Josh Benner

Category: Bible

  • The greatest commandment: the love of God

    You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might (Deuteronomy 6:5). We shouldn’t follow God’s ways because we think that will make him love us. That’s not the basis for God’s love for us. We shouldn’t follow God’s ways because we feel that…

  • Presbyterian Church in America adopts Nashville Statement

    This week, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) voted to endorse the Nashville Statement. The Nashville Statement is a series of affirmations regarding traditional Biblical views of sexuality and gender and was created by the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. To give a sense of what the Nashville Statement discusses:…

  • Bachelorette talks about faith and premarital sex

    ABC reality show the Bachelorette is in the news regarding a confrontation from bachelorette Hannah Brown and contestant Luke Parker. Brown is a professing Christian and Parker is a born again Christian. The subject of sex outside of marriage came up in a conversation. Parker said “let’s say you have had sex with one –…

  • What’s the greatest danger to the American church?

    There are 300,000 churches in America. There are many wonderful churches that boldly proclaim the gospel and faithfully teach the Bible every week. There is no perfect church in the world, because every church is full of members who are imperfect people. I think that the biggest issue the American church faces today is related…

  • EFCA removes premillennialism from Statement of Faith

    The Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA) had an historical event yesterday at their bi-annual EFCA One Conference. The churches voted to alter the Statement of Faith. The change comes to article nine, which previously stated: We believe in the personal, bodily and premillennial return of our Lord Jesus Christ. The coming of Christ, at…