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Sep 14, 2025
Sermon: The Patriarch – The God Who Sees: Part 1
By: Pastor Ben Hulst
Series: Abraham: The Patriarch
Genesis 16: This part of the Abraham story is not often dealt with. It highlights less than ideal attempt by Abram and Sarai to secure the promises of God. But in seeking this, they repeat the error of Genesis 3 when Eve and Adam grasped for the forbidden fruit. This is the pattern of life on our lower plane that continuously must be redeemed by God in his grace.
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- Sep 14, 2025Sermon: The Patriarch – The God Who Sees: Part 1
Sep 14, 2025Sermon: The Patriarch – The God Who Sees: Part 1By: Pastor Ben HulstSeries: Abraham: The PatriarchGenesis 16: This part of the Abraham story is not often dealt with. It highlights less than ideal attempt by Abram and Sarai to secure the promises of God. But in seeking this, they repeat the error of Genesis 3 when Eve and Adam grasped for the forbidden fruit. This is the pattern of life on our lower plane that continuously must be redeemed by God in his grace.
- Sep 7, 2025Sermon: The Patriarch – Inheritance of the World
Sep 7, 2025Sermon: The Patriarch – Inheritance of the WorldBy: Pastor Ben HulstSeries: Abraham: The PatriarchGenesis 15: God's promise to Abraham has two parts to it, a son and the land. Today, we focus on what the promise of the land is about and how it is understood as the history of God's redemption moves toward Christ.
- Aug 31, 2025Sermon: The Patriarch – As to Adam, so Abram
Aug 31, 2025Sermon: The Patriarch – As to Adam, so AbramBy: Pastor Ben HulstSeries: Abraham: The PatriarchGenesis 15.7-19: Wrapped up in Abram's story is the ongoing tension of promise, fulfillment, suffering, and hope for a future beyond death. These themes come into our life as well. The desire we have of a good life here, but also of an eternal life forever. We live this in tension, meanwhile struggling with the hardships of this life. Within that gap of promise and realization we learn to trust and to hope in the God that has brought our salvation.
- Aug 24, 2025Sermon: The Patriarch – Walking in Faith
Aug 24, 2025Sermon: The Patriarch – Walking in FaithBy: Pastor Ben HulstSeries: Abraham: The PatriarchGenesis 15.1-6: Looking again at the first six verses, we consider Abram 'walking' with God into fullness, living out of the 'Amen' of trust, and being renewed in right relationship with God (righteousness).
- Aug 17, 2025Sermon: The Patriarch – Believing the Unbelievable
Aug 17, 2025Sermon: The Patriarch – Believing the UnbelievableBy: Pastor Ben HulstSeries: Abraham: The PatriarchGenesis 15.1-6: We continue in our Abraham series and consider how the promises of God turn Abraham's life of negation into a life of abundance. This is the life of faith, but it takes trusting in God's sovereignty and goodness. This is the path of faith as we follow in the footsteps of Abraham, the father of faith.
- Jul 20, 2025Sermon: The Patriarch – the Word of the LORD
Jul 20, 2025Sermon: The Patriarch – the Word of the LORDBy: Pastor Ben HulstSeries: Abraham: The PatriarchGenesis 15.1-6: This chapter enters us into the theological heart of the Abraham narrative. In the midst of an unsure world that might bring significant fear, the Word of the LORD comes to Abraham to reassure him of his care. In our world, the fight of faith is the fight against impatience to God's promised fulfillment and ease of life. Within the biblical accounts, we see the exact opposite - of waiting and also times of suffering. May the ancients guide us in this wisdom.
- Jul 13, 2025Sermon: The Patriarch – A Mysterious Meeting
Jul 13, 2025Sermon: The Patriarch – A Mysterious MeetingBy: Pastor Ben HulstSeries: Abraham: The PatriarchGenesis 14.17-24: In the aftermath of Abraham's victory and rescue of Lot, he meets up with two kings, including the mysterious King Melchizedek. In his presence, we see the power of the path of blessing, which is the path of the living God. As Abram, so are we blessed to be a blessing.
- Jul 6, 2025Sermon: The Patriarch – The Liberator
Jul 6, 2025Sermon: The Patriarch – The LiberatorBy: Pastor Ben HulstSeries: Abraham: The PatriarchGenesis 14.1-16: In this text, we see the dangers of growing attraction to worldliness. As Lot moves away from Abraham and blessing, he begins to get caught up in the curse of world. In response, Abram does not leave his nephew to be lost, but comes to the rescue foreshadowing what Christ does for us. But the warning is clear: be wary of worldliness for it brings hidden dangers we cannot see.
- Jun 29, 2025Sermon: The Patriarch – Greener Grass?
Jun 29, 2025Sermon: The Patriarch – Greener Grass?By: Pastor Ben HulstSeries: Abraham: The PatriarchGenesis 13: As the Abraham story moves forward, this story of Lot separating is vital to understand the challenge of living by faith. Again, the issue is trusting in God's provision and having the right eyes to see. We need our vision cleansed and clarified by the truth of Christ in order to navigate life properly.
- Jun 15, 2025Sermon: The Patriarch – Preservation of the Promise
Jun 15, 2025Sermon: The Patriarch – Preservation of the PromiseBy: Pastor Ben HulstSeries: Abraham: The PatriarchGenesis 12.10-20: The story of Abraham and Sarah in Egypt is a challenging one to understand. We look at some of the themes that are going on and above all look to God's intention to preserve his people in its infant stages from the powers of darkness. God is faithful.
