Category: Commentary
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The Gospel According to Spider Man
Over the Christmas holiday, I saw the new Spider Man movie “No Way Home.” The movie stars Tom Holland. I’m not the biggest fan of the super hero genre but I absolutely loved this new movie. I thought it was the best superhero movie I’ve seen since the Dark Knight. Part of what I loved…
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How the virgin birth shows us the gospel
The message of the gospel is that it is the power of God for salvation (Romans 1:16). That we have sinned, that the relationship with God has been broken and that there is nothing we can do on our own to restore that relationship with a Holy God. We contribute nothing positive to our salvation.…
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The wise men and the mission of God. Studying Matthew 2
In Matthew 2, verse 1 ends by saying that wise men from the east came to Jerusalem. The ESV says wise men. The Greek word that it comes from is magi, if you’ve ever heard that term. They’re basically astrologers and astrology was respected in the ancient Roman world. The text says that they came…
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Bethlehem and the Christian life
5 They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet: 6 “ ‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’ ”-Matthew 2:5-6 That’s a quotation from Micah 5:2 which…
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Jesus and Herod – two competing kings. Studying Matthew 2
An illegitimate king The Gospel of Matthew begins with a genealogy which leads from Abraham to David to Jesus. The Israelites had long awaited a Messianic king who was to come from the line of David. Jesus is that Davidic king. In Matthew 2, when Jesus is in his infancy, wise men come to Jerusalem…
Josh Benner 