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  • 7 problems with prosperity theology

    The prosperity gospel is a movement that has its origins in America about a century ago and came to greater prominence after the Second World War. It has largely grown out of pentecostalism and the Word of Faith movement.  It is the idea that it is always the will of God for genuine believers to…

  • Sermon: the last apostle – Galatians 1:13-24

    Paul talks about his divine calling by God to be an apostle. In Paul’s story, we see both a unique man who was set aside for a divine task. But we also see a ministry that should ultimately be important to every Christian: spreading the gospel and fulfilling the Great Commission. Sermon manuscript

  • Jesus and sabbath controversies

    Jesus and sabbath controversies

    Honoring the Sabbath and keeping it Holy is in the Ten Commandments. Specifically, it’s the fourth commandment found in Exodus 20. When the command is given in Exodus, the basis for this command goes back to creation.  Exodus 20:11:   For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is…

  • Abram and Lot. Studying Genesis 13

    Abram and Lot. Studying Genesis 13

    Genesis 13 begins with Abraham moving from Egypt into the Negeb. Abraham’s nephew Lot was absent from the previous event in chapter 12 and as chapter 13 begins, even Abraham’s possessions are mentioned before Lot. In chapter 13, we will see a significant confrontation between the patriarch in his nephew.  Genesis 13:1:  So Abram went…

  • Rescued from the present evil age. Galatians 1:3-5

    Rescued from the present evil age. Galatians 1:3-5

    On a January afternoon in 2003, a father and his son walked through a local park in the city of Twin Lakes, Wisconsin. Twin Lakes sits on the border of Illinois and Wisconsin. As you’d expect for a day in the middle of January, it was cold. The  temperatures were well below freezing.  To that…

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Josh Benner has pastored churches in Connecticut, Illinois, and Minnesota. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

Josh is passionate about preaching and teaching the Bible.

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