Category: Church
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What does it mean that Jesus is God’s son?
Throughout the Gospel of John, Jesus refers to God as his Father. In the Old Testament, there were appropriate forms in which to address God and Father was not one of them. The first Jewish person to refer to God as their “father” was Jesus. There are a few texts which refer to God as…
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Christian comedian break silence 8 months after sexual misconduct scandal
After an eight month hiatus from the public eye, popular millennial Christian comedian broke his silence through social media on Wednesday. Last November, Charisma News broke a story detailing numerous allegations of sexual misconduct carried out by Crist. Before the sexual misconduct scandal, Crist had amassed millions of followers online, had a popular standup tour,…
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Megachurches, televangelists among churches who received loan money
American Catholic Churches received roughly $1.4 billion dollars in government bailout money as part of . Megachurches like Chicago’s Willow Creek and Harvest Bible Chapel, First Baptist Church of Dallas, and Life.church from Oklahoma all received millions of dollars. Televangelists like Joyce Meyer, Jim Bakker, and Jimmy Swaggart also received federal money. Theologically, I have…
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New York Times blames churches for being “major source” of Covid cases
The New York Times ran an article today under the headline: “Churches Were Eager to Reopen. Now They Are a Major Source of Coronavirus Cases.” If you had just read the headline, that sounds like a pretty severe indictment. The article goes on to say that more than 650 cases of Coronavirus have been linked…
Josh Benner 