Josh Benner

Tag: Jesus

  • 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?

  • 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 –…

  • The most expensive medicine ever approved

    I heard a fascinating story from NPR last week. The Federal Drug Administration recently approved a new gene therapy that has a whopping $2.125 million dollar price tag. It’s the most expensive drug on the market. The gene therapy is a treatment for a rare disease called Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). According to the NPR…

  • Not man’s gospel

    Originally published January 18, 2017 In Paul’s letter to the Galatians, he says “For I would have you know, brothers, that the gospel that was preached by me is not man’s gospel” (Galatians 1:11). That is one of the most fundamental misunderstandings that 21st century American society has with Christianity. It is not man’s gospel. 

  • The Church: serving together in the Mission of God

    What this is saying is that we have one body but our body has many parts to it. In 1 Corinthians 12, the Apostle Paul gives a fantastic illustration for the church. It functions like a human body. Everyone in the church is part of the body and has a purpose within the body. If…