Category: Bible
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Lessons in evangelism. Studying Acts 13:13-26
Acts chronicles events in the early church. But something else very interesting that we see from Acts is that there are places where we see Paul’s introduction to certain regions to which he would later write the letters which comprise so much of the New Testament. We see it with Galatia in chapters 13 and…
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The covenant with Abram. Studying Genesis 12
In Genesis, we see three acts of divine judgment each followed by acts of divine grace. We see the curse of the original sin which brings forth death but the Lord also makes a promise of ultimate victory to come from an offspring of the woman (Genesis 3:15). The next major divine judgment is the…
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Sermon: The sun and the match – John 13:18-30
Jesus is at the last supper with his disciples. In this passage, we learn that it’s Judas who will betray Jesus but – with the exception of John – the rest of the disciples are oblivious. Sermon manuscript
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Grace vs Legalism. Studying John 5:10-14
A conflict between grace and legalism In John chapter 5, Jesus heals a man who had never walked. It’s a miraculous sign which points to the power of Jesus. But we see him confronted by the Pharisees, who were experts in the Law of the Old Testament involving the fact that he had healed the…
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The Tower of Babel. Studying Genesis 11
Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. 2 And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. 3 And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen…
Josh Benner 