Category: Bible
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The Word – John 1:1-18
Audio: Josh Benner is the pastor of Christian Bible Church in Cissna Park, Illinois. He has a Master of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He enjoys writing about faith and culture. He has an awesome wife named Kari.
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Saved by grace through faith – Ephesians 2:1-10
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out…
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Murderers, mobs, dictators and the gospel
Originally posted March 7, 2016 In the gospel of Matthew, when Jesus was before the ruling Jewish council, he made a reference to his divine status. To the ruling council, this was taken as blasphemy. Within Rome, they didn’t have the authority to execute Jesus for his action, so they took him to Pontius Pilate, who…
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Hypocrites in church isn’t the issue. Faithless pseudo-Christians are the issue.
Originally published June 27, 2017 A lot of people don’t want to be in a church because? Because the church is full of? Hypocrites. Churches are filled with hypocrites.
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Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus begins with a list of blessings called the beatitudes. The second of these blessings, found in Matthew 5:4 is “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” What does that mean? To mourn?
Josh Benner 