Dr. Benjamin J. Williams
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We often tell kids to behave at church. If you’re raising boys like me, their rowdiness often spills over into the church lobby,...
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Dr. Benjamin J. Williams
- Sep 15
- 5 min
Behold Our God
In the second half of the book of Isaiah, the prophet is given a simple message of good news. “Go on up to a high mountain, O Zion,...
Dr. Benjamin J. Williams
- Sep 8
- 5 min
God Will Bless
What is God doing? Is he doing anything at all? The skeptic would say that God is doing nothing detectable by the investigations of...
Dr. Benjamin J. Williams
- Aug 31
- 5 min
Great is the Lord
What can we really know about God? The study of God and his attributes is properly called “theology,” but it is not the same study as in...
Dr. Benjamin J. Williams
- Aug 17
- 6 min
Judge Not the Weeds
How do disciples live in the midst of sin? Jesus gave his disciples a set of instructions and principles for life. They represent the...
Dr. Benjamin J. Williams
- Aug 11
- 4 min
Hiding Leaven in the Wheat
How should we think about our influence as disciples? We tend to worry about how the world will influence us, our children, our...
Dr. Benjamin J. Williams
- Jul 15
- 6 min
As Serpents and Doves
Frightening headlines and startling polls about Christian decline in America have become commonplace for me. About once a month, if not...
Dr. Benjamin J. Williams
- Jun 8
- 3 min
Disciples are Followers
What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus? The first thing to understand about discipleship is this simple observation: You cannot be...
Brittany Proffitt
- Jun 5
- 3 min
Podcast: Return of the God Hypothesis with Dr. Benjamin Williams, Part 3
Check out the So We Speak podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Here are the links to the previous two podcasts in this series! The...
Dr. Benjamin J. Williams
- May 25
- 8 min
When Sin in Darkness Hides
The concept of privacy dramatically impacts modern life and human spirituality. Personally, I enjoy my privacy. I have a privacy fence in...
Brittany Proffitt
- May 24
- 2 min
Podcast: Return of the God Hypothesis with Dr. Benjamin Williams, Part 2
Check out the So We Speak podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Here is the link to the first episode in this series. Meyer’s main...
Dr. Benjamin J. Williams
- May 11
- 8 min
Ezekiel and the History of Hope
For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the...
Dr. Benjamin J. Williams
- Apr 27
- 7 min
David and the History of Election
For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the...
Dr. Benjamin J. Williams
- Apr 18
- 5 min
Moses and the History of Grace
For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the...
Dr. Benjamin J. Williams
- Apr 12
- 5 min
Abraham and the History of Faith
For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the...
Brittany Proffitt
- Apr 5
- 2 min
Podcast: The Return of the God Hypothesis with Dr. Benjamin Williams, Part 1
Check out the So We Speak podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. This podcast reviewed Stephen Meyer’s book “Return of the God...
Dr. Benjamin J. Williams
- Mar 23
- 8 min
Participation in the Gospel
Normally, when someone like me says that you need to “share the gospel,” we mean that you need to take the message of the gospel and...
Dr. Benjamin J. Williams
- Feb 24
- 4 min
What Makes Us Family?
At its heart Christianity is the gospel of Jesus Christ. A church is a group of people who share and participate in that gospel....
Dr. Benjamin J. Williams
- Feb 23
- 4 min
Four Thoughts on Lent
1. Lent is a Christian tradition dating back to before the fourth century. Lent - derived from a word meaning “spring” - was a time of...
Dr. Benjamin J. Williams
- Feb 16
- 5 min
Uninvited Guests at Christ's Table
In my own Christian heritage among the Churches of Christ, one pivotal moment in modern history loomed large over our identity. It was...
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