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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Pastor Edward Brouwer 4-1-18 “Traveling with Jesus: on the road to Emmaus” Luke 24:13-35 Traveling with Jesus: To Emmaus Introduction—He is worthy to break the seal and open the scroll. Because Christ crushed death to death in His resurrection all power and authority has been…

Pastor Edward Brouwer 3-25-18 “Traveling with Jesus to Jerusalem” Luke 19:28-48 Traveling with Jesus: To Jerusalem Palm Sunday Many of you are familiar with the hit BBC production Downton Abbey. One of my favorite characters is Lord Grantham played by the actor Hugh Bonneville. You…

Pastor Edward Brouwer 3-18-18 “Traveling with Jesus: to Nain” Luke 7:11-17 Life Facing Death Traveling with Jesus: to Nain We continue our series in Traveling with Jesus, as we go with him through the gospels to various places for spiritual encounters with people. Know this:…