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Joshua Blackmon
Contributing sermons since Nov 20, 2017
Newest Sermons
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Lesson 3: God Revealed Through The Pattern Of The Incarnation
Contributed on Jul 2, 2025
Exploring the Communicable Attributes of God Through the Mystery of Christ’s Descent, Nature, and Redemption
Lesson 3: God Revealed Through the Pattern of the Incarnation Exploring the Communicable Attributes of God Through the Mystery of Christ’s Descent, Nature, and Redemption John 1:1-3,14 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the ...read more
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Blessed Are The Upside-Down
Contributed on Jun 29, 2025
Jesus opens His Kingdom manifesto not with rules but with congratulations. He blesses the weak, the weeping, and the overlooked. These “blessings” are grace-filled announcements that reorient how we see God, ourselves, and the world.
Sermon Title: Blessed Are the Upside-Down Series Title: Kingdom Culture: Living the Sermon on the Mount Text: Matthew 5:1–12 Big Idea: Jesus opens His Kingdom manifesto not with rules but with congratulations. He blesses the weak, the weeping, and the overlooked. These “blessings” are grace-filled ...read more
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Lesson 1: The Existence And Nature Of God
Contributed on Jun 25, 2025
This lesson begins exploring the existence and nature of God.
Introduction: The Question Behind Every Question The Bible opens with a bold and beautiful claim: “In the beginning, God…” (Genesis 1:1). There is no attempt to prove His existence — it is assumed, asserted, and revealed. For ancient readers, this was no surprise. In the ancient world, belief in ...read more
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Lesson 2 – The One True God: His Oneness And Nature
Contributed on Jun 25, 2025
This sermon explores the attributes of God.
Lesson 2 – The One True God: His Oneness and Nature Introduction: Not All Gods Are Alike In a world of many gods, Israel proclaimed something radical: “The LORD is one.” (Deuteronomy 6:4) Ancient Near Eastern religions told stories of many gods at war, limited in power, shifting in mood. But ...read more
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When God Disrupts Your Efficiency
Contributed on Jun 15, 2025
One of God’s greatest tools of sanctifying us and bringing about his perfect will and plan is frustrating human efficiency.
“When God Disrupts Your Efficiency” Text: Philippians 1:12 | Genesis 50:20 | Colossians 3:23 Introduction: The Illusion of Getting Things Done Have you ever had one of those days where everything was planned down to the minute? You had a schedule, a to-do list, goals. And then… all of it ...read more
Newest Sermon Series
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The Sermon On The Mount
Contributed on Jun 29, 2025
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Basic Christian Doctrine
Contributed on Jun 25, 2025
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The Message Of Habakkuk
Contributed on May 28, 2025
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Beloved
Contributed on Jun 27, 2024
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The Resurrection
Contributed on Jan 6, 2024
Newest Sermon Illustrations
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Is A Blue Whale The Biggest Thing There Is?
Contributed on Jun 16, 2024
Leave it to a children’s book to help us see how big our universe is. In a book entitled "Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is?" Robert Wells takes us from a size we can grasp to one we can’t. The largest animal on earth is the blue whale. Just the flippers on its tail are bigger ...read more
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Theophany
Contributed on Jun 3, 2024
"Theologians have a specialized word to describe the instances when God appears to human beings. A visible manifestation of God within the Old Testament is called a theophany. The word theophany derives from two Greek words, the word for God (theos) and the word for appearing (phaino, which in ...read more
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Power To Be The Light
Contributed on Jun 3, 2024
Smartphones are amazing pieces of technology. Everything my generation went to RadioShack to purchase is now all together in the palm of our hand, including our flashlights. My grandfather loved flashlights. It was okay to get him a new one each year for Christmas or his birthday. He would take a ...read more
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When It Was Dark
Contributed on Apr 15, 2022
When It Was Dark I’m not quite sure how to say this. We have always said in the church that our faith was based upon facts. It was a faith built upon evidence that led us to the facts. My friends, something has come to light just this past week that is out now in the professional journals and ...read more
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Make Room For The Tide!
Contributed on Mar 12, 2022
"Years ago, a wealthy businessman from London chartered a bus to carry a busload of urban children to the coast. There, the children spent a wonderful day at the ocean. Many of the children had never left the city. Most had never seen the ocean. For one blissful day, they ran unfettered over ...read more