St. John's Franklin Podcast

Kenny Benge preached a sermon entitled “The Absence and Presence of God” based on Exodus 3:1-15 on August 27, 2011. Exodus give us the basic pattern of God’s saving activity for all ages.  Most of us experience long stretches of the seeming absence or silence of God.  Whether the experience of absence is measured in weeks, months or years, for most of us it doesn’t fit into what is “normal” in our understanding of the Christian life. What do we make of his patterns of absence and presence in our lives?

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Kenny Benge preached a sermon entitled “Thinking Rightly About Our Gifts” based on Romans 12:3-8 on August 20, 2011. Paul urges us to recognize that we each have a contribution to make, an assignment given to us, to contribute to the health of the community.  We each share in the responsibility for the health of Christ’s body.

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Kenny Benge preached a sermon entitled “Living in the New Creation” based on Romans 12:1-2 on August 13, 2011. Paul urges us to develop a pattern or style of life that reflects the mercies of God; he encourages us to allow the gospel to reshape and remake the whole of our lives. The power of the Gospel is reflected in our lives to the extent that it creates a new style of life in and through us. The list of books suggested for the spiritual discipline of study are found her: http://stjohnsfranklin.com/foundations/

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Kenny Benge preached a sermon entitled “God Meets Us In Our Humanity” based on 1 Kings 19 on August 6, 2011. After his great victory over the Ba'al priests, Elijah gives into his fear because he is at the end of himself—in state of deep spiritual, emotional, and physical fatigue. God heals his fatigue by tending to Elijah’s needs as a creature.

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