Bible Text: Jeremiah 25:1-14; Jeremiah 36:1-24 | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: The Entire Bible II Ben contrasts the heart of King Josiah towards the Law and that of King Jehoiakim towards the spoken Word of God to illuminate the importance of the Word in our lives.
Bible Text: Judges 4 | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: The Entire Bible II Ben teaches on the story of Deborah, Barak and Jael.
Bible Text: John 7-8 | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: The Entire Bible Ben teaches on the book of John.
Bible Text: John | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: The Entire Bible Ben Hughes teaches on John
Bible Text: Luke | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: The Entire Bible Ben wraps up the teaching on the book of Luke.
Bible Text: Luke | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: The Entire Bible Ben teaches on Luke and talks about how the Kingdom of God operates.
Bible Text: Luke 4 | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: The Entire Bible Ben teaches on the book of Luke with a focus on how we need to be desperate for Jesus. Also, the temptation of Jesus and Jesus as the second Adam, the Son of God and the Son of Man.
Bible Text: Luke | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: The Entire Bible Ben encourages us to seek what God would have to say to us in this time through the book of Luke.
Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: The Entire Bible Ben gives an overview of Matthew, focusing on the audience and structure of the book.
Bible Text: Zechariah | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: The Entire Bible Ben gives an outline on Zechariah and talks about how God desperately wants to return to us if we will return to Him.
Bible Text: Ezekiel | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: The Entire Bible Ben wraps up Ezekiel, focusing on hope as an essential part of prophecy.
Bible Text: Ezekiel | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: The Entire Bible Ben covers the theme of idolatry in the book of Ezekiel, especially its hurtful effect on God’s relationship with his people.
Bible Text: Habakkuk | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: The Entire Bible Ben teaches on Habakkuk and underlines righteousness through faith.
Bible Text: Micah | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: The Entire Bible Ben teaches on Micah.
Bible Text: Ecclesiastes | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: The Entire Bible Ben shares on Ecclesiastes’ answers to life’s biggest questions, then goes to the New Testament to show how Jesus’ resurrection gives us hope where life “under the sun” cannot.
Bible Text: 1 Kings | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: The Entire Bible Ben covers the life of Elijah and knowing God’s will.
Bible Text: 1 Kings | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: The Entire Bible Ben talks about Solomon’s kingdom and how it was a foreshadowing of the Kingdom of God.
Bible Text: 1 & 2 Kings | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: The Entire Bible Ben gives an overview of 1 & 2 Kings and the history of Israel.
Bible Text: 1 Samuel | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: The Entire Bible Ben shows how God works through the people in the book of Samuel to demonstrate the kind of kingdom He wants to establish.
Bible Text: Ruth | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: The Entire Bible Ben teaches on the book of Ruth, admonishing us to imitate the simple righteousness and kindness of Boaz and Ruth.
Bible Text: Judges 1-21 | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: The Entire Bible Ben outlines the book of Judges and the cycle that occurred many times throughout: salvation, falling away, oppression, and crying out. He encourages the church to fully embrace the grace of God in our lives and never leave the salvation stage of […]
Bible Text: Joshua 10-24, Psalm 16 | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: The Entire Bible Ben Hughes wraps up the book of Joshua and pulls out several important take-aways for the church.
Bible Text: Deuteronomy | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: The Entire Bible Ben preaches on the last section of Deuteronomy, which focuses on looking forward to the Israelites taking possession of the land that the Lord had promised. Ben ends his sermon with a call to identify one thing that God has called you to […]
Bible Text: Numbers 1-10 | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: The Entire Bible Ben walks through the first ten chapters of Numbers. Just as God was preparing the Israelites to take the Promised Land through their journey in the wilderness, God is now preparing us for the work of extending His Kingdom on UK’s campus.
Bible Text: Exodus 25-40, Acts 7, 1 Peter 2 | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: The Entire Bible Ben teaches on God’s desire to make a dwelling place among His people and warns us to stand firm against idolatry.
Bible Text: Exodus 12 | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: The Entire Bible Ben teaches on the Passover, discussing its significance to the children of Israel and to us as we remember our own Passover Lamb.
