Jonathan Polettiinʙᴇʟᴏᴠᴇʀ·1 day agoMember-onlyIs ‘religion’ just eugenics in disguise?At church, maybe you’re a breeder — I just learned an incredible fact that I’m trying to process—as it threatens to re-write everything I thought I knew about “religion.” I was raised Evangelical Christian, often told that “God” mostly cares about regulating human eroticism and reproduction. It turns out that eugenicists, typically atheist, had the same ideas. I just learned that Evangelicals got it from them.Christianity7 min readChristianity7 min read
Haleyhillpearson·1 day ago1 Year After Being Saved — An Honest ReviewThis is my one-year anniversary of being saved. I thought I’d give an honest review of what it’s like to be a Christ follower because everybody wants to know what they are getting into, right? …Christianity16 min readChristianity16 min read
Orla K.inNew Creation·1 day agoCome Out from Among Them and be SeparateWhat does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? — “Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?” — 2 Corinthians 6:14 We are social beings. We like being with people. Even if you call yourself an introvert, you still like company. …Christianity4 min readChristianity4 min read
Stan Goff·1 day agoFailure of the secularAppendix to “The Battle of Woke Hill” And now I say to you, stand back from these men and leave them; for if this movement or this work is from men it will be destroyed; but if it is from God you will not be able to destroy them; you…Christianity42 min readChristianity42 min read
Dan FosterinBackyard Church·19 hours agoMember-only1200 People Were Asked Why They Left ChristianityHere is what they said — When it comes to articles that completely miss the mark, you can’t go past Josh Butler’s piece on the Gospel Coalition website, where he attempts to explain why former Christians walk away from their faith. The article, entitled “4 Causes of Deconstruction,” likens faith deconstruction to a disease, and makes…Christianity8 min readChristianity8 min read
Jonathan Polettiinʙᴇʟᴏᴠᴇʀ·2 days agoMember-only10 Scenes With Jesus in ‘Non-Canonical’ GospelsLet’s see what Christianity rejects — The Christian Bible has four gospels telling the story of Jesus, but early on there were more. Also, there are “strange” copies of the gospels that are mostly ignored. I’m pretty interested in Jesus, so I went looking up these “strange” texts. Many times they had deep support in early Christianity, and were seen as real. Here’s the Jesus story—the director’s cut?Christianity7 min readChristianity7 min read
Dan FosterinBackyard Church·1 day agoMember-onlyHow to Find Hope and Redemption After Your Biggest MistakeWhat Peter’s denial of Jesus teaches us about overcoming our own failures — I arrived at my workplace in my car — the same as always — and drove up the driveway towards the carpark in front of the office. My workplace had a steep driveway, so I usually drove reasonably quickly to make it up the hill. On this occasion, however, for…Christianity13 min readChristianity13 min read
TJ SeaneyinCourtyard Church·1 day agoWhy the Muslim View of God is WrongA while ago I wrote an article entitled “why Mormons are not Christians.” I was shocked to see the reaction to the article. What I realized is that lots of evangelicals are not capable of deciphering the differences that exist between an orthodox faith and a heretical one. As society…Christianity3 min readChristianity3 min read
Dan FosterinBackyard Church·2 days agoMember-onlyControversial Preacher Says Every Church Should Take Over Their TownChristian Nationalism or Religious Freedom? — At a recent MAGA rally cross-Christian revival meeting (they appear to be the same thing these days), Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal, boldly declared that right-wing Christians must “Take back America!” There’s nothing new about that kind of rhetoric, right? However, Brown took it a step further by…Christianity5 min readChristianity5 min read
Kathy MinicozziinBouncin’ and Behavin’ Blogs·1 day agoMember-onlyThey Should Know We Are Christians By Our LoveSo we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 17 By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of…Christianity3 min readChristianity3 min read
