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About Benj

I’m a native North Jerseyan, transplanted to Pennsylvania...lived and taught in Eastern Europe for six years…Old Testament professor, author, minister, musician, liturgist…husband to Corrie…father to Daniel and Elizabeth.

Book of Numbers: 5. They Shall Keep Guard Over the People

This is the audio (29:40, 20.3 MB) of a Sunday sermon I preached at Redeemer Presbyterian Church (EPC) in Erie, PA, on October 6, 2024. The main texts were Numbers 3:1–8; 18:8–10, 21–24; 16:1–4; 12:1–3; 11:24–30; other texts included Isaiah 11:1–9 and Revelation 5:6–14. Continue reading

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Book of Numbers: 4. Careful to Offer at The Appointed Time

This is the audio (33:57, 23.3 MB) of a Sunday sermon I preached at Redeemer Presbyterian Church (EPC) in Erie, PA, on September 29, 2024. The main texts were Numbers 9:1-14; 28:1-15; 29:39-40; other texts included Psalm 50:1–15; 2 Chronicles 30:1–5; and Mark 2:23–3:6. Continue reading

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Book of Numbers: 3. That He May Not See Anything Indecent Among You

This is the audio (29:13, 20.0 MB) of a Sunday sermon I preached at Redeemer Presbyterian Church (EPC) in Erie, PA, on September 22, 2024. The main texts were Numbers 5:1–10; 15:22–36; 19; other texts included Psalm 46 and Mark 5:21–34. Continue reading

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Book of Numbers: 2. Until I Proclaim Your Might to Another Generation

This is the audio (32:53, 22.5 MB) of a Sunday sermon I preached at Redeemer Presbyterian Church (EPC) in Erie, PA, on September 15, 2024. The main text was Deut 6:4–9; other texts included Psalm 71:7–21; Acts 2:36–41; and Numbers 1:1–4, 44–46; 14:17–24; 26:1–4; 51–56. Continue reading

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Book of Numbers: 1. A Community on the Move, Set Apart, for God’s Glory

This is the audio (33:00, 22.6 MB) of a Sunday sermon I preached at Redeemer Presbyterian Church (EPC) in Erie, PA, on September 8, 2024. The main text was Hebrews 4:1–13; other texts included Psalm 99 and Numbers 9:15–23; 10:33–36. Continue reading

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New Jobs, New Directions

It’s been a few months since I shared a personal and professional update. We have a lot of good news to report, and an invitation to a special event on September 1. Continue reading

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Kennedy on “All Those Principles of Christianity”

For me, the “principles” of Christianity concentrate themselves so intensely on a certain, ineffable relational knowledge of a person—Jesus—that I am quickly disoriented when you try to prise away the moral and ethical teachings that more and more people are … Continue reading

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Finding Healing and Refuge

The ACNA Diocese of Pittsburgh asked me to write a blog post about my experience as minister-in-residence at Grace Anglican Church. Continue reading

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Theological Education in Missions

In this post, I want to highlight certain distinctions between different types of theological education (TE), while also presenting both the challenge and the rewards of investing in global theological education. My intended audience is mainly Western Christians, who might intuitively acknowledge that such investments are important, but might not understand many of the complexities–and the potential rewards for their own Western communities (besides the fruits of obedience to God). Continue reading

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Simply As Sojourners

For the Christians are distinguished from other men neither by country, nor language, nor the customs which they observe. For they neither inhabit cities of their own, nor employ a peculiar form of speech, nor lead a life which is marked out … Continue reading

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