Tag: testimony
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War criminal to Christian: the power of the gospel
No matter how sinful a person is, there is no one who’s beyond the saving grace of Christ. No matter how far from God is, there is no one who’s life can’t be changed. That’s the power of the gospel. I first learned the story of a man named Comrade Duch in Lee Strobel’s book…
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Man confesses to murder after finding faith
Danny Holmes, Jr. committee a murder in 2016. A few days later, he was arrested for his crime. Last week, Holmes went on trial and plead guilty to his crime. In a 20 minute speech before a Tennessee court, Holmes talked of finding faith while behind bars and the conviction that he needed to confess…
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Jon Stewart rips into congress. Shows some issues still transcend party lines
In a testimony that has gone viral this week, comedian Jon Stewart blasted the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday for the absence of many members regarding a hearing for the continuation of a fund for 9/11 first responders. In the testimony, Stewart points out that many 9/11 first responders (who are not ailing from 9/11…
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In Memoriam: Grant Osborne
One of my great regrets of seminary was never having Grant Osborne as a professor. Many of my friends did and I’ve heard stories. I’ve heard his lectures compared to drinking through a firehose with all of the information he dispensed. Dr. Osborne passed away last night. I had actually just bought one of his…
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The best book I read this summer: Where the Wind Leads
I was born in Vietnam, but I was not Vietnamese; I was raised in America, but I was not American. I grew up Asian in character but American in culture, a citizen but always refugee. I had no lessons from the past to guide me, no right way to do things in the present, and…
Josh Benner 