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Monthly Archives: May 2025
Book of Ephesians: 6. A Testimony to the Powers (Part 1)
This is the audio (30:23; 20.8 MB) of a Sunday sermon I preached at Redeemer Presbyterian Church (EPC) in Erie, PA, on September 1, 2024. The main text was Ephesians 3:1–13. Other texts included Psalm 82 and John 10:14–18. Continue reading
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Tagged Book of Ephesians, New Testament, Regeneration, Sermon
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Book of Ephesians: 5. He Put to Death Their Hostility
This is the audio (27:42; 19.0 MB) of a Sunday sermon I preached at Redeemer Presbyterian Church (EPC) in Erie, PA, on May 25, 2025. The main text was Ephesians 2:11–22. Other texts included Acts 17:22–31 and Ruth 1:14–18; 2:8–12. Continue reading
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Tagged Book of Ephesians, New Testament, Regeneration, Sermon
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Book of Ephesians: 4. Dead Means Dead!
This is the audio (28:01; 19.2 MB) of a Sunday sermon I preached at Redeemer Presbyterian Church (EPC) in Erie, PA, on May 18, 2025. The main text was Ephesians 2:1–10. Other texts included John 3:1–8 and Jeremiah 2:9–22. I made reference to John Barclay’s book, Paul and the Gift. Continue reading
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Tagged Book of Ephesians, New Testament, Regeneration, Sermon
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Book of Ephesians: 3. Adopted as Sons (Even the Girls!)
This is the audio (28:08; 19.3 MB) of a Sunday sermon I preached at Redeemer Presbyterian Church (EPC) in Erie, PA, on May 11, 2025. The main text was Ephesians 1:5, 7, 13–23. Other texts included Psalm 110 and Numbers 27:1–11. Continue reading
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Tagged Book of Ephesians, Election, New Testament, Sermon
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New Publication on the NT’s Use of OT
I’m pleased to announce a new open-access article:
Benjamin D. Giffone, “Descending to Bring Up ‘The Knowledge of the Son of God’: The Descent–Ascent Use of Psalm 68:18 in Ephesians 4:8–10, Compared with Romans 10:6–8’s use of Deuteronomy 30.” Religions 2025, 16(5), 578; DOI: 10.3390/rel16050578. Special Issue: “Resurrection and New Creation in Ephesians.” Continue reading
Sermon: Why Have You Abandoned Me? (Mark 15:33–41)
This is the audio (24:30, 23.0 MB) of a sermon I preached at the Mill Street (5th-12th grades) campus of Grove City Christian Academy on May 9, 2025.
This the penultimate sermon in a series on the Gospel of Mark. The Scripture was read before I came up to speak: Mark 15:33–41. I also quote extensively from Psalm 22. Continue reading
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Tagged Good Friday, Gospel of Mark, New Testament, Sermon
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Book of Ephesians: 2. Chosen in Love, For the Praise of His Glory
This is the audio (26:21; 18.0 MB) of a Sunday sermon I preached at Redeemer Presbyterian Church (EPC) in Erie, PA, on May 4, 2025. The main text was Ephesians 1:1–14. Other texts included Psalm 33:1–12, and Deuteronomy 7:6–8 and 26:5–10. Continue reading
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Tagged Book of Ephesians, Election, New Testament, Sermon
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Sermon: Eternal Separation from God
This is the audio (21:22, 16.9 MB) of a sermon I preached at the Madison Avenue (elementary) campus of Grove City Christian Academy back on December 8, 2023. The audience was preschool through 4th-grade students, and my texts were excerpts from Jeremiah 18–19. Continue reading
Book of Ephesians: 1. The Word Spread Widely and Grew in Power
This is the audio (28:13; 19.3 MB) of a Sunday sermon I preached at Redeemer Presbyterian Church (EPC) in Erie, PA, on April 27, 2025. The main text was Acts 19–20. Other texts included Luke 24:13–27 and Psalm 96. Continue reading
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Gospel of Luke: 14. Raised, Flesh and Bone
This is the audio (33:15, 22.8 MB) of a sermon I preached at Redeemer Presbyterian Church (EPC) in Erie, PA, on April 14, 2024. The Scripture text is Luke 24:36–48. Also read earlier were Psalm 16 and Isaiah 45:15–22. Continue reading
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Tagged Book of Isaiah, Gospel of Luke, New Testament, Resurrection, Sermon
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