Tag: advent
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Joseph, Mary, and a huge test of faith
In the Gospel of Matthew, a young couple named Mary and Joseph receive some truly shocking news. Mary is expecting! Despite the fact that they have never consummate their relationship and that Mary is a virgin. Joseph faced a dilemma.What does he do? They lived in a small village. Inevitably Mary was going to start…
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People missed the significance of the first Christmas – but how do you respond to Jesus this Christmas?
There are the important days that we know are important at the time. And there are the important days when we only know of their significance with hindsight. A couple weeks ago, we had the anniversary of an important day in American history when we remembered the 80th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attacks on…
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Christ as a title. 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 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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Immanuel Prophecy in Isaiah. Part 2: A sign given
BACKGROUND Isaiah 7:10-25. We’re around the year 735 B.C. The Kingdom of Judah is home to the chosen people of God and the promises of God. It’s the home to Jerusalem and the family line which leads to Christ. A man named Ahaz is the King of Judah. Though they’re God’s chosen people, he’s a…
Josh Benner 