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Pope Francis decrees that capital punishment is an “attack on the dignity of the person” – The Bible disagrees
Pope Francis is reversing the teachings of the Catholic Church in saying that capital punishment is inadmissible. One of the significant differences between Catholics and Protestants is the approach to scripture and tradition. Tradition is weighted more heavily in Catholic than Protestant theology. Tradition is significant to dogma and interpreting the Bible. However this reversal…
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The danger of bad Biblical teaching
Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. -James 3:1 Words matter. We can use words to bless, words to harm, words to boast, words to give instruction, and words to deceive. Through words we can tell a person that we love…
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Meaning of the bronze serpent: the gospel in Numbers
In Numbers 21, the Israelites experience victory over the Canaanites but soon fall back into grumbling and complaining. God brings a plague of snakes upon the people. It’s a divine judgment. Their grumbling against God was to their downfall. But the people beg for mercy. 8 And the Lord said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and…
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What Jim Thome can teach us about strengths and weaknesses
Like any Cleveland Indians fan growing up in the 90s, Jim Thome is one of my all time favorite baseball players. Always had a good reputation as being friendly, a slugger, wore high socks like he was playing in the 30s. What wasn’t there to love? This past weekend, Thome was enshrined in baseball’s Hall…
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Forgiveness in the shadow of death
In the summer of 2016, Jamison Pals drove through Nebraska with his wife Kathryne, and their three young children: Ezra, 3; Violet, almost 2; and Calvin, 2 months old. As traffic slowed down for construction, a semi truck, driven by a 53 year old driver named Tony Weekly slammed into the back of the Pals…
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Josh Benner has pastored churches in Connecticut, Illinois, and Minnesota. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
Josh is passionate about preaching and teaching the Bible.
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