Josh Benner

Tag: #metoo

  • Mary too? Professor argues Mary carried Jesus without consent

    Came across a story this morning about a recent Tweet from a college professor at the University of Minnesota Mankato. Eric Sprankle talked about the virgin birth of Jesus and said: “The virgin birth story is about an all-knowing, all-powrful deity impregnating a human teen. There is no definition of consent that would include that…

  • Just because you want evidence, it doesn’t mean you’re apathetic to assault

    Rape is one of the worst things that a person can do to someone. As I consider the allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, there’s something that bothers me. The narrative has been spun as if a person doesn’t care about sexual assault or doesn’t care about women if they want evidence a crime…

  • Supreme court hearings: the search for truth

    I spent a few hours watching testimonies from Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford. Many will have conclusions that align with what they believed going into today’s hearing. It was a lot of political grandstanding. The vote is still tomorrow. Half the country will be happy that Kavanaugh made it through. Half the country will be…

  • Kavanaugh, society, and the #MeToo movement

    The past week has been a circus with allegations of past sexual abuse levied against Supreme Corut nominee Brett Kavanaugh. I don’t know what this man has or hasn’t done. I do believe people are fundamentally innocent until proven guilty and that there needs to be evidence. Some of the moves that the democrats in…

  • More allegations, more problems for Willow Creek

    Bill Hybels is one of the most influential Christian leaders of the past generation. Earlier this spring he stepped down from his position at Willow Creek, the church he founded, in the wake of a number of allegations stretching back several years of inappropriate contact between Hybels and women connected to the church and leadership…