3/zpMLYunjrf4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.brewsterbaptistchurch.org/delighting-god/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MiKemp</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.brewsterbaptistchurch.org/?p=4017</guid>
		<description>Many people enjoy following the men’s college basketball tournament that continues this weekend. Amazingly approximately $6 billion dollars is wagered on March Madness. If you watch the players closely, many of them talk a lot on the court. There is a lot of trash talking and boasting that goes on. This type of behavior is [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/brewsterbaptistchurch/OrXz/~4/zpMLYunjrf4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>Many people enjoy following the men’s college basketball tournament that continues this weekend. Amazingly approximately $6 billion dollars is wagered on March Madness. If you watch the players closely, many of them talk a lot on the court.</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Many people enjoy following the men’s college basketball tournament that continues this weekend. Amazingly approximately $6 billion dollars is wagered on March Madness. If you watch the players closely, many of them talk a lot on the court. There is a ...</itunes:summary>
		<itunes:author>Brewster Baptist Church</itunes:author>
		<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
		<itunes:duration>20:43</itunes:duration>
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		<title>The Gospel in Miniature</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/brewsterbaptistchurch/OrXz/~3/QMRX1W1OAkY/</link>
		<comments>http://www.brewsterbaptistchurch.org/the-gospel-in-miniature/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MiKemp</dc:creator>
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		<description>Over the last decade as American men and women have been serving and dying in Iraq and Afghanistan some of their funerals here in the United States have been protested by a small group of misguided people who are largely from one family. The fact that the leader of the group calls himself a pastor [...]&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/brewsterbaptistchurch/OrXz/~4/QMRX1W1OAkY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>Over the last decade as American men and women have been serving and dying in Iraq and Afghanistan some of their funerals here in the United States have been protested by a small group of misguided people who are largely from one family.</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Over the last decade as American men and women have been serving and dying in Iraq and Afghanistan some of their funerals here in the United States have been protested by a small group of misguided people who are largely from one family. The fact that the leader of the group calls himself a pastor and his group a Baptist church saddens me because their message is one of hate. The word “hate” is even in their website address. To protest at a funeral is about the lowest and most insensitive thing I can imagine. Among the many lies and distortions this man has spoken, one of the worst is, “That God only loves those who repent from their sin.” This is totally false. The Apostle Paul writes in Romans 5:8, “God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.” 


March 18, 2012
John 3:14-17, The Gospel in Miniature
Doug Scalise, Brewster Baptist Church


The Gospel in Miniature from BBC Staff on Vimeo.




The words of John 3:16 are even more familiar to most of us than Romans. John 3:16 represents as Martin Luther, the spark of the Protestant Reformation said, “the gospel in miniature.” So many people have been exposed to harsh, judgmental, and false teaching in Jesus’ name that they have completely tuned out God, Christ, and the way of Jesus. So today I want to sum up the most important message in the Bible in a clear way so we all can understand it. This is a day when you may find it helpful to take a few notes to keep the key points in mind. Listen to John 3:14-17,  “And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. 16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. 17 “Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.”

If you’re going to write things down on the back of your bulletin begin with this: The Story of Love. The Bible is the story of God’s love for all creation.

Love Expressed in creation and in our creation. Love is experienced through relationships and God offers us relationship. In the Book of Genesis we learn humanity is made in the image of God that includes the fact that we’re made to be in relationship with God and with one another. Last Sunday we had a rose on the communion table to celebrate the birth of Ruth Ross’s first great-grandchild, Jacoby. We do that when a new life has come to a family in our church. Each new life is an expression of the Creator’s love and every life is offered the opportunity to know, love, and serve God. Though God always takes the initiative to express love to us, many of us don’t embrace that love when we first learn about it.

 

Love Rejected. Many of us reject and resist the love of our Creator. We resist accountability to God. We try to control our own lives and destinies, we reject relationship with God. This rejection is called sin. One of the saddest parts of the story of Adam and Eve is the Creator having to call after those who were created, asking, “Where are you?” The question lingers waiting for an answer for each individual, “Where are you?” God has made us, given us life, and offers us relationship, but we flee in pursuit of our own selfish ends and reject the love and longing for relationship that God expressed. The great Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky wrote in The Brothers Karamazov, "At some thoughts one stands perplexed, above all at the sight of human sin, and wonders whether to combat it by force or by humble love. Always decide ‘I will combat it by humble love.’ If you resolve on that once and for all, you can conquer the whole world. Loving humility is a terrible force: it is the strongest of all things, and there is nothing else like it.” This is what God set about to do – to combat human sin by humble love.

 

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		<title>Losing Your Life Before You Die</title>
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