Category: Commentary
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Is online church an adequate replacement for meeting in person? Spoiler alert: It’s not
Relevant wrote an article last week where they interviewed Judah and Chelsea Smith about online church. In 2018, the Smith’s launched Churchome, as an online form of church which Relevant describes as “a new kind of virtual experience that would offer church to a new generation more comfortable with digital relationships.” From the article: The…
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With coronavirus, are we making the cure worse than the problem?
Coronavirus is not the only thing that could cause thousands of deaths this year. Alcoholism, drug abuse, and suicide could be responsible for 75,000 “deaths of despair” according to new studies. There will be suggestions that more funding and resources need to go to stimulus funds and mental health counseling. For some, those can be the…
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Advice to anyone considering seminary
Four years ago today, I graduated seminary with my Master of Divinity degree. I picked a highly academic seminary where I was blessed to study under world class professors. But as I reflect this year, I’m struck by the thought of how an intensive masters degree from seminary still only scratches the surface of studying…
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Fruit of the Spirit – something we can’t produce
BUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS,23 GENTLENESS, SELF-CONTROL; AGAINST SUCH THINGS THERE IS NO LAW. -GALATIANS 5:22-23 In the Book of Galatians, the Apostle Paul talks about the fruit of the Spirit. It’s a section that fascinates me. Because the fruit is produced by the Holy Spirit in…
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When we want the savior but not the Lord: the great disciple mistake
Our society likes to emphasize God’s love and forget that he is also just and that he has wrath towards sin. We like the easy message. We like the easy gospel of “yeah you’re not perfect but neither is anyone else and God is a God of love and he forgives you.” We make faith…
Josh Benner 