Tag: Christianity
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D.C. area school won’t play road games at Karen Pence’s Christian schools because students feel “unsafe”
It became a story last week that Karen Pence, the wife of vice president Mike Pence is teaching art classes at a private school in Virginia that holds to Biblical values and expects students and staff to abide by a code of conduct which comports with Biblical teachings. This has drawn criticism because Immanuel Christian…
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Continuing dialogue on the death of American missionary
Much has been said about John Chau, the American missionary who lost his life when trying to approach the Sentinelese tribe, who live on a remote island off the coast of India. There are different camps people fall into with this story. I wrote about this last week. Some people looked at a story of…
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There’s no such thing as a Christian who has not been born again
Originally published September 5, 2017 Being born again is another word for the doctrine of “regeneration.” It is a supernatural work that God does within a person who comes to faith. All Christians are born again because all Christians have experienced regeneration. There’s no such thing as an unregenerate Christian. That’s not a Christian! Being born…
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Love, justice, and the heavenly way
Originally published August 24, 2017 From the sermon Love, justice, and the heavenly way The gospel is offensive. God is perfect and righteous. And the only way for imperfect and unrighteous people to be with him was for Jesus to pay the price of sin. To absorb the wrath of God. And for some reason,…
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Why Jesus? Couldn’t there be another way?
Originally published August 22, 2017 “Atonement” is a theological word that gets mentioned. In short, atonement refers to the work that Christ has done for those who have faith in Him to earn their salvation. I think people sometimes approach the gospel with skepticism. Jesus died for the sins of all who believe in him.…
Josh Benner 