Wandering Toward God - SERMON NOTES
by Ben Talmadge on May 8th, 2025
Below are Pastor Ben's sermon notes from this past Sunday, in case they may be helpful for further study. To listen to the sermon, click the link above.Intro: (1) “Numbers” (i.e. censuses), Hebrew → “wilderness” (2) from Sinai to promised land → MAP (3) timeline → one year from Ex. 3 to middle of Numbers, forty years of wandering, one year from end of Numbers to end of Deut (6) outline → preparing... Read More
The Resurrection of Jesus - SERMON NOTES
by Ben Talmadge on April 18th, 2025
Below are Pastor Ben's sermon notes from this past Sunday, in case they may be helpful for further study. To listen to the sermon, click the link above.Intro: (1) “they came after the wrong guy” (2) four reasons we need a living JesusSomeone to trust (1): (1) “troubled” = trembling (cf. 13:21) → internal feeling when external world is falling apart (2) past (wounds, regrets), present (relationship... Read More
The Death of Jesus - SERMON NOTES
by Ben Talmadge on April 11th, 2025
Below are Pastor Ben's sermon notes from this past Sunday, in case they may be helpful for further study. To listen to the sermon, click the link above.Intro: (1) facebook ad, trauma faced by Jesus (2) four truths about the crossIt demonstrates who God is (31-32): (1) recap of “glorify” (2) “glory” in John 1:14 (cf. becoming an ant) (3) the place where we best see/experience God is in Jesus’ death... Read More
A Unified Life - SERMON NOTES
by Ben Talmadge on April 3rd, 2025
Below are Pastor Ben's sermon notes from this past Sunday, in case they may be helpful for further study. To listen to the sermon, click the link above.Intro: (1) examples of unity, disunity (2) four aspects of Christian unityA Historical Unity (20)(1) unity between present-day believers and past believers (cf. 10:16) (2) survivalof Christianity → persecution, institutionalization, separation via ... Read More
A Kept Life - SERMON NOTES
by Ben Talmadge on March 28th, 2025
Below are Pastor Ben's sermon notes from this past Sunday, in case they may be helpful for further study. To listen to the sermon, click the link above.Intro: natural beekeepingWho1. The ones who keep (1-5): (1) “glory” → God’s goodness displayed, celebrated (cf. Ps. 19, Heb. 1) (2) v.2-3 → “eternal life” = personal knowledge/experience with Father/Son (5) v.4-5 → Jesus’ keeping connected to his a... Read More
A Joyful Life - SERMON NOTES
by Ben Talmadge on March 21st, 2025
Below are Pastor Ben's sermon notes from this past Sunday, in case they may be helpful for further study. To listen to the sermon, click the link above.Intro: (1) series recap (2) 15:11 → God the merrymaker, NFL linemen (3) three reasons for joyThe Presence of Jesus (16-22):(1) v.16 → two “a little whiles,” one his death, the other his resurrection (2) v.17-19 → disciples still understandably conf... Read More