Category: Commentary
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Murderers, mobs, dictators and the gospel
Originally posted March 7, 2016 In the gospel of Matthew, when Jesus was before the ruling Jewish council, he made a reference to his divine status. To the ruling council, this was taken as blasphemy. Within Rome, they didn’t have the authority to execute Jesus for his action, so they took him to Pontius Pilate, who…
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The danger of rabid political correctness – Auto racing driver loses sponsor for comment his father made in the 1980s
There have been incidents in the past when comments a person made years ago resurface and come back to haunt them. I certainly don’t want to justify or excuse hateful comments. But people are also capable of changing. And I think that’s one thing our society is struggling to accept with the social media mobs…
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Urban Meyer keeps job, but is it worth the cost?
I’ve gone back and forth on the Urban Meyer story. When I initially heard about it, I thought it was blown out of proportion but studied it in greater detail and thought it would result in Meyer’s termination. But I continued to dig and more information came out and I started to think that Meyer…
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Society doesn’t dictate gender. God does.
It’s becoming somewhat of a buzz phrase that a person’s gender is a cultural construct. This idea flatly contradicts the wisdom of human experience and long established cultural norms. But more importantly, this thinking contradicts God’s creation. God designed men and women in his creation. Our gender is an essential part of our being. Until…
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Hypocrites in church isn’t the issue. Faithless pseudo-Christians are the issue.
Originally published June 27, 2017 A lot of people don’t want to be in a church because? Because the church is full of? Hypocrites. Churches are filled with hypocrites.
Josh Benner 