PinnedVance ChristiaanseTo Christians Pursuing Abortion Criminalization: My Question For YouThroughout history and around the world, abortion under various circumstances and for various reasons has sometimes been criminalized. In…May 31, 202219May 31, 202219
PinnedVance ChristiaanseI recently read a book by a couple of sociologists about why people leave the church (Church…The people who are staying in the pews are okay with bureaucracy and like a church that focuses on a well-presented Sunday service. They…Jan 13, 20222Jan 13, 20222
Vance ChristiaanseI became a Christian at age 17, ready and eager to accept the Bible as the only infallible rule of…You contrast a progressive view of the Bible with a fundamentalist view. I am personally convinced, after 52 years in the church, that…Sep 25Sep 25
Vance ChristiaanseThe most important Old Testament Messianic prophecies have not yet been fulfilled.There is a certain logical tension between simultaneously claiming both (1) Jesus fulfilled lots of Old Testament Messianic prophecies and…Sep 241Sep 241
Vance ChristiaanseI'm a Christian and, a few years ago, I started studying Western history to find out what role my…Most Christians I know desire some kind of theocracy here in the US. This desire only makes sense to people who have no knowledge of…Sep 101Sep 101
Vance ChristiaanseIf someone I care about and have a relationship with believes something that I think is objectively…You can't have a "respectful disagreement" with someone unless you have a "disagreement".Sep 9Sep 9
Vance ChristiaanseinDeconstructing ChristianityPreparing for Dinner Tomorrow with a ChristianFacing my own flaws in dealing with Christians.Sep 86Sep 86
Vance ChristiaanseI'm almost 70 years old and I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior over 50 years ago.A couple of examples: sometimes it's people just laughing at you and sometimes it's people who are genuinely trying to communicate…Sep 4Sep 4
Vance ChristiaanseTo me, your article has two parts.The first part of your article puzzles me, however. I've been thinking a lot about my decades of experience in the Evangelical church and…Sep 31Sep 31