FBC Benbrook Sermons

Dwell: New Heavens and New Earth

The story arc of Scripture tells of God’s desire to dwell with His people, to walk among them, to be our God and for us to be His people. And each act in the story has left us longing for more, from the Garden to the Tabernacle to the Incarnation and even to the Indwelling Holy Spirit. In the final act, in the consummation of God’s plan, the vision given to John and recorded in the Book of Revelation gives us several images that give us the hope that each of those longings will be perfectly satisfied when God makes His eternal dwelling with us. (Revelation 21.1-7) December 31, 2023

Dwell: The Incarnation

The greatest miracle, the greatest mystery of all time is the incarnation, when God became flesh and dwelt among us. To comprehend this great miracle, we need to understand the beauty and greatness of who Jesus was and is, how He came to dwell on earth, but most importantly, why He came to dwell on earth. (John 1.1-18) December 17, 2023

Dwell: The Backstory

Our December sermon series is called “A Dwelling Place.” This month, we will be looking at the story arc of Scripture that demonstrates God’s desire to dwell with His people. This morning, we look at the backstory to understand more fully why there was a baby lying in a manger. God’s desire to dwell with us is prevented by the fact that sin indwells us. Why is sin such a major problem? (Romans 7.15-25) December 3, 2023.

More Than Conquerors

As we come to the conclusion of a 14 week sermon series on Romans 8, we want to know the answer to the question that Romans 8 presents: how can we be “more than conquerors” in a world of suffering and groaning? What does it even mean to be “more than a conqueror”? (Romans 8.35-39) November 26, 2023.

The Strange Persistence of the Gospel

In a post-Christian, secular world, we were promised to be set free from the oppressive notion of a divine being who revealed moral laws that we must obey. If this were true, humans should be set free from the pesky notion of guilt. But guilt strangely persists despite all of our efforts to get rid of it. The good news of the gospel is that the gospel defines the reason we feel guilty and provides a gracious solution. (Romans 8.33-34) November 19, 2023.

God Is For Us

Romans 8 ends with the resounding gospel hope that we can be “more than conquerors” in a world where we are suffering and groaning, but how is this possible? The apostle Paul leads us to this conclusion through a series of questions, the answer to each is like a faith staircase leading to victory. This morning, we look at the first two steps: God is for us, and God’s love for us has been settled once and for all through the cross. (Romans 8.31-32) November 13, 2023.

The Golden Chain of Promise

The Golden Chain of Five Links, as it has often been called, provides the powerful gospel foundation for knowing that God causes all things to work together for good. Even as these five links raise many questions about the tension between the sovereignty of God and the freewill of man, they do provide the glorious truth of God’s sovereign work of love and grace in the life of those who are in Christ. (Romans 8.29-30) November 5, 2023

The Resounding Gospel Answer

Paul boldly asserts a resounding gospel answer to the faith question that ravages our souls in a broken world. (Romans 8.31-39) October 31, 2023 - Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Chapel Service

A Great Promise

Romans 8.28 is one of the greatest promises in the Bible, yet we have allowed it to slip into the arena of positive thinking. Today, we strive to liberate this great promise from the prison of positive thinking and set it free to run in the freedom of the gospel as presented in Romans 8. (Romans 8.26-30) October 29, 2023.

The Help of the Spirit

There is good news for those who are in Christ, suffering in this present time and groaning under the futility of creation. God has not left us alone in our groaning! The indwelling Spirit helps us by praying with us, but interceding for us according to the will of God. How does this key truth revolutionize how we pray? (Romans 8.26-28) October 22, 2023