Tag: Jesus
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The world did not know him. Studying John 1:10-11
He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.-John 1:10-11 The God who created the world was not recognized by his world. The only appropriate response to the Lord entering into creation…
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Genesis 1 and John 1: the new creation Jesus brings
On the night before he was crucified, he told his disciples to love one another, and he called it a new commandment. In the closing sections of the Book of Revelation, John talks of seeing a new heaven and a new earth. He records Jesus saying that he’s all things new. (Rev. 21:5). When we…
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Sermon: That all may honor the Son – John 5:19-24
Audio only: Transcript: 19 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise. 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he…
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Murderers, mobs, dictators and the gospel
Originally posted March 7, 2016 In the gospel of Matthew, when Jesus was before the ruling Jewish council, he made a reference to his divine status. To the ruling council, this was taken as blasphemy. Within Rome, they didn’t have the authority to execute Jesus for his action, so they took him to Pontius Pilate, who…
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Hypocrites in church isn’t the issue. Faithless pseudo-Christians are the issue.
Originally published June 27, 2017 A lot of people don’t want to be in a church because? Because the church is full of? Hypocrites. Churches are filled with hypocrites.
Josh Benner 