Category: sermons
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Sermon – The Only New Year’s Resolution that matters
During Israel’s history, the Israelites had lost the promised land and the temple had been destroyed. In the Book of Haggai, they’ve returned to the land and 20 years have past. The Israelites have not yet started rebuilding the temple. They were putting their own wants and desires over the will of God. For Christians,…
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Sermon: Exile and return – Genesis 3:22-24
In this final message from our series: Christmas in Genesis, we see the consequences of the fall. Adam and Eve are exiled from the garden. All of humanity is born as exiles in a fallen world. With the incarnation of Christ, we see a savior who comes into the world as an exile so that…
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Sermon: The first gospel – Genesis 2:8-3:15
It’s a passage that gives us a glimpse of a perfect world before the fall. After the fall, it’s a passage that points us to a glimmer of hope in a newly fallen world as the good news of the gospel is proclaimed for the first time in scripture in Genesis 3:15. It sets forth…
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The rest Jesus gives – Genesis 2:1-3
From creation, we see that God had established a pattern for rest. Of the seven creation days, only the Sabbath is blessed by God. What the Lord has been given to us as a blessing is so often a challenge in a restless world. In today’s study, we also see the rest which Jesus provides.…
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Sermon: The Spirit and the law – Galatians 3:1-5
In this passage, Paul asks people who had responded in faith to the gospel would revert back to works and trying to earn salvation. Sermon manuscript
Josh Benner 