Tag: gospel
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Sermon: Galatians in Acts – Acts 13
We see Paul’s first missionary activity in the Galatian province as the apostle begins in a synagogue and explains to a Jewish audience how Jesus is the fulfillment of the Old Testament. He speaks to the audience in terms they’ll understand and that is a lesson that all Christians can learn about evangelism. There is…
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Seeing and believing. Studying John 4:43-48
A crisis John 4:43 begins right where the previous section left off where Jesus was among the Samaritan people. Verse 43 begins: After the two days he departed for Galilee. Jesus is making his way north. Galilee is the region where Jesus grew up. Nazareth was the town where he grew up, but Nazareth was in…
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Sermon: Introducing Galatians
Galatians is likely the earliest writing we have in the New Testament, authored by the Apostle Paul within about 10-20 years of the time Jesus walked the earth. In this message, we introduce Paul’s letter to the Galatians and give some background information on this book. Sermon manuscript
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The broken person and the Mission of God. Studying John 4:27-29
An unlikely missionary At the beginning of John 4, Jesus meets a Samaritan woman at a well. The Samaritans were a minority ethnic group who were half-Jewish. In the first century, there was a lot of animosity between the Samaritans and the Jewish people. Samaritans had some theological differences and given their ethnic differences, these…
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Sermon: The Rise of Saul – 1 Samuel 11:1-15
In this passage, we see the high point of the reign of King Saul and the Israelites have the king that they had hoped for and all is well. At least for a little while. But this passage isn’t primarily about Saul, nor is it primarily about a battle between the Israelites and the Ammonites,…
Josh Benner 