BraemarCast: The Podcast of Braemar Baptist Church

We're continuing in our sermon series " Acts: To All the World ," and as we dig into the book of Acts more deeply in the coming weeks, we'll explore what we can learn from the priorities and actions of the early church. We recognize the birth of Jesus, his death, and resurrection, as key events in our faith, but how much do we know about Christ's ascension? Rarely, if ever...

We're continuing in our sermon series " Acts: To All the World ," and as we dig into the book of Acts more deeply in the coming weeks, we'll explore what we can learn from the priorities and actions of the early church. When it comes to sharing our faith in Christ, we tend to think of or refer to it as "witnessing." But what does that actually mean? Is that the correc...

We're continuing in our sermon series " Acts: To All the World ," and as we dig into the book of Acts more deeply in the coming weeks, we'll explore what we can learn from the priorities and actions of the early church. Throughout the Bible, we can recognize may times that God made commitments to individuals or groups of people that revealed a great deal about his character and...

We're continuing in our sermon series " Acts: To All the World ," and as we dig into the book of Acts more deeply in the coming weeks, we'll explore what we can learn from the priorities and actions of the early church. Pastor Kent is bringing a sermon titled " Many Convincing Proofs " this week, as we touch on a blink-and-you'll-miss-it statement Luke makes in t...

We're starting with an introduction to our new series as we focus on the book of Acts. Who were the author and recipient of this writing? What was its context, purpose and setting? And as we dig into the book of Acts more deeply in the coming weeks, we'll explore what we can learn from the priorities and actions of the early church. To learn more about us, visit www.braemarbaptist.com .

We’re concluding our Easter series: Come Alive: A Life-Changing Journey Through Holy Week . We’ve journeyed together through the events of Holy Week and Come Alive to God’s story, the story that transforms our lives and our world by His grace. We have explored how we can truly come alive to Jesus’s life, sacrifice, and power, and Pastor Kent is wrapping up our series this morning with a sermon tit...

We’re continuing in our Easter series: Come Alive: A Life-Changing Journey Through Holy Week . We’ll journey together through the events of Holy Week and Come Alive to God’s story, the story that transforms our lives and our world by His grace. Our Holy Week journey will explore how we can truly come alive to Jesus’s life, sacrifice, and power. Pastor Kent will be bringing a sermon this morning ti...

We’re starting our Easter series: Come Alive: A Life-Changing Journey Through Holy Week . Over the next week, we’ll journey together through the events of Holy Week and Come Alive to God’s story, the story that transforms our lives and our world by His grace. Our Holy Week journey will explore how we can truly come alive to Jesus’s life, sacrifice, and power. Pastor Kent will be bringing a sermon...

We're concluding our sermon series " From Our Lips to God's Ears: Living a Life of Prayer " this week, as Pastor Kent brings a sermon titled " Dangerous Prayers ." Does that concept confuse or concern you? Are you wondering how anything as seemingly mild and gentle as prayer could possibly be considered "dangerous" in any way? Join us as we consider David&ap...

We're continuing in our sermon series " From Our Lips to God's Ears: Living a Life of Prayer. " Why don't people pray more often? Maybe it's because they don't believe God truly hears or answers their prayers? Or maybe in not knowing or recognizing how God answers, they may have lost their faith in prayer? Is that true for you? Pastor Kent will be leading us as w...

We're continuing in our sermon series " From Our Lips to God's Ears: Living a Life of Prayer. " Last week, in Part One of our two-part sermon " The Practice of Prayer, " we considered HOW and WHEN to pray, learning some practical advice from the Bible. This week, in Part Two, Pastor Kent will be leading us in considering WITH WHOM and FOR WHAT we should pray. We'...

We're continuing in our sermon series " From Our Lips to God's Ears: Living a Life of Prayer. " Pastor Kent is back this week with part one of a sermon titled " The Practice of Prayer ." We'll briefly recap our series to date, as we've learned a lot together so far. Then we'll start to explore some very practical things for us to consider and put into p...

