Josh Benner

Tag: gospel

  • The Kinsman Redeemer – Ruth 2:18-3:18

    Ruth meets Boaz, but Naomi doesn’t know it. Naomi is related to Boaz, but Ruth doesn’t know it. In this passage, it comes to light that Boaz is a relative and they hatch a plan to see if he will marry Ruth. He says he will, but there’s a catch that could derail the entire…

  • 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…

  • Sermon: Feeding multitudes – Mark 8:1-21

    It’s so easy to forget the ways the Lord has blessed us and provided for us. In this passage, we see Jesus provide for a skeptical group of apostles not once, but twice. Sermon manuscript

  • Sermon: the cross and the liars – Galatians 6:11-18

    In this final section of the Book of Galatians, Paul will return to the theme which has dominated every verse of this book: the Gospel of Jesus Christ. In this passage, Paul will look at the cross and the new creation which is found through the Lord. Sermon manuscript

  • Sermon: You reap what you sow – Galatians 6:6-10

    You reap what you sow. It’s one of the principles by which God has ordered his creation. It’s true for a student, it’s true in our marriages, it’s true at the office. You reap what you sow. Most importantly, it’s true in the life of our faith. If we are sowing into a great relationship…