What I'm Reading, June 2022
June has been a good month for a number of reasons, but it's been an especially good month in the book department. I’ve been thoroughly...
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by Pastor Ben Francis
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Ben Francis
Jun 21, 202211 min read
How Should Christians Perform their Weddings?
Thinking through Weddings from a Biblical perspective.
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Ben Francis
Jun 19, 20229 min read
SBC 2022 Follow-Up Thoughts
First things first: Southern California is beautiful! Tera and I thoroughly enjoyed our time in Anaheim. The weather was in the upper...
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Ben Francis
Jun 9, 20223 min read
Dealing With Food.
I titled it that way on purpose because for me, food has always been something to deal with more than anything else. It's always seemed...
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Ben Francis
Jun 7, 20224 min read
Why the Southern Baptist Convention Needs R. Albert Mohler in 2022
The Southern Baptist Convention has entered a period of instability. The cracks have been showing for some time, but the last year has...
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Ben Francis
Jun 7, 20227 min read
We're Living in Babylon...Not Heaven.
People Preparing for Exile… Christian faithfulness has taken on various shapes throughout the many chapters of history. In one sense,...
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Ben Francis
Jun 6, 20226 min read
Does Social Media Deny my Physical Body?
“Are you angry, Dad?” That’s what my 10-year old son asked me early one morning as I forcibly prepared his breakfast. I had not said...
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Ben Francis
Jun 1, 202210 min read
How Should Christians Bury Their Dead?
“Funeral customs and practices show how bodies are regarded in any society. They reveal what is commonly believed about death and what...
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Ben Francis
May 29, 20224 min read
About Running…
My running journey started a few years ago. Specifically, it started in May/June of 2018. During the early part of 2018, I had developed...
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Ben Francis
May 28, 20227 min read
The Incarnation and the Value of the Body.
The Incarnation helps us rightly value the human body. The incarnation of Jesus Christ helps us to understand that God loves and values...
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Ben Francis
May 24, 20222 min read
What I'm Reading These Days... May 22'
For my friends who are following along, or to those who want some recommendations for reading, here is the May update on what I’m...
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Ben Francis
May 23, 20229 min read
A Sad Day for the Southern Baptist Convention.
The Sexual Abuse Internal Audit At the 2021 Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Nashville, TN, the messengers to the Convention...
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Ben Francis
May 22, 20229 min read
Gender and the Christian Worldview.
A Biblical Framework for Understanding Gender: A Christian Worldview. Recently, our Church, along with two other sister Churches in our...
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Ben Francis
May 11, 20224 min read
Are Hymns Important? Yes!
We are living in an age when music is doing all sorts of things. Churches are attempting and trying a number of musical variations in an...
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Ben Francis
May 10, 202210 min read
“Our Cheap Bodies.” Transgenderism and Reassignment Surgery
Does the Body Matter? Transgenderism Says “No.” An incredible article ran today in the New York Times entitled, “How Ben got His Penis.”...
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Ben Francis
May 7, 20223 min read
How to Pray for the SBC 2022
In just a few short weeks, Southern Baptists from all around the nation and world will gather in Anaheim, California for the Annual...
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Ben Francis
May 6, 20223 min read
In Praise of My Wife…
Mother’s Day is right around the corner, and while the holiday is man-made, the regular celebration of mothers is a good and right gift...
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Ben Francis
May 1, 20225 min read
What I’m Learning about Food
It might seem like an odd thing to say, but I’ve never really known how food works. I know that we eat it, our bodies process it to some...
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Ben Francis
Apr 29, 20224 min read
A Health Check-In
April 2022 In several previous posts (which can be read here, here, and here), I’ve talked about my own personal struggles with food, my...
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Ben Francis
Apr 18, 20226 min read
They're Teaching Kids What!? - Culture Shifts...
American culture is changing. In some ways, that is no great news. Culture is always changing and shifting to some degree. But right now,...
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