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Commentary by the Josh Benner BlogFeb 20, 20172:58 pm

Only you can prevent forest fires: the destructive force of our words

I was in Florida several years ago and Florida was having wildfires. Some areas were evacuating. If a person smoked a cigarette, they were told that they couldn’t throw it on the ground or it would start a fire.

Something so small, such a small amount of smoke, could start a huge fire.

With our words, the tongue, a relatively small part of the body, can be hugely destructive if a person isn’t careful.

James uses fires as an illustration for the destruction that our words can cause. “How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!” (James 3:5).

Commentary by the Josh Benner BlogDec 20, 201610:15 pm

Can a person have faith without living it out?

Vegans.

When you’re a vegan, you don’t eat meat or use animal products. Being vegan is a lifestyle.

Now if I said that I was vegan and invited you over to my place for dinner, and you said what are we having “surt and turt….we’re having some fish and steak” and then I was washing it down with a glass of milk, and my kitchen table was on a bearskin rug, and I was eating the meal with ivory handled silverware while wearing a fur coat, and we were facing my trophy wall that had deer heads….” You might start to think “you’re not vegan.”

Commentary by the Josh Benner BlogDec 13, 20167:11 pm

You can’t love God if you don’t love people

James says If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “you shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well” (James 2:8). points

Royal Law is an interesting phrase. That’s the only time it’s used in the entire Bible. James follows up mentioning this royal law by saying “you shall love your neighbor as yourself” which seems to be what he’s referring to as the Royal Law.

Commentary by the Josh Benner BlogApr 19, 20161:34 am

The importance of the Old Testament to the New Testament

Bible — Photo courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons @freaktography

I recently had a friend ask me a question about a verse in Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. Paul will have passages where every verse seems to have different possible interpretations and where they can seem impossibly difficult. As I was researching this complicated passage, I couldn’t help but think “The Old Testament is so much simpler!”

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