Category: Theology
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Sermon: Studying the Exodus plagues – Hail. Exodus 9:13-35
Manuscript Sometimes we ignore warning signs. Pharaoh was given several. A person ignores the check engine light, ignores something a doctor tells them. CEO’s ignore warning signs of issues in their companies. Cyber security experts warned Equifax that their data was vulnerable and could be easily breached. They didn’t listen and they were hacked. The…
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Sermon: Frogs, gnats, and flies. Studying the Exodus plagues. Exodus 7:25-8:32
25 Seven full days passed after the Lord had struck the Nile. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Let my people go, that they may serve me. 2 But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will plague all your country…
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How is Jesus God? 4 life-changing truths from John 1:1-3
I was always a curious person. Growing up, I didn’t go to church, but I always thought “there’s gotta be something out there.” As a kid, I had cousins who were raised Catholic and who went to mass every week. They had a crucifix in their house, and there was this person on it. I…
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Joseph, Mary, and a huge test of faith
In the Gospel of Matthew, a young couple named Mary and Joseph receive some truly shocking news. Mary is expecting! Despite the fact that they have never consummate their relationship and that Mary is a virgin. Joseph faced a dilemma.What does he do? They lived in a small village. Inevitably Mary was going to start…
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Sermon: God with us – Matthew 1:18-25
It’s the most amazing work of God in human history before the resurrection. Mary, a virgin, finds out that she’s pregnant. In the ancient world, this would have been scandalous, but her fiancé Joseph has an angelic visitor telling him to stay with Mary. This young couple are the first to learn that the rest…
Josh Benner 