Tag: Bible
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How is Jesus God? 4 life-changing truths from John 1:1-3
I was always a curious person. Growing up, I didn’t go to church, but I always thought “there’s gotta be something out there.” As a kid, I had cousins who were raised Catholic and who went to mass every week. They had a crucifix in their house, and there was this person on it. I…
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Jesus is the God of creation and new creation – Exploring John 1:1-18
Jesus is the Lord of creation and new creation. I’m going to highlighting a few words and phrases in this opening prologue to John. “In the beginning.” “Word.” “Life.” “Light.” “Darkness.” Just to name a few. These are all found both in John 1, but also in Genesis 1. The Word of God Opening phrase…
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Sermon: Two kings and some wise men – Matthew 2:1-11
The wise men come to Herod in seeking the King of the Jews. It’s so much woven into the Christmas story that it can be easy to overlook how bizarre the scene is, but the first people who seek out the newborn Jesus are pagan astrologers. There are different responses to this king. Some will…
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Sermon: God with us – Matthew 1:18-25
It’s the most amazing work of God in human history before the resurrection. Mary, a virgin, finds out that she’s pregnant. In the ancient world, this would have been scandalous, but her fiancé Joseph has an angelic visitor telling him to stay with Mary. This young couple are the first to learn that the rest…
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The most dysfunctional family: the genealogy of Jesus
The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. -Matthew 1:1 Matthew’s gospel begins with introducing us to the genealogy of Jesus. It is linking Jesus to David, the great King of Israel and to Abraham, the man through whom the Lord had established his covenant. He will come…
Josh Benner 