Category: Commentary
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4 goals in every sermon I preach
I love preaching. I love everything about it. I love preparing to preach. I love behind the pulpit. I love evaluating a message afterwards. I love listening to sermons. I think a lot about preaching. In preaching, there are a lot of factors to consider in how to construct a sermon: genre of the passage,…
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Joshua Harris kisses “I kissed dating goodbye” goodbye
It’s crazy that one of the most popular books on dating written in the 90s was the dating philosophy of a 21 year old man…who was single at the time! In 1997, Joshua Harris wrote his dating manifesto “I Kissed Dating Goodbye” where he talked about…kissing dating goodbye. Instead of casual dating and having lots…
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Mega millions – mega problems: why money can’t buy purpose
Tonight, the largest lottery drawing in human history will happen. If you have the right numbers for Mega Millions, you can win $1.6 billion dollars. An unbelievable amount of money to acquire in the span of a few minutes. To put that in perspective, think if you were given $1 million dollars. For the vast…
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State of the Church: Jesus is not a created being
This week, Ligonier Ministries and Lifeway Research released their “State of Theology” survey. In the study, 3,000 American Christians were surveyed on various theological and moral positions. Many of the results were troubling. However the one that I found to be perhaps the most signifiant point of disagreement was with the question “Jesus is the…
Josh Benner 