The Bible and the Christian faith seem to focus a lot on the significance of blood, and by some counts, the word "blood" appears in the Bible approximately 700 times , but it's particularly the blood of Christ that is most important to us. Pastor Kent is away this Sunday and Paul Hay will be bringing a sermon titled " The Strange Word of the Gospel " as we explore that mor...

We're continuing in our sermon series " From Our Lips to God's Ears: Living a Life of Prayer. " Prayer is intended to be central to our identity as Christians, and we are directed to bring everything to God in prayer. The Bible also encourages us to "pray without ceasing" and to "let our requests be made known to God." Fortunately, the Bible gives us both te...

We're continuing in our sermon series " From Our Lips to God's Ears: Living a Life of Prayer ." What’s a “ principle ”? Principles are fundamental truths or propositions that serve as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior. And when it comes to prayer, we’re specifically taking about the “principles," the fundamental truths about prayer , that were outlined by J...

We're continuing in our sermon series " From Our Lips to God's Ears: Living a Life of Prayer. " Have you ever stopped to consider that prayer is a direct line of communication to the Creator of the universe? It's a breathtaking opportunity that is open to followers of Jesus Christ, and it can literally transform not only our own lives and circumstances, but the lives and c...

We're continuing in our sermon series " From Our Lips to God's Ears: Living a Life of Prayer. " Prayer is perhaps the single most powerful resource that is available to disciples of Jesus Christ. We'll be looking at many of the specific ways in which prayer can uniquely and wonderfully bless us and others, as Pastor Kent considers " The Power of Prayer. " To lear...

Pastor Kent is back, and we're starting a new sermon series this week called " From Our Lips to God's Ears: Living a Life of Prayer ." Throughout this series we'll be digging into the importance of prayer as a focus for our own lives and the life of our church. We're beginning this week by exploring " The Purpose of Prayer ." We'll be considering why we...

Paul Hay is preaching this week while Pastor Kent and Michelle are away on vacation. We're often reminded, especially at Christmastime, that God came near through the birth of Jesus. Jesus is given many names in the Bible: Wonderful Counsellor, Prince of Peace, and others. But there's one name that specifically focuses on the closeness of God to us through the person of Jesus, and Paul w...

Paul Hay is preaching this week while Pastor Kent and Michelle are away on vacation. As human beings, we often feel negatively affected by changing circumstances in our lives. How other people treat us or cause us pain can also leave us feeling hurt and ignored. Life can feel so hard sometimes, and we may wonder how an all-knowing and all-powerful God could possibly relate to our situation or the...

We're wrapping up our Advent sermon series " Christmas Playlist ," and over this series, we have been exploring four familiar Christmas songs , not to unpack the songs themselves, but to learn the biblical meaning and significance of each. This week and we're focusing on " O Come O Come Emmanuel ." We recognize that the word "Emmanuel" means God WITH us. Whe...

We're continuing in our Advent sermon series " Christmas Playlist ," and over this series, we're exploring four familiar Christmas songs , not to unpack the songs themselves, but to learn the biblical meaning and significance of each. This week, Pastor Kent is focusing on the beloved carol " Joy to the World ." What does it mean to experience true JOY in our lives, re...

Pastor Kent is continuing our Advent sermon series " Christmas Playlist " this week! Most of you probably know what a playlist is. When you are listening to music in the car, while working out, or at work, you can select songs you like and group them together into a specific playlist. And if we had to select songs for a playlist of all-time best Christmas songs, chances are, we would pro...

Pastor Kent is starting our Advent sermon series " Christmas Playlist " this week! Most of you probably know what a playlist is. When you are listening to music in the car, while working out, or at work, you can select songs you like and group them together into a specific playlist. And if we had to select songs for a playlist of all-time best Christmas songs, chances are, we would proba...

As Christians, it's important to be reminded that our story doesn't end with this life. One day, when Jesus returns, we will be with God in Heaven. But what does that really mean? What is Heaven like? Won't Heaven be boring? What is God's ultimate plan for creation? We'll explore some of those ideas together as Pastor Kent brings a sermon titled " Heaven ," and w...