Josh Benner

Category: Culture

  • The thrill of victory, the excuses of defeat

    I’ve seen articles from several of the leading sports websites talking about last night’s college football national championship game. The argument goes that Alabama benefited from poor officiating.

  • The only resolution that matters for 2018

    At the beginning of each year, millions of Americans make new year’s resolutions. Common resolutions include eating healthier, saving more money, quitting smoking, or learning a new skill. All of those are great things. But the reason why we create new year’s resolutions is because there are areas in our life where we know we…

  • Confession – I’ve never seen Star Wars

    I won’t ruin Star Wars for you. In fact, I am so committed to not ruining it, that I have never seen any of the Star Wars movies. When people hear this, some have a visceral reaction. To some, that basically comes across like I’ve said I’ve never had a pizza, drank a coke, laughed,…

  • Contrary to past media reports, Hurricane Harvey shows most Americans aren’t so hateful, after all

    I see those videos, and no one cares who voted for whom. No one cares how rich or poor someone is. No one cares what color someone’s skin is, in fact you see people of different races coming together. There’s no discrimination, or hatred, or malice.

  • Society shows why we need the gospel as it vilifies Osteen

    In the court of social media, you make a mistake, and there is no forgiveness. It’s a shame culture, and no matter what a person does to make things right, it’s too little, too late. It’s just them doing good because “they got caught,” it’s just them doing good because there was a backlash, it’s…