Tag: preaching
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Sermon: The graveyard and the tree – Genesis 4:17-5:32
We often think our moment in history is the most important but the Bible tells a different story. In Genesis 4–5, we see two paths: one marked by success but ending in death, and another seemingly ordinary line that leads to God’s promise. This sermon explores how real meaning isn’t found in achievement, but in…
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Sermon: The Garden of Heaven – Genesis 2:4-17
From the beginning, God has been making a sacred space for people to dwell in his presence. Humanity was created in God’s unmitigated presence in Eden. Because of the fall, we were cast out. The story doesn’t end there. Throughout the Bible and human history, God is using the creative elements of Eden to continually…
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Sermon: Passed Over. Exodus 12
Manuscript The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, 2 “This month shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you. 3 Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month every man shall take a…
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Sermon: Studying the Exodus plagues – locusts. Exodus 10:1-20
Sermon manuscript: 12 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, so that they may come upon the land of Egypt and eat every plant in the land, all that the hail has left.” 13 So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of…
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4 goals I have with every sermon I preach
I’ve had the privilege of preaching over 450 sermons. In every sermon, I have four goals and those never change. 1. To be faithful to the text Preaching must begin with the text itself. That might sound like stating the obvious, but it’s not actually where every pastor starts. Many pastors start with an idea…
Josh Benner 