Tag: faith
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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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The American Gospel and the meaning of Easter
Statistically, we know that the vast majority of Americans believe in some form of a higher power. There are relatively few who are atheists. Since people do believe that there is something, and since it’s so easy to think of the majority of Americans as Christians, many simply attach themselves to Christianity. But what does…
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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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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.
Josh Benner 