Corner Brook Baptist Church: Recent Episodes
Corner Brook Baptist Church
Messages from the pulpit at Corner Brook Baptist Church. Most often preached by our Senior Pastor, Calvin T. Andrews. Feedback welcome and encouraged. Contact us via cornerbrookbaptist.com
A continuation of last week's message detailing different strategies to let Jesus into our hearts and minds.
The Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada released a statement rejecting all forms of racism.
Pastor Calvin T. Andrews' sermon from Father's Day at Corner Brook Baptist Church. Originally shared June 18th. Join us for a service any time, all are welcome.
I wish I could understand the purposes of God. If I am His and I will live eternally with Him, why in the world do I have to experience all these negatives?
We are in between the most celebrated day of the spring, Mother’s Day, and the lack-lustre celebration of Dear Old Dad Day. So I thought it was time to speak on the family, a topic I really haven’t addressed in my time here.
She'd reached the age in life where national emergencies didn't constitute personal meltdown.
When I'm drivin' in my car And a man comes on the radio He's telling me more and more About some useless information Supposed to fire my imagination ...
here are likewise personal spiritual considerations where we cannot afford to be wrong. Has a bitter loneliness possessed your soul? Perhaps you serve the Lord in a solitary condition in your family. Perhaps you are misunderstood by everyone you know who is close to you. You are never forsaken. You are never alone. God is present, as He was with Jacob, even in the unexpected places.
Jesus’ first destination was south to a region of the Jordan where His cousin, John, was baptizing those he had called to repentance. There was a fresh consciousness of sin and need that followed John’s preaching. He was preparing the way for the Messiah. He was the new Elijah right down to his camel’s hair sport coat and his lunch of fresh locusts in honey sauce.
Listen as Pastor Calvin T. Andrews reminds us all of the significance of the resurrection and what's different 'because He lives'.
Despite its gruesome quality, its obvious conflict and its raw violence, the cross was an instrument of peace. The Anglican scholar, Bishop Stephen Neill, stated, “In the Christian theology of history, the death of Christ is the central point of history; here all the roads of the past converge; hence all the roads of the future diverge.” The cross is God’s way of reconnecting us to Him. The Prince of Peace gave His life to create our peace with God.
We need a newness of life before we can presume to do a work for the Lord. For Jesus to accomplish his work through us today, he first has to renew us. If Israel had received him they would have become a new nation. Instead they prepared their plots to kill the Prince of Peace and brought desolation down upon their own heads and their nation. God wants to put new wine in new bottles.
As the cab ride unfolded he knew he’d not make it for the 11:00 a.m. start time of the service. Fire trucks and ambulances and traffic accidents all played their role to have him deposited on the church steps just at the moment when the sermon was being announced. He burst into the church and to the surprise of everyone was able to get into the pulpit right at the exact moment he had to preach.
God doesn’t want artifacts; He wants living sacrifices. He doesn’t want people whose history needs to be interpreted by archaeologists; He wants people through whom He can display life and glory today!
David’s theme is refuge in the midst of danger. Running and fighting are the activities we associate with engaging the enemy. The heat of battle is no time to sit down to eat. David’s enemies are present, but God sets a table. We cannot grasp the significance of this verse in our time or in our country, but in other places and other times it has rich meaning.
Sermon Audio Recording from Pastor Calvin Andrew's messaged titled, "Rendezvous in the Desert". Starting with Acts 8:26-40 and the story of Philip sharing the gospel with the Eunuch of Ethiopia. Thanks for listening.
The coming of Messiah is a great and decisive reversal for the world; the landscape is transformed; its inherent potential for good, for fruitfulness, for abundance, is unleashed by the presence of the Word, its Creator; the desert blossoms; the wilderness becomes a garden; the ugly becomes exquisitely fertile AND beautiful
We run the same kind of risks today. We can lapse into the ritual performance of spiritual duty and be robbed of the joy of serving the Lord. There is a world of difference between coming to church and following the order of service as opposed to experiencing the touch of God as the Spirit moves in all our lives and a body of believers responds to the inner working of the Spirit. The difference is as graphic as the difference between a funeral and a family reunion. Somehow Paul had to point them back to the core of the faith and get them back on the road to growth rather than the descent to spiritual death. So he took them back to their roots, literally to the beginning of their life as a people under Abraham.
Hawking provides the answer in this manner, "When life's expectations are reduced to zero, one really does appreciate everything that one does have." Stated another way it's this, "contentment in life is determined in part by what a person anticipates from it." So how great are your expectations? To a man like Hawking, who thought he would die quickly, everything takes on meaning. Whether it's a sunrise or a walk in the park or the laughter of children and suddenly, each small pleasure becomes precious. By contrast, those who believe that life owes them a free ride are often discontent with the finest of gifts and the most active of lives.
I believe there are well-meaning people who feel they know the Gospel. They have a grasp of the truth and its power, but it’s something that is largely inactive. It’s tucked away for a time of greater convenience. Can we grasp what Jesus is saying? Truth that is not acted upon will be lost to us. It applies to countries and churches and individuals and the examples are too numerous to count.
I am always amazed at how people view themselves. They satisfy their desires as they celebrate their birthdays and their milestones along the way. The body gets its way all the while the soul insists that eternity is most important. We seek education and refinement and improvement. People seek to satisfy the physical and sometimes totally neglect the spiritual part of them that lives on forever.
Some would say, “Well pastor, sometimes I mess up, I make mistakes. Some days I don’t feel so hot! Does God send me back to this jurisdiction of sin and death?” Does he revoke my passport? Am I disowned and deported? Does God accept extradition papers from Satan? We are not in the family of God based on what we have done, we are there by virtue of a new relationship with our Heavenly Father. We are adopted as His children and children make mistakes. Do we condemn our children when they make mistakes? No, we restore them.
A little group of Greeks came to Jesus. They wanted to see Him. When Jesus heard they were there I believe He also looked ahead to the hosts of the redeemed that He was on His way to die for. It must have been an exciting moment. By faith Jesus could see the devil wrapped in the chains Jesus had broken from humanity. He saw sin nailed to the cross; exposed for all of its ugliness and corruption. He knew the price, but He saw a new nation march out of slavery into a Promised Land purchased with His own life.
There is a powerful lesson in David’s example. He gave the final years of his life preparing for the next generation. That does not mean that David neglected his kingdom because he was obsessed with the temple. Folks, we have to strengthen what we have and keep it strong because the next generation needs all the help it can get. But we also have to prepare diligently so that the next generation carries the vision to new frontiers.
Pastor Cal Andrews delivers a message on "Counting Down to a Better Christmas" beginning with Isaiah 49:1-7. This is our first ever release of a sermon via postcasting so we're still working through some audio issues. If you have feedback to offer or notice issues, please let us know by contacting us with as much information about the issue as possible. If your area of expertise is audio recording, we'd love your advice!
There was a time a few years ago when my sister became convinced that our family might be related to the Beothuks.