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Author: Ben Witherington

What Happens to Those Who Never Hear the Gospel?

What happens to those who never hear the gospel? In today’s Seven Minute Seminary, Dr. Ben Witherington tackles the problem by drawing a parallel to how God will deal with his people Israel at the end of the age, a theme treated in Romans 11.

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What Is a New Testament Apostle?

What is a New Testament apostle? The definition of the word means sent one, or messenger. Watch today’s Seven Minute Seminary by Dr. Ben Witherington III as he explains the marks of a biblical apostle.

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What Is the Unforgivable Sin?

What is the unforgivable sin in the Bible, and how does this blasphemy of the Holy Spirit relate to apostasy from Hebrews 6 and the sin unto death in 1 John 5? Dr. Ben Witherington explains in this Seven Minute Seminary video.

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The Seven Signs in the Gospel of John

Have you ever stopped to notice some of the elements consisting of the perfect number seven in the Gospel of John? In today’s Seven Minute Seminary, Dr. Ben Witherington III shares how recognizing the seven signs are key to understanding our fourth Gospel.

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Halloween is a Christian Holy-Day

What are the origins of Halloween? As with other holidays, Halloween seems to have a mixture of both pagan and Christian origins. Watch this Seven Minute Seminary from Ben Witherington III suggesting ways we can engage with culture at this critical holiday.

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Will Our Heavenly Bodies Be Immaterial?

Contrary to how some read 1 Corinthians 15, the spiritual body is about source of empowerment, not quality of material. Watch this Seven Minute Seminary video from Ben Witherington III as he critiques views on the spiritual body that pass over the resurrection.

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The Gospel of Jesus

In his new book, The Gospel of Jesus, Ben Witherington III gets behind the canonical Gospels and offers us a historical recreation that reveal the single, linear story of Jesus life. His hope is that we might see Jesus more clearly, love him for dearly, and follow him more nearly—even if for the first time.

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Money from a Kingdom Perspective

In some ways money and material possessions are the most touchy of subjects for a minister or lay person to deal with, especially in a materialistic society like North America. Instead of possessing your possessions, they come to possess you. You, then, obsess about how to protect them. A Christian perspective on work affects a Christian perspective on money.

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Work, Rest, and Play from a Kingdom Perspective

Christians have some peculiar ideas about work. They tend to view it as either the curse or the cure of human existence, as either a necessary evil or the very reason for their existence. From a Kingdom and Wesleyan perspective it is neither.

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Kingdom Perspectives

From the early Christian perspectives, the End Times began when Jesus showed up. This led early Christians to view life, not facing the past and working their way into the future, but rather facing the future and believing it was as bright as the promises of God. A Kingdom perspective meant looking at life from the angle of how God would finally resolve human history.

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