Tag: Bible
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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…
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Sermon: Pillars of the Christian Life: Evangelism – Matthew 28:18
Towards the end of his ministry, the resurrected Jesus gave the Great Commission: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations.” This is the command he has given to his Church, and all Christians have a role in serving the Great Commission to reach people with the good news of the gospel.
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Sermon: Justly Justified – Romans 4:1-8
There’s the Biblical gospel of grace which completely undoes the world’s “gospel” of works. We cannot earn right standing with a holy God. We don’t even live up to our own standards. But in Romans 4, Paul points us to the salvation by faith which comes through Christ.
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The good harvest – Ruth 2:1-16
Ruth and Naomi have arrived in Israel. In an act of providence, Ruth “happens” to go into a field owned by a relative of her deceased husband. We see a man show extraordinary kindness to someone who was on the outside looking in of Israelite society. She wasn’t an Israelite and she was a poor…
Josh Benner 