Category: Theology
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The Noahic Covenant. Studying Genesis 8:20-9:17
God formally establishes a covenant with Noah. In Genesis 6:18 we see the word covenant used for the first time in the Bible. I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you. Between Genesis 6 and Genesis 9, a…
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Life after the flood. Studying Genesis 8:1-13
In Genesis 8, after the flood, God causes the waters to subside. It is a passage which points us to the gospel. Genesis 8:1: But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters…
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Israel under siege. Studying 1 Samuel 11:1
A perilous beginning No president in American history inherited as perilous a situation as Abraham Lincoln. In response to his election to the presidency, and his opposition to expanding slavery to new territories, six states had secceded from the union prior to Lincoln taking the oath of office. Once he became president in March of1861,…
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The sustenance Jesus gives to a hungy world. Studying John 4:30-34
In John 4, Jesus has met a Samaritan woman at a well and told her of the living water that he provides. It’s also a passage where we see this woman respond to Jesus by telling others about him. She’s the first evangelist to Christ in north Israel. The woman asked the people “can this…
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A bad king and the idea of a good king. Studying 1 Samuel 10
Saul failed to honor God, but Jesus never fails. In the Bible, we see the stories of the various failures of humanity. Man was given the law but we see that we were unable to follow the law. Because of sin. God gives Israel the king that they wanted and we’ll see that he will…
Josh Benner 