Bible Text: Genesis 37-50 | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: The Entire Bible Ben teaches from the life of Joseph, discussing God’s purposes and His ways. Beginning at minute 27, members of the congregation share additional thoughts on Joseph from their reading.
Bible Text: Genesis 25-48 | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: The Entire Bible Ben teaches from the life of Jacob, stressing God’s ability and faithfulness even in the midst of a complicated and messy life.
Bible Text: John 13:1-17, Philippians 2:5-11 | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: Core Values Ben teaches on Jesus as the model of servanthood.
Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: Core Values Ben expounds on five concepts central to a biblical understanding of the Church, tying them into the other core values discussed in previous weeks.
Bible Text: Philippians 2:1-11 | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: Seeing Jesus Ben builds off of last week’s sermon by going to Philippians to learn about the mind of Christ.
Bible Text: Matthew 3:1-12 | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: The King and his Kingdom Through the Eyes of Matthew (With a Little Help from His Friends) Ben describes a bit of the history of John the Baptist to show exactly who this last prophet is.
Bible Text: Philippians 2:9-11; Colossians 1:15-19 | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: Lordship-Church-Discipleship, UCF Retreat 2012 The first of three teachings from the 2012 UCF retreat.
Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: David the Worshipper In the life of David, we get a portrait of a true worshiper, a man “after God’s heart.” In this teaching, we look at the very dark period in the nation of Israel during the transition from Judges to Kings to set a context for our study […]
Bible Text: Rom. 12:1-3 | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: Worship Every worship “experience” should result in a commissioning to do God’s will. The greatest scriptural encounters with God result in the mightiest works in the Kingdom of God. We are called to live lives of worship, where everything that we do is flavored with […]
Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: Worship An overview of worship in the grand scheme of God’s purpose in the earth. Mankind was created, in large part, for the purpose of worshiping God. God has placed in everyone a way to properly response to his presence, and this is called worship. Problems arise when this response […]
Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: David the Worshipper Here we focus on young David, being taken from his place in as a shepherd and anointed by Samuel, to his defeat of Goliath. The faith David had to oppose Goliath is something we should all seek, and is cultivated by contantly renewing our minds by the […]
Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: David the Worshipper David in exile. David was a man who knew how to take refuge in God, and “strengthen himself in the LORD.” In this teaching we walk through David’s time of persecution, and the corresponding Psalms that reflect his response to difficult and trying circumstances. In every instance, […]
Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: David the Worshipper King David. David revives the nation of Israel by placing worship back at the center where it belongs. For the first time in Israel’s history, the Levites are appointed to continually sing while ministering before the Ark. The result is that God looks at David and makes […]
Bible Text: Psalm 100 | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: Summer of Psalms A sermon on the genre of Psalms, focusing on Psalm 100, which is a hymn. The purpose of this Psalm is to call people to worship and remind them of why God is deserving of worship. The relation between the genre of […]
Bible Text: Psalm 119 | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: Summer of Psalms Ben Hughes gives a sermon on Psalm 119 and explains that the Psalm explains how to get into the word of God.
Bible Text: Psalm 45 | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: Summer of Psalms A sermon on Psalm 45, the marriage Psalm. Ben encourages us to be like John and have our joy be complete when the groom is with the bride. Parallels are drawn between Psalm 45, Song of Solomon, and the marriage feast in […]
Bible Text: Palm 16 | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: Summer of Psalms A sermon on Psalm 16 in which Ben and the importance of taking refuge in God and realizing that you have no good apart from him.
Bible Text: Matthew 13 | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: The Gospel and the Kingdom The first part in a series on the gospel. Ben talks about how the Kingdom is different than what the Jews were expecting, the nature of the kingdom, and how it was Christ on the cross that brought the Kingdom. […]
Bible Text: Mark 1:14-15 | Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: The Gospel and the Kingdom Ben talks about Mark 1:15 and how the gospel was proclaimed by Jesus and John the Baptist. It was not a message centered around personal salvation, but that the Kingdom of God was at hand. This was significant because it […]
Preacher: Ben Hughes | Series: OT Survey Ben goes through themes in Dueteronomy and emphasizes how Moses tries to get the people of Israel to understand the law in their hearts.