Ben is a husband to Neva and father to four children, Felix (2018), Kaius (2020), and twins Jubilee and Jethro (2023). Ben is the church planting pastor of Redeemer for the Near Westside, a ministry seeking to see a new church planted through the proclamation and demonstration of Christ’s Kingdom.
I dislike boxing matches between the subjects of religion and evolution, as the two are truly mismatched opponents. Any meaningful religious system is a comprehensive (philosophical, epistemological, emotional, existential, etc.) way of…
There is a temptation when we look back on figures in history to view them as a finished product; individuals who began their life’s journey in as prolific of a manner as…
Nietzsche once famously said that someone who knows their ‘why’ in life can endure any ‘how.’ For thousands of years, mankind’s answer to ‘why’ was a given. There were immanent and physical…
I started seminary shortly after I became a Christian. Like many young, hungry Christians, I got really into apologetics (the practice of defending the faith). Unfortunately, like many Christians, I was more…