Tag: john
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Jesus, Genesis, and a New Creation. John 1
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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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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The Word – John 1:1-18
Audio: Josh Benner is the pastor of Christian Bible Church in Cissna Park, Illinois. He has a Master of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He enjoys writing about faith and culture. He has an awesome wife named Kari.
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The Fault in our Stars: movie faithful to the book
When I first heard that the book “The Fault in our Stars” was about a girl with cancer, I thought that it was going to be a piece of schmaltzy garbage. When I picked up the book in February, I was immediately drawn in, reading it in two long sittings over the span of about…
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Kennedy assassination: 50 years after the death of Camelot
In the movie JFK, there’s a climactic scene where Kevin Costner shows the absurdity of the idea that Lee Harvey Oswald could have been the lone gunmen who assassinated John F. Kennedy. To just watch that scene, it might seem like a compelling argument. Conspiracy theories about John F. Kennedy have always been prevalent. It’s…
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