Josh Benner

Tag: flood

  • Noah, his sons, and shame. Studying Genesis 9:18-29

    Noah, his sons, and shame. Studying Genesis 9:18-29

    After the covenant which the Lord makes with Noah, we see a scandal involving Noah and his three sons at the end of Genesis 9.  The story is introduced by reminding the reader of the Sons of Noah. They will come up again in the genealogies of Genesis 10. Genesis 9:18:  18 The sons of…

  • Creation and uncreation – The flood and Genesis 7

    Creation and uncreation – The flood and Genesis 7

    Perhaps the best known story in the Bible of God’s judgment is the story of Noah’s Ark.  At the beginning of the story, Genesis talks of a world that has fallen further and further into sin and that the Lord saves one man (Noah) and his family from the destruction that was to come. Another…

  • Society shows why we need the gospel as it vilifies Osteen

    In the court of social media, you make a mistake, and there is no forgiveness. It’s a shame culture, and no matter what a person does to make things right, it’s too little, too late. It’s just them doing good because “they got caught,” it’s just them doing good because there was a backlash, it’s…