Sermon 6-17-18 The Father Heart of God
Pastor Edward Brouwer 6-17-18 “The Father Heart of God” John 14 The Father Heart of God Today is Father’s day and I want to wish a blessed day to all the dads out there. I was blessed to have an amazing dad who passed 4…
Sermon 6-10-18
Pastor Edward Brouwer 6-10-18 Fruits of the Spirit- Self Control Galatians 5:13-25 Self Control There’s a famous experiment on self-control called the Marshmallow Test. The test was first administered at Stanford University’s Bing Nursery in the 1960’s by a researcher named Walter Mischel. Imagine a…
Sermon 6-3-2018
Pastor Edward Brouwer 6-3-18 Fruit of the Spirit: Gentleness Galatians 5:13-25 Gentleness What does it look like to be gentle? Is it an attitude? Is it an action? When you put your clothes in the washing machine and set it to gentle cycle, you understand…
Sermon 5-27-18
Pastor Edward Brouwer 5-27-18 “FAITHFULNESS” Galatians 5:13-25 Faithfulness In the Bible we read of many stories of people who were faithful to God—right up to the end, and even unto death. Hebrews 11 is the Martyrs (faithful Witnesses) Hall of Fame. The New Testament is…
Sermon 5-20-18
Pastor Edward Brouwer 5-20-18 Fruit of the Spirit – Goodness Galatians 5:13-25 Goodness Many say that today, Pentecost, is the birthday of the church. In Jesus’ high priestly prayer in the Gospel of John, Jesus tells his disciples “if you love me keep my commandments….I…
Sermon 5-6-18 Fruit of the Spirit: Kindness
Pastor Edward Brouwer 5-6-18 Galatians 5:13-25 Fruit of the Spirit: Kindness Kindness Kindness is the quality of being friendly, generous and considerate. Paul is giving pastoral advice to the churches in Galatia and is showing how the gospel leads to true freedom to peace—peace with…
Sermon 4-29-2018
Pastor Edward Brouwer 4-29-18 “Patience” Galatians 5:13-25 Patience How many of you have ever struggled with being impatient? The typical scenario is that you are on a time crunch and someone is holding you up. You pick the line at the grocery store that you…
Sermon 4-22-18
Our apologies, due to technical difficulties, we were unable to create an audio recording of the sermon. PEACE The story goes that there was a young man who’d never flown in a plane before. Being a bit of a worrywart and concerned about the possibility…
Sermon 4-15-18 “JOY”
Pastor Edward Brouwer 4-15-18 “JOY” John 15:1-12 Joy We continue in our Pentecost series on the Fruit of the Holy Spirit. And today we look at joy. Joy is the hallmark of the believer. Why? Because Jesus lives in us by His Spirit, he has…
Sermon 4-8-18
Pastor Edward Brouwer 4-8-18 “LOVE” 1 Corinthians 13 Love In Vacation Bible School we used to sing a little ditty to help remember the 9 “fruits” of the Spirit. I recall a big basket of fruit including oranges, apples, mangoes and bananas (to mention a…