Josh Benner

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  • Sermon: From Commoner to Queen – Esther 1:1-2:18

    Text Now in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces, 2 in those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa, the citadel, 3 in the third year of his reign he gave a feast for all his officials and servants. The army of…

  • Genesis 1 and John 1: the new creation Jesus brings

    Genesis 1 and John 1: the new creation Jesus brings

    On the night before he was crucified, he told his disciples to love one another, and he called it a new commandment. In the closing sections of the Book of Revelation, John talks of seeing a new heaven and a new earth. He records Jesus saying that he’s all things new. (Rev. 21:5). When we…

  • Meaning of the bronze serpent in the Bible

    In Numbers 21, the Israelites experience victory over the Canaanites but soon fall back into grumbling and complaining. God brings a plague of snakes upon the people. It’s a divine judgment. Their grumbling against God was to their downfall. But the people beg for mercy. And the Lord said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and…

  • CNN host calls Parler an echo chamber. Fails to realize CNN is its own echo chamber

    I was struck by recent comments from Brian Stelter on CNN. In a conversation with Pamela Brown, they criticized the new Twitter-alternative, Parler. Stelter said: “People are going more and more into their own echo chambers. More and more into their own bubbles, especially Trump voters. There’s this new social media app called Parler getting…

  • Sermon: the light of the world – John 8:12

    John 8:12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” Prayer Our heavenly Father,  We thank you for this day.  Lord with all of the cases of Covid going around town right now, we continue…

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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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