Josh Benner

Category: Church

  • Billy Graham’s last will reminds us of how short life is

    Billy Graham’s last will and testament was released to the public today. The great evangelist died in February. In the frist section, he encourages people to take up Godly devotion in their daily lives and to defend the gospel. I commit myself wholly into the hands of my Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, knowing by…

  • Pentecost Sunday and the birth of the Church

    Adapted from a piece published June 8, 2014 We all know that Christmas is when we celebrate the birth of Christ. And we know that Easter is the recognition of the persecution, execution, and resurrection of Jesus. But Pentecost Sunday is an annual event which is also of major significance. It is sometimes referred to…

  • The lost art of lament

    Lament is a topic that is often overlooked in American churches (especially in predominately caucasian churches). Lament is very common in the Bible, especially in the Old Testament. We see it as a theme throughout the prophetic books, and the Bible has more books on prophecy than in any other genre. We see it in…

  • What’s the greatest danger to the 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…

  • Having an “all things to all people” ministry mindset

    Originally published April 6, 2016 In 1 Corinthians 9, the Apostle Paul gives an insight into how he approached ministry. After discussing how he related to Jews, gentiles, and those whom society had looked down upon, Paul sums up how he related to each of these groups by saying that he became “all things to…