Tag: Old Testament

Commentary by the Josh Benner BlogSep 29, 20178:24 pm

A priest, two goats, and salvation

1024px-Domestic_goat_feeding_on_capeweed-1 — Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons @fir0002

For observant Jews all over the world, this evening, the Day of Atonement is remembered. The Day of Atonement is the most holy of days in the Jewish calendar. It’s an annual picture of forgiveness that people could have. While Christians don’t celebrate this day, it’s one worth studying because everything about it points to Christ and the gospel.

Atonement refers to God’s work of dealing with our sin. Because of sin, the relationship between man and God has been broken.

Commentary by the Josh Benner BlogApr 19, 20161:34 am

The importance of the Old Testament to the New Testament

Bible — Photo courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons @freaktography

I recently had a friend ask me a question about a verse in Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. Paul will have passages where every verse seems to have different possible interpretations and where they can seem impossibly difficult. As I was researching this complicated passage, I couldn’t help but think “The Old Testament is so much simpler!”

Culture by the Josh Benner BlogJun 15, 20122:16 am

Legal and illegal aliens: what the Bible has to say

Growing up in a foreign land, being expected to abide by another culture’s customs, and eventually being forced to leave the place which had become home. These are all issues which Dr. James K. Hoffmeier faced while growing up in Egypt as the son of American missionaries. Political pressure would end up causing the revocation of his family’s visas and he again became an alien in Canada.

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