Category: Commentary
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Best of 2020 #4 GOSPEL COALITION ARTICLE SEES “EGREGIOUS CONTRAST” BETWEEN JACOB BLAKE AND KYLE RITTENHOUSE
As 2020 comes to a close, I am sharing some of my top posts from this year. This post was originally shared on August 31. The Gospel Coalition website ran a piece last week titled “Why I hate August” by Illinois pastor K. Edward Copeland. I strongly disagree with many of the statements in the article. …
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Best of 2020: #5 James MacDonald starting home church network less than a year after being fired from megachurch
As 2020 comes to a close, I am sharing some of my top posts from this year. This post was originally shared on February 5. Cover photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. A year ago, James MacDonald was fired from Harvest Bible Chapel, a megachurch located primarily around Chicago, which he had founded more than 30 years ago. MacDonald’s…
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Immanuel prophecy in Isaiah, Part 2: a sign given
Background Isaiah 7:10-25. We’re around the year 735 B.C. The Kingdom of Judah is home to the chosen people of God and the promises of God. It’s the home to Jerusalem and the family line which leads to Christ. A man named Ahaz is the King of Judah. Though they’re God’s chosen people, he’s a…
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Rest in Peace, Aunt Ruth
My great aunt Ruth, who passed away today. “Great aunt” doesn’t really capture what she was. In many ways, she felt like another grandmother. I know that no one is perfect, and that all of us are fallen, but growing up, I never saw anything but goodness in Aunt Ruth. She lived her life to…
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Immanuel prophecy in Isaiah, Part 1: a sign rejected
In the Gospel of Matthew, Mary and Joseph are engaged to be married. They’ve never consummated the relationship but then Mary finds out that she’s pregnant. Joseph did not want to bring shame upon Mary and so he prepared to divorce her quietly. An angel appeared to Joseph. And the angel tells him to stay…
Josh Benner 