Culture – Page 37 – Josh Benner

Bring your fussy child to church day

Sep 12, 2018

Christian comedian John Crist shared this photo on Instagram this weekend that’s gone viral. The photo is a card from a church, apparently meant to be distributed to parents of fussy children, instructing them that a “connection team member” would assist them in leaving the sanctuary during worship. It’s a sad commentary on the American…

Leadership comes in a thousand little moments

Sep 7, 2018

In our society, when we talk about “leadership,” I think we often think of a general, leading people into battle, someone who’s decisive. And to be fair, there are obviously times where that’s necessary. But as I think about leadership, those types of situations can be relatively rare. To illustrate this point, think about marriage. There…

Heartwarming reunion of father and son: just because someone’s life will be different doesn’t mean it’s unworthy of being lived

Sep 6, 2018

A video has gone viral this week featuring a California man’s emotional reunion with his father. Matt Cobrink is 53 years old and has Down syndrome. He recently went on a cross country trip to see the New York Yankees and his favorite player, Aaron Judge. This meant that Matt had to be away from…

Love, justice, and the heavenly way

Sep 5, 2018

Originally published August 24, 2017 From the sermon Love, justice, and the heavenly way The gospel is offensive. God is perfect and righteous. And the only way for imperfect and unrighteous people to be with him was for Jesus to pay the price of sin. To absorb the wrath of God. And for some reason,…

Nike ad says Colin Kaepernick is “sacrificing everything.” We should all agree that that’s absurd

Sep 4, 2018

“Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything. Just do it.” Sacrificing everything? This is the slogan on a new Nike ad featuring former Colin Kaerpnick, former NFL quarterback who was the first in the NFL to kneel during the National Anthem as a protest. The ad is on a new marketing campaign from…