Josh Benner

Category: Culture

  • Society doesn’t dictate gender. God does.

    It’s becoming somewhat of a buzz phrase that a person’s gender is a cultural construct. This idea flatly contradicts the wisdom of human experience and long established cultural norms. But more importantly, this thinking contradicts God’s creation. God designed men and women in his creation. Our gender is an essential part of our being. Until…

  • Hypocrites in church isn’t the issue. Faithless pseudo-Christians are the issue.

      Originally published June 27, 2017 A lot of people don’t want to be in a church because? Because the church is full of? Hypocrites. Churches are filled with hypocrites.

  • The first rule of online dating

    This is part of a new series I’m doing in discussing dating, relationships, and marriage from a Christian perspective.  Never fall in love with someone you’ve never met. With online dating, it can be easy to quickly get into some very deep conversations with a new person. Maybe you have a few phone calls and…

  • More allegations, more problems for Willow Creek

    Bill Hybels is one of the most influential Christian leaders of the past generation. Earlier this spring he stepped down from his position at Willow Creek, the church he founded, in the wake of a number of allegations stretching back several years of inappropriate contact between Hybels and women connected to the church and leadership…

  • Would it be better if parents raised their kids without religion?

    A friend recently asked me this question. As a Christian, there are several reasons why I believe the answer is no. This reminded me of an article I read a couple years ago by former NFL running back Arian Foster. In an article he wrote for Yahoo, Foster was talking about his parenting philosophy. When…