Category: Culture
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Erika Kirk offers amazing grace
Erika Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk spoke at his memorial service yesterday in Arizona. Erika Kirk said “On the cross, our savior said “Father forgive them, for they not know what they do. That man, that young man, I forgive him.” She also said “I forgive him because it was what Christ did, and…
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Ariel and Jesus: The Gospel in the Little Mermaid
My favorite Disney movie is the Little Mermaid, and part of why I love the movie so much is because of tall of the gospel themes. THE LONGING OF THE HUMAN SOUL Ariel has it all. She’s a princess, she lives in a palace. she’s beautiful, she has an amazing singing voice, great friends, she’s adored. Yet…
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The hardest commandment: love your neighbor
Throughout the Bible, there are lots of commands to love people. Why? Obviously because it’s important. But it’s also interesting that the command keeps coming up. The fact that it has to be told to us over and over again points to the fact that it’s actually hard for us to do. The Bible doesn’t…
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The gospel in Les Miserables
Caught. Jean Valjean had stolen silver from the Bishop and the local authorities had caught him red handed. On his own merits, there was nothing Valjean could do to rectify the situation. He didn’t have the money to pay for it. He was guilty. But then something amazing happened. The Bishop tells the officers that…
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Evangelism Training Podcast #5 Dr. David Gustafson
In this episode, we talk to Dr. David Gustafson on his newest book “Gospel witness through the ages” and discuss the history of evangelism. Each generation has its own challenges of making Jesus known to the world. But as we study the history of evangelism, we see that the challenges of one generation or culture…
Josh Benner 