Most importantly, pray for Robert Westman, the trans-identifying shooter. He was deeply troubled and possessed by demons to do what he did. I pray in his last moments that he sought out God and that the children he murdered were saved.

My wife (31 F) and I (34 M) have found ourselves in a bit of a pickle with our almost 3 year old daughter’s new preschool arrangements and could use some guidance on setting a good example of spreading God’s love vs obeying the word directly.

Since we bought our home, we looked forward to enrolling our little girl in the preschool down the street. Class sizes are small, though not explicitly Christian- they really emphasize good Christian values like kindness and community, and spend a lot of time outside in the fairytale backyard! It’s truly a dream come true type of family owned school for her to begin her learning journey at-

BUT (and this is a huge but) we met her teachers for the upcoming school year and were shocked to find out that this “dream school” for us is allowing not one but two homosexual men to be the sole care takers for this classroom of 2-3 year old children! Gut instinct as a Christian father is to run as far as I can, but there are no equivalent schools in the area- all are either dirty, crowded, or not in line with our families values (not to mention out of our budget- and we already paid the deposit).

I want to trust that the admin here has vetted these two individuals- it seems like none of the other parents or teachers seem to have an issue with this set up- but I just don’t see how this could have happened by coincidence. It feels wrong to assume the worst of them, but the teachings are clear.

As a Christian father, what would you do? My heart tells me to accept others as they are and pass no judgement but my mind and everything else I know about those who embrace this homosexual lifestyle tell me not to trust these individuals around my young daughter.

Advice needed! Thank you

Edit: we are not at all worried about sexual abuse- I would make the logical assumption that they are interested in adult men not little girls- just the fear that their rejection of values we consider to be important may be indicative of more discrepancies between God’s word and their influence on our child

Many churches today have fallen away from what God has designed in His order of creation. The real reason why woman can't teach scripture is because God made the man first, and the woman as a helper to the man. The man is the leader, the woman follows.

This is the primary reasoning for the New Testament disallowing woman preaching and teaching.

We need to go back all the way to Genesis.

Genesis 2:18

18 The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him."

After both ate from the tree, God clearly decided that the husband should rule over his wife.

Genesis 3:16

16 To the woman He said, “I will greatly multiply Your pain and conception, In pain you will bear children; Your desire will be for your husband, And he will rule over you.”

In a letter to Timothy, Paul writes:

1 Timothy 2:11-13

11 A woman should learn in quietness and full submission.

12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet.

13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve.

See how Paul references back to Gods creation order? "For" in verse 13 is a follow-up of verse 12. The reason woman shouldn't teach or assume authority over a man is because of the order of creation.

He does it again in his letter to the Corinthians:

1 Corinthians 11:7-9

7 A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man.

8 For man did not come from woman, but woman from man;

9 neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.

Woman came from man (she was created out of the rib of Adam) and she was created FOR the man. As a helper. Not as a leader and not as a teacher. This is Pauls argument and line of thinking and it has been all throughout the Old Testament.

The scriptures are clear: only men can be in ministry in the church, leading and teaching.

1 Timothy 3:2

2 Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

Does that mean that woman can't do anything? No! But they can't stand in the pulpit teaching men or anyone else for that matter scripture. Scripture should be handled, preached and taught by men who are ordained to do so. A woman should always be in submissiveness.

Titus 2:3-5

3 Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good,

4 so that they may instruct the young women in sensibility: to love their husbands, to love their children,

5 to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be slandered.

Let's not slander the word of God.

[Before I start, as always, I apologize for any language errors. I am not a native English speaker, but I will try to write as correctly as possible].

I may be downvoted by liberal christians and non belivers, but i don't care :) Here we go.

Recently, I have often come across the view of liberal Christians that homosexuality is not a sin, not a mental problem or a perversion, and that homosexuals were born that way. They claim that the Bible does not condemn homosexuality at all, and we should give gay weddings in churches, appoint gay men as priests, church teachers, and preachers.

The Bible, however, leaves no doubt. And I am sure that quotations from the Bible were given many times on r / truechristianity, which clearly shows that homosexuality is condemned by God. Therefore, people with homosexual inclinations, if they believe in the biblical God and Christianity, should restrain themselves from homosexual acts, just like people addicted to alcohol or pornography, for example, should restrain themselves from their sin, even despite the powerful desire to get drunk or watch pornography.

To all liberal Christians, homosexuals and others - before you judge me, please read my post to the end.

First, and very importand thing - My brother is gay...I don't hate him or despise him or fear him (the phobia in the word "homophobia" is an absurd). I live in friendly relations with him. He knows my views and I talked to him about his homosexuality. I told him that homosexuality is a sin and I find it as a mental problem, a distortion. He did not take offense at me, he simply took note of my point of view, and acknowledged it, because he knows that I do not consider him a bad man, but I only feel very sorry for him.

Before some of you accuse me, please read the scientific facts I also presented to my brother.Science Magazine: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/365/6456/eaat7693 - THERE IS NO GAY GENE. Genes are involved in everything, in the shaping of every human behaviorally, environmentally determined habit, behaviour. Sexual preferences are determined by environmental influences as well, by (for example): sex education, upbringing, observation, experience etc.

"The most important finding of the large new study, says Benjamin Neale, a geneticist at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University, “is there is no single gay gene.”

Neale and a team of researchers, who published their results in the journal Science on Thursday, scanned the genomes of roughly half a million people for differences that might form the genetic foundation for same-sex sexual behavior."

"There is no 'gay gene' Nearly half a million genomes reveal five DNA markers associated with sexual behaviour — but none with the power to predict the sexuality of an individual".

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02585-6https://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2019/08/30/broad-institute-same-sex-genome-research

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Homosexual behavior can arise in various ways: for example:

1. As a result of the so-called "false instillation". When the earliest sexual experience is associated with a strong same-sex experience. For this reason, homosexuals often become people who have been homosexually harassed in childhood and adolescence when they were very vulnerable and their sexuality and identity were just forming.

2. The second reason may be unpleasant behavior of persons of the opposite sex towards a given person (it may be connected with the first reason, strengthen each other). For example: a boy who is for some reason terrified in contact with girls, by their behavior, can more easily be considered more attractive people of the same sex. He also could have had a terrible agressive mother, but a very close, gentle and affectionate father. It can be very complicated, I give only examples.

3. The third factor is the assessment of the role played by parents. For example, if a boy has a father dominated by his mother, he is particularly inclined to confuse and reverse roles specific to both sexes. (This may interact with points 1, 2 and strengthen each other).

4. If in a given environment there is no representative of the opposite sex, representatives of the same sex begin to be the only objects of sexual contact. Examples include prisons, the army, ships, same sex boarding schools and monasteries - it is well known that homosexual behavior is many times more frequent in same-sex closed communities. If a homosexual has been deprived of the opposite sex for years, he can eventually become addicted to these forced sexual patterns and remain in them even after returning to the heterosexual environment.

Experiments were carried out on normal animals and scientists made them permanently homosexual individuals. For example, young wild ducks bred in same-sex groups of 5-10 each and not having contact with the opposite sex during the first 75 days. When released into a pond with a normal population, these males form homosexual relationships among themselves. It happened, for example, that two male pigeons, on which this type of study was conducted, formed a pairing relationship, including joint nest building and procreation attempt, incubation of eggs tossed by scientists and raising young. In nature, such behaviors DO NOT occur - scientists have behaviorally influenced the formation of homosexuality in animals. They did this on many animal species.

Source: Desmond Morris: "Human zoo".

Homosexual behavior in