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  • Joshua Blackmon

    Contributing sermons since Nov 20, 2017
Joshua's church

Springs of Life Church
Deer Park, Texas 77536
2816504924

About Joshua
  • Education: Texas Bible College B.A. in Theology Urshan College (Organizational Leadership) Houston Graduate School of Theology Fuller Theological Seminary (MDiv Student)
  • Experience: I am a licensed minister with the United Pentecostal Church International (UPCI). I served my local church in various capacities for about seventeen years before being elected as pastor approximately four and a half years ago. I served on the youth committee for the South Texas District UPCI and also helped in children's ministry. I facilitated groups for women and men recovering from alcohol and drug addiction and taught anger management for a number of years. I have also taught ESL in the Vietnamese community in the Houston area. Most of my preaching experience has come since I have been a pastor.
  • Sermon or series that made a difference: Justification by Faith (Rev. J.T. Pugh) Finishing the Seasons of Life (Rev. J.T. Pugh)
  • Hobbies: Reading Walking Praying
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  • When God Disrupts Your Efficiency

    Contributed on Jun 15, 2025
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    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

  • The Father Of Lights

    Contributed on Jun 14, 2025
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    The world is constantly changing, but our Father is constant.

    Sermon Title: “The Father of Lights” Introduction: A World of Shadows and Flickering Lights I want you to picture a moment from your day—maybe one that happened just yesterday evening. The sun was low in the sky, and it began casting long shadows across the room or your backyard. Things that looked ...read more

  • Living By Faith

    Contributed on May 28, 2025
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    We are justified and sustained not by our own works or perfection, but by trusting the Faithful One.

    Habakkuk Bible Study – Week 2: Living by Faith A. Review Week 1 – The Prophet's First Complaint (1:1–11) - Habakkuk opens with a raw complaint: “How long, Lord?” He sees injustice, violence, and destruction. - God’s surprising answer: He is raising up the Babylonians (Chaldeans) as ...read more

  • How Long, O Lord?” – When Faith Faces Injustice

    Contributed on May 28, 2025
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    When it feels like God is silent in the face of injustice, faith dares to cry out—and dares to listen.

    How Long, O Lord?” – When Faith Faces Injustice Text: Habakkuk 1:1–11 ? I. INTRODUCTION: Setting the Scene Historical Background • Habakkuk likely prophesied during the final decades of Judah’s kingdom, probably around 609–605 BC, during or just after the death of King Josiah. • Judah is in moral ...read more

  • Mom, Thanks For All You Do! (Updated)

    Contributed on May 11, 2025
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    The mothers who surround Moses's life teach us much about motherhood. This sermon offers gratitude to mothers.

    TITLE: Mom, Thanks for All You Do I. INTRODUCTION: A. When God Created Mothers... When the Lord was creating mothers, He was into His sixth day of "overtime" when an angel appeared and said, "You're taking a lot of time on this one." And God said, "Have you read the ...read more

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  • Is A Blue Whale The Biggest Thing There Is?

    Contributed on Jun 16, 2024
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    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

  • Theophany

    Contributed on Jun 3, 2024
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    "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

  • Power To Be The Light

    Contributed on Jun 3, 2024
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    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

  • When It Was Dark

    Contributed on Apr 15, 2022
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    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

  • Make Room For The Tide!

    Contributed on Mar 12, 2022
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    "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