Tag: Jesus
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Strength through the toughest struggles
At the beginning of Romans 5, the Apostle Paul is speaking of the glories of justification by faith. Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice…
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Jesus cross-examined
We see symbols everyday. Symbols of peace, strength, royalty, and victory. Within Christianity, there is no greater symbol than the cross, something so obvious that we take it for granted. Something so pervasive, so associated with Christianity that we might not even question it. But why is the cross the symbol? Doubtless there could have…
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Blessed are the poor in Spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven
At the beginning of the Beatitudes, “Jesus said: Blessed are the poor in Spirit, for there’s is the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 5:3). To be poor in Spirit is to recognize that you have nothing to offer God. That your account has no balance in it through which you can pay your way into heaven.…
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Sermon video: the stresses we deal with and the priority we need
Sermon from Luke 10:38-42. Jesus, Martha, and Mary. The Lord is with two sisters but the women both respond differently to Jesus. Mary is sitting with Jesus and hearing his teaching while Martha is stressed out in the kitchen. We so often get overly stressed and anxious by life. But all we need is one…
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Jesus and the one necessary thing
38 Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to his teaching. 40 But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, “Lord,…
Josh Benner 