Category: Culture
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Is Harvey Osteen’s Katrina?
There have been numerous articles criticizing Houston mega-church pastor Joel Osteen, the pastor of Lakewood Church, the largest church in America for not doing enough in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, and for not letting people stay in the expansive church facility as a shelter. In terms of his prosperity gospel theology, there are many…
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Harvard’s war on fraternities
From the Harvard Crimson, A faculty committee has recommended that the College forbid students from joining all “fraternities, sororities, and similar organizations”—including co-ed groups—with the goal of phasing out the organizations entirely by May 2022. In a 22-page report released Wednesday morning, the committee proposed that the policy—which would replace existing penalties for members of…
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Hypocrites in church isn’t the issue. Faithless pseudo-Christians are the issue.
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. I argue that churches aren’t so much full of hypocrites but churches are full of people who aren’t really Christians. And the hypocrisy people complain about, certainly not always, but the…
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JFK at 100
John F. Kennedy was the Steve McQueen of presidents. His family were the reality stars before the Kardashians. He would have turned 100 years old today. But he’s forever frozen in time as the vibrant, handsome president of the early 60s. Ever since I was a kid, the presidency has fascinated me and JFK has…
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Wisdom is as wisdom does
There are two ways to go. The way of the wise and the way of the fool. This is based off of the wisdom tradition of the Old Testament. Which often talks about these two roads. In James 3:13, he asks a rhetorical question, “Who is wise in understanding among you?” Who’s wise? James…
Josh Benner 