Category: Commentary
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Jesus the Son of David. Studying Matthew 1:1
The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. -Matthew 1:1 In my last post, I talked about how Jesus is a prophet and priest. In this post, I will talk about how Jesus is also a king. In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus is referred to as…
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What does Christ mean? Studying Matthew 1:1
The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. -Matthew 1:1 At first glance, it might not catch our attention that Matthew says Jesus Christ. After all, those are both very common words we see in the Bible. Jesus is his name. We’ll actually see him given that name…
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Sermon: the history of Salvation – Matthew 1:1
The first verse of the Gospel of Matthew can be easy to skim right over. “The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.” But this packed verse grounds Jesus in the Old Testament and begins the New Testament by pointing us to the history of God’s redemptive…
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Reformation Day – the day that changed the future of the Church
504 years ago today, the history of the Church, of Europe, and of the western world were forever changed in the town of Wittenberg Germany. Martin Luther wrote his 95 theses, a list of grievances against corrupt and unbiblical practices within the Catholic Church. The impact of this event continues to ripple throughout the Christian…
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Feels like yesterday: 9/11 through the years
There aren’t very many days in your life where you know at the time that life is never going to be the same. Everyone knew that on 9/11. I’ve thought a lot lately about this day and what the younger generation will understand about 9/11. I remember it like it was yesterday, and so it’s…
Josh Benner 