Josh Benner

Month: June 2012

  • Severe storms rock Central Ohio

    My thoughts and prayers are with my hometown of Columbus this evening. Over 100,000 people in Franklin county are left without electricity and tomorrow’s forecast calls for the continuation of sweltering heat, and the outages could last a few more days. I know some people in Columbus who are having their lives significantly affected by…

  • Wait, so we had guns going to Mexico? Fast and Furious explained

    Photo courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons and property of the USDAgov We keep seeing reports of this “Fast and Furious” story. What are we to make of it? Guns were being sent into Mexico. The republicans want answers. The democrats view this as a witch hunt and the republicans merely playing politics. Wait a minute.…

  • Legal and illegal aliens: what the Bible has to say

    Growing up in a foreign land, being expected to abide by another culture’s customs, and eventually being forced to leave the place which had become home. These are all issues which Dr. James K. Hoffmeier faced while growing up in Egypt as the son of American missionaries. Political pressure would end up causing the revocation…

  • Communism has exactly ONE advantage, and it is…

    Communism has exactly ONE advantage, and it is Olympic opening ceremonies. I’ve been reading articles previewing the opening ceremony for next month’s London summer Olympics. I think to myself, “Is there any way they can just show us the tape of Beijing’s opening?” Did you SEE the Beijing opening ceremony in 2008? It. was. miraculous.