Author: the Josh Benner Blog
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Best of 2018. #1 Researchers troll academic journals with ridiculous hoax papers, they still get published
As 2018 comes to a close, I am sharing some of my top posts from this year. A trio of concerned academics has published seven intentionally absurd papers in leading scholarly journals as part of an investigation to expose extreme bias in fields that study race, gender, sexuality, and other politically-charged topics. The trio say the papers,…
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Best of 2018. #4 No matter how terrible things seem, the gospel shows that there is always hope
As 2018 comes to a close, I am sharing some of my top posts from this year. Andrew Stoecklein was pastor of a megachurch in California who took his life last week. I’ve seen many stories shared about this man this week. I’ve seen articles about social media posts his wife has made in the…
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Best of 2018. #5 Parents allowing children to decide their gender: why?
As 2018 comes to a close, I am sharing some of my top posts from this year. A recent article from NBC talks about a Massachusetts family who are raising their twin boys without a gender. The idea behind this parenting philosophy is to allow the twins to decide for themselves when they’re older. In…