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) census → interest in numbers/lists (2) chapter overview (2) four descrips of biblical communityDivine Presence (1): (1) God’s covenant name (cf. v.46) → opp’s to reflect on God’s faithfulness (2) God is one who speaks → used over 150 tim...  Read More

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

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

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

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

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