Category: Commentary
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Sermon: First kings first – 1 Samuel 8:1-22
In the book of First Samuel, the Israelites had been in the Promised Land but had never had an earthly king. They hadn’t needed one. God had been their king who had led and provided for his people. In this passage, the people demand that they have a king to be like all the other…
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Popular pastor says evangelicals are too concerned with winning
Atlanta based megachurch pastor Andy Stanley has a new book coming out titled “Not in it to win it: why choosing sides sidelines the church.” From the description of the book: “Is it possible to disagree politically and love unconditionally? The reaction of evangelicals to political and cultural shifts in recent years revealed what they…
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The woman at the well. Studying John 4:1-9
In John 4, Jesus is on the move. He’s left Judea and is journeying into Galilee. He’s venturing out of Jewish territory. John 4:1-2 says: Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2(although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples), 3…
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D-Day 78 years later: the battle that was the beginning of the end of WWII
Today is the 78th anniversary of the Normandy invasion. Over 150,000 Allied forces took part in the invasion. Over a million men were part of the overall battle of Normandy. Thousands of ships and planes. Even trying to fathom the size of the operation is impossible to comprehend. It remains the largest seaborne invasion…
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Sermon: Follow me – John 21:15-25
For the final passage in the Gospel of John, how would you expect it to be written? A final prayer? A final miraculous sign from Jesus? A dramatic depiction of Christ ascending to heaven? We get none of that. It’s a simple passage where we see Jesus restoring Peter to his apostolic call and John…
Josh Benner 