Josh Benner

Tag: gospel

  • The Church: being part of something bigger than yourself

    An astounding 16 million soldiers, sailors and Marines served America in the Second World War. And while most of our focus on World War II is on the military and combat, within the United States, there was an effort to support the war unlike anything our nation had seen or has seen since. With millions…

  • 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. 

  • Billy Graham’s last will reminds us of how short life is

    Billy Graham’s last will and testament was released to the public today. The great evangelist died in February. In the frist section, he encourages people to take up Godly devotion in their daily lives and to defend the gospel. I commit myself wholly into the hands of my Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, knowing by…

  • What’s the greatest danger to the 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…

  • 4th century theology of Athanasius still fresh today.

    Originally published March 18, 2016 Why did Jesus have to die? For years, this puzzled me. I could get on board with the idea that I fell short of God’s perfect standard. But why did Jesus need to die? Couldn’t God have just forgiven me? Like some sort of Spiritual write off? One of the…