Sermons by The Rev. Ben Hughes (Page 3)
Dec. 31: Simeon & Anna
The old man Simeon meets the infant Christ and finds in Him the fulfillment of his deepest hopes. Christmas is an invitation for us to do the same.
Readings from this service:
Leviticus 12: 6-8
Isaiah 60: 1-3
Luke 2: …
Dec. 17: Hannah & Mary
Before Jesus was even born, his mother Mary understood that His coming would invert the order of the World and offer new hope for sinners and sufferers.
Readings from this service:
1 Samuel 2: 1-10
Psalm 34: 1-8
Luke 1: …
Dec. 3: Zechariah
Zechariah’s story shows how human fickleness can’t spoil God’s sovereign purpose to shatter hopelessness and replace it with joy.
Readings from this service:
Malachi 4: 1-6
Psalm 80: 1-3
Luke 1: 5-25…
Nov. 19: The City of God
John’s vision of the New Jerusalem shows us that Christ has prepared a future full of community, divine proximity, and glory for all who will have him.
Readings from this service:
Revelation 21: 9-27
Psalm 84: 1-4
Luke 19: 41-48…
Nov. 12: All Things New
John hears five promises spoken from the throne of God that give us solid hope amid a hopeless world.
Readings from this service:
Revelation 21: 1-8, 22: 1-5
Psalm 122
John 14: 1-3…
Oct. 22: A New Song
In this vision of Jesus, the victorious Lamb, we see that our future in Christ is full of belonging, deep goodness, and wild happiness.
Readings from this service:
Revelation 14: 1-5 & 15: 1-4
Psalm 40: 1-3
John 4: 19-26…
Oct. 15: The Two Beasts
John has a vision of a Dragon, a Sea Beast, and a Land Beast, that together form a counterfeit Trinity – an unholy triumvirate offering a counterfeit Gospel.
Readings from this service:
Revelation 13: 1-18
Psalm 46: 8-11
John 15: …
Sept. 24: The Scroll with Seven Seals
This symbolic vision of Jesus the Lamb opening the seven seals on the scroll of history offers fresh hope to weary Christians. Even when deception, war, famine, and death seem to reign, God’s sovereign purposes remain.
Readings from this service:…
September 10: The Lord Amid the Lampstands
We begin a new series this week, Revelation: Things Are Not As They Seem
Richard Bauckham is right in calling Revelation “a work of immense learning, astonishingly meticulous literary artistry, remarkable creative imagination, radical political critique, and profound theology.” The …
August 27: Being Your Own Savior
When Israel resorts to prayerless pragmatism instead of trusting the Lord they end up with a man who is competent, but not called. The Gospel offers a better hope than our self-reliance.
Readings from this service:
Judges 11: 1-1
Psalm …
