Josh Benner

Tag: hurricane

  • 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…

  • Is Harvey Osteen’s Katrina?

    There have been numerous articles criticizing Houston mega-church pastor Joel Osteen, the pastor of Lakewood Church, the largest church in America for not doing enough in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, and for not letting people stay in the expansive church facility as a shelter. In terms of his prosperity gospel theology, there are many…

  • Severe storms rock Central Ohio

    My thoughts and prayers are with my hometown of Columbus this evening. Over 100,000 people in Franklin county are left without electricity and tomorrow’s forecast calls for the continuation of sweltering heat, and the outages could last a few more days. I know some people in Columbus who are having their lives significantly affected by…