Category: Editorial
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Scandal in the Southern Baptist Convention
Even though I’ve never been part of a Southern Baptist church, I have always loved the Southern Baptist Convention. I feel that this denomination is one of the leaders is spreading the gospel and teaching the Bible in America and through missions efforts across the world. On Sunday, a 288 page report was released related…
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The positive, encouraging message isn’t always the message we need
It’s interesting to me to consider the popular Christian music. It’s almost always easy listening. I was looking at some of the slogans for popular Christian radio stations. Perhaps the biggest in America, K-Love, which plays on 440 stations “positive – encouraging.” The River, which was the Christian radio station in Columbus, “uplifting and encouraging.”…
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We can complain and know that others have it worse
There’s a meme that I’ve seen on social media that criticizes complaining about the surging gas prices in lights of the sufferings of the Ukrainian people. The meme says: “Instead of complaining about gas prices going up, try feeling grateful that you aren’t sitting on a concrete floor in a train terminal, holding your cat,…
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Russia and Ukraine- Where is it goiing?
It’s crazy how fast the world can change. While the Russian invasion of Ukraine last week was not a surprise, I still find it surreal that there was relative peace over there a few days ago. Like so many, I’m struck by the senselessness of it all. Russia has invaded another sovereign nation in an…
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Catholic priest uses wrong word for 26 years. Baptisms invalidated
A Catholic priest in Arizona used the wrong word when performing baptisms for over a quarter of a century. Now his diocese is saying that the baptisms are invalid. The issue is that the priest, the Revered Andres Arango was saying “we baptize you” when he was supposed to say “I baptize you.” The Catholic…
Josh Benner 