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Pastor, writer, thinker, sports fan, amateur photographer, Kari’s husband.

• Growing in humility: a practice we all need to learn

  By the Josh Benner Blog on April 23, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  There are any number of virtues that we can have a desire to want to grow in: being a more generous person, showing more gratitude, managing our tempers. But one are where I feel like I never hear people saying… Read More ›

• Easter terrorist attacks hit Christians in Sri Lanka

  By the Josh Benner Blog on April 22, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. -John 15:18 A series of coordinated terrorist attacks rocked Sri Lanka on Easter morning. More than 290 people lost their lives in the attacks, with… Read More ›

• The cross of Christ shows us the cost of sin

  By the Josh Benner Blog on April 19, 2019 • ( 0 )

  Originally published May 1, 2018 We have a sinfully low view of sin. We cannot overestimate the weight of sin when we see the cost of sin on the cross. None of us lives up even to our own moral standards…. Read More ›

• Jesus and the Last Supper. More than just a meal.

  By the Josh Benner Blog on April 18, 2019 • ( 0 )

  Originally published April 13, 2017 As part of Holy Week, Maundy Thursday is recognized this evening. It was the night in which Jesus ate the Last Supper with his disciples. The time in which Jesus died corresponded with the Jewish… Read More ›