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Joshua Blackmon
Contributing sermons since Nov 20, 2017
Newest Sermons
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Cracked But Called: How The Light Gets In
Contributed on Oct 25, 2025
THEME: God’s glory shines through the cracks of our weakness. BIG IDEA: The gospel treasure shines brightest through fragile people who refuse to give up.
SERMON TITLE: Cracked but Called: How the Light Gets In TEXT: 2 Corinthians 4:7-12 (CSB) Opening: The Cracks Where the Light Gets In There’s a line from a song by Leonard Cohen that always catches my heart: “Ring the bells that still can ring, Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in ...read more
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Held In His Hands: Finding Grace In Our Finiteness
Contributed on Oct 22, 2025
This sermon grew out of my meditation on a difficult day.
“Held in His Hands: Finding Grace in Our Finiteness” Text: Psalm 103:13–18 (CSB) Introduction – When We Hit the Wall You ever have one of those days where everything just seems to catch up to you? Where your body aches, your nerves fray, and you suddenly realize… you’re human. Finite. Fragile. ...read more
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One House For All Nations
Contributed on Oct 17, 2025
Sermon prepared for our All Nations Sunday.
Title: One House for All Nations Text: Isaiah 56:7 — “My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.” 1. God’s Heart Has Always Been for All Nations • From the very beginning, God’s heart was not just for one people but for all people. • When God called Abraham, He said: “Through ...read more
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Be Still And Know — Psalm 46
Contributed on Oct 10, 2025
God invites us to trust him in this Psalm.
Bible Study: “Be Still and Know” — Psalm 46 Duration: 45 minutes Tone: Exegetical + pastoral formation Goal: To help participants rest in God’s unshakable presence amid personal and global turmoil. I. Opening (3–4 min) Invite everyone to take a breath and silently name one thing in their week ...read more
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"Planted In The House Of The Lord” — A Sabbath Song Of Gratitude
Contributed on Oct 9, 2025
The Sabbath rhythm of gratitude reorients us from the world’s illusions toward lasting fruitfulness in God’s presence.
“Planted in the House of the Lord” — A Sabbath Song of Gratitude Text: Psalm 92 (CSB) Theme: The Sabbath rhythm of gratitude reorients us from the world’s illusions toward lasting fruitfulness in God’s presence. Introduction — A Song for the Sabbath Day Psalm 92 begins with a remarkable title: ...read more
Newest Sermon Series
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The Secret Of Christian Joy
Contributed on Jul 6, 2025
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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 Cork And The Whale
Contributed on Jul 6, 2025
2 Corinthians 4:7-18 offers a portrait of spiritual buoyancy. Paul, in other places, invites us to follow him as he follows Christ (1 Cor 11:1). His spiritual practices caused him to float above the difficulties that he faced over and over again in his life and ministry. One of the greatest things ...read more
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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