Josh Benner

Category: Commentary

  • Miracle on the Hudson – 10 years later

    I had just graduated from college and was driving back home to Columbus to take care of a few things. I heard a breaking news story on the radio that a plane had gone down over the Hudson River. “That’s really tragic,” I thought to myself. A little bit later, I heard another update that…

  • Lack of substance undermines Christian movies

    Jared C. Wilson is an author, speaker, and the content strategist for Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He’s also the managing editor for the website For The Church.

  • Incredible story: 13 year-old Jayme Closs escapes abductor, finds help 3 months after parents murdered

    I’ve read autobiographies of people who have survived the Holocaust and escaped form North Korea. They’re harrowing stories. They’re heartbreaking stories. But in another sense, they’re inspiring stories, because in them, you see the triumph of the human spirit. They’re inspiring because you see what people are capable of and what true toughness and grit…

  • 10 great quotes from John Calvin

    John Calvin is both one of the greatest theologians of all time and one of the most polarizing theologians of all time. He lived from 1509-1564 and was a brilliant writer and preacher. Calvin’s greatest work was his voluminous theological treatise “Institutes on the Christian Religion.” It’s a summary of Calvin’s theology for which he…

  • It’s easy to know how to have a great marriage, but actually having one takes work

    It’s EASY to know how to have a good marriage. In theory. It’s easy to know what you should do. But it can be really hard to DO what you should do. It’s really easy to know how to put yourself into a good financial situation. Spend less money, save, avoid debt. It’s harder to…