Josh Benner

Category: Church

  • Could Mitt Romney be fulfilling a Mormon prophecy to take over the country?

    Review of “Can Mitt Romney Serve Two Masters” Part II: Mormon prophecies Tricia Erickson argues throughout the first section of her book “Can Mitt Romney Serve Two Masters” why the American people should not want a Mormon president. In the seventh chapter, she kicked it up a notch and her rhetoric took on a much…

  • Should we elect a Mormon president? One writer says NO (Part I)

    Review of “Can Mitt Romney Serve Two Masters” Part I: Influence of the church on daily life Conservative strategist Tricia Erickson does not believe that the American people should elect a Mormon president, and by extension, Mitt Romney. She makes this emphatically clear in her new book: “Can Mitt Romney Serve Two Masters?” She puts…

  • Controversial billboard raise questions about morality in atheism

    I saw a link to this article on Facebook this afternoon. A nationwide atheist organization called the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) has been posting billboards that focus on individual atheist’s own personal statements pertaining to how they can be moral without the belief in a higher power. The signs have been posted in a…

  • Did I just see who I think I saw?

    In the summer of 2005, I had an internship working with youth program at a church in Dublin, Ohio. Yesterday was the last Sunday service for that church’s pastor and associate pastor – two men for whom I have much respect. And naturally, I wanted to attend their last Sunday at the church and show…