Josh Benner

Tag: culture

  • Kavanaugh, society, and the #MeToo movement

    The past week has been a circus with allegations of past sexual abuse levied against Supreme Corut nominee Brett Kavanaugh. I don’t know what this man has or hasn’t done. I do believe people are fundamentally innocent until proven guilty and that there needs to be evidence. Some of the moves that the democrats in…

  • The danger of rabid political correctness – Auto racing driver loses sponsor for comment his father made in the 1980s

    There have been incidents in the past when comments a person made years ago resurface and come back to haunt them. I certainly don’t want to justify or excuse hateful comments. But people are also capable of changing. And I think that’s one thing our society is struggling to accept with the social media mobs…

  • Society doesn’t dictate gender. God does.

    It’s becoming somewhat of a buzz phrase that a person’s gender is a cultural construct. This idea flatly contradicts the wisdom of human experience and long established cultural norms. But more importantly, this thinking contradicts God’s creation. God designed men and women in his creation. Our gender is an essential part of our being. Until…

  • Never think you’re too young to make a difference

    Some of the most significant people in the Bible did great things at very young ages. David was just a young man when he defeated Goliath. It was a young woman who was chosen to be the mother of Jesus. Even the twelve disciples would have all been pretty young. They were following a Rabbi.…

  • 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…