Good Fruit

by: Michael Benson

Every virtue must be rooted in the interior life and must also manifest in word and deed.

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The Fruit of the Cross

by: Michael Benson

This Lenten season, let’s take some time to more closely examine the characteristics of a Spirit-filled life through the lens of Galatians 5:22–23.

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Resurrection Is Here

by: Michael Benson

The day after Jesus’s death and before his resurrection was certainly among the darkest in the lives of the disciples.

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Counted Righteous

by: Michael Benson

“How can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to give himself up individually to a righteous cause?”

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Humble Love

by: Michael Benson

It is not enough to simply say we love one another. There must also be actions that accompany these pronouncements.

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Willing Participant

by: Michael Benson

Jesus was a willing participant in his own death, knowing the end result would far outstrip his present suffering.

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The Lament of a Delayed Promise

by: Michael Benson

Many of us have felt the pain of Isaiah’s lament: “I have spent my strength for nothing and to no purpose.”

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Proclamation of Justice

by: Michael Benson

Yesterday, Palm Sunday, marks the day roughly 2,000 years ago when Jesus rode into Jerusalem to an adoring crowd.

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