Tag: gospel
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Hypocrites in church isn’t the issue. Faithless pseudo-Christians are the issue.
Originally published June 27, 2017 A lot of people don’t want to be in a church because? Because the church is full of? Hypocrites. Churches are filled with hypocrites.
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Law and grace in Les Miserables
Originally published October 8, 2015 I am a huge fan of the musical Les Miserables. I saw it on Broadway when I was 11, and I thought it was just about the most amazing thing ever.
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Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus begins with a list of blessings called the beatitudes. The second of these blessings, found in Matthew 5:4 is “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” What does that mean? To mourn?
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Bachelorette talks about faith and premarital sex
ABC reality show the Bachelorette is in the news regarding a confrontation from bachelorette Hannah Brown and contestant Luke Parker. Brown is a professing Christian and Parker is a born again Christian. The subject of sex outside of marriage came up in a conversation. Parker said “let’s say you have had sex with one –…
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What’s the greatest danger to the American church?
There are 300,000 churches in America. There are many wonderful churches that boldly proclaim the gospel and faithfully teach the Bible every week. There is no perfect church in the world, because every church is full of members who are imperfect people. I think that the biggest issue the American church faces today is related…
Josh Benner 