Category: Commentary
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The next president is not a savior
The political division is incredible. The name calling. The condescension. The assumptions we make about the people who support the other candidate. It’s unfortunate.
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The importance of constant gospel focus
As someone who doesn’t have kids, over the last few years, more and more of my friends have began to have children. When you have your first kid, you’re a member of a new club. You are a parent. Being a parent is something that becomes part of who you are. Your whole life, you…
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Jesus: Cross-examined
We see symbols everyday. Symbols of peace, strength, royalty, and victory. Within Christianity, there is no greater symbol than the cross, something so obvious that we take it for granted. Something so pervasive, so associated with Christianity that we might not even question it. But why is the cross the symbol? Doubtless there could…
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Where I was on 9/11
Based on an essay of the same title, originally published September 11, 2011 I thought it was an accident. When my high school principal announced over the PA system that the World Trade Center had been hit by a plane. I distinctly remember hearing someone in the back of the class mutter, “terrorism.” I was taking…
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Harbaugh, practice film: what sportsmanship is and isn’t
Fairness. Last weekend, the college football season began as Hawaii and Cal played a game in Sydney, Australia. This week, Cal is off while Hawaii plays in Ann Arbor, MI against the Wolverines. For the Wolverines, they’ve had a chance to see Hawaii play a game. Hawaii enters this game with no such luxury and…
Josh Benner 