Tag: Trinity
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Sermon: God with us – Matthew 1:18-25
It’s the most amazing work of God in human history before the resurrection. Mary, a virgin, finds out that she’s pregnant. In the ancient world, this would have been scandalous, but her fiancé Joseph has an angelic visitor telling him to stay with Mary. This young couple are the first to learn that the rest…
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The Father, the Son, and a thousand year old debate on the Holy Spirit. Studying John 15:26
Throughout the gospel of John, Jesus refers to having been sent by the Father. But who sends the Holy Spirit? In John 15:26, Jesus says: “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me. Helper…
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In the beginning was the word – 4 things we learn from the opening of John’s Gospel
The gospel of John opens up with a profound theological affirmation about the nature and identity of Jesus. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that…
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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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EFCA removes premillennialism from Statement of Faith
The Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA) had an historical event yesterday at their bi-annual EFCA One Conference. The churches voted to alter the Statement of Faith. The change comes to article nine, which previously stated: We believe in the personal, bodily and premillennial return of our Lord Jesus Christ. The coming of Christ, at…
Josh Benner 