Tag: Jesus
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Why the world missed Jesus (and why we miss him today) – Exploring John 1:4-13
In one of his stand-up specials, the comedian Jim Gaffigan talks about camping. In the monologue, Gaffigan mentions that his wife enjoys camping and says that it’s a tradition in her family. But he points out that it used to be a tradition in everyone’s family before we invented the house. He asks “If it’s…
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How is Jesus God? 4 life-changing truths from John 1:1-3
I was always a curious person. Growing up, I didn’t go to church, but I always thought “there’s gotta be something out there.” As a kid, I had cousins who were raised Catholic and who went to mass every week. They had a crucifix in their house, and there was this person on it. I…
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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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Sermon: Two kings and some wise men – Matthew 2:1-11
The wise men come to Herod in seeking the King of the Jews. It’s so much woven into the Christmas story that it can be easy to overlook how bizarre the scene is, but the first people who seek out the newborn Jesus are pagan astrologers. There are different responses to this king. Some will…
Josh Benner 