Tag: creation
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Sermon: The New Garden – John 18:1-11
This passage is a microcosm of the creation, fall, redemption that we see in the opening chapters of the Book of Genesis. Fittingly, Jesus is arrested in a garden. In the first garden, humanity sinned and brought forth death. But in this garden, Jesus will undo that curse and bring forth life as a result…
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All things were made through him. Studying John 1:3
All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.-John 1:3 John 1:3 is speaking to the divinity of Jesus. All things were made through him. All means all. The ground, the trees, the sand of the beaches, the stars in the sky, the air we breathe, the…
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Jesus, Genesis, and a New Creation. John 1
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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One piece of advice for my students: responsibility
You need to start taking responsibility of your life, your decisions, and your faith now. All of those things matter. All of those are things where you have a lot of control now. Yes, you have parents, you have teachers, you have other adults around you who are teaching you.
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10 great quotes from John Calvin
John Calvin is both one of the greatest theologians of all time and one of the most polarizing theologians of all time. He lived from 1509-1564 and was a brilliant writer and preacher. Calvin’s greatest work was his voluminous theological treatise “Institutes on the Christian Religion.” It’s a summary of Calvin’s theology for which he…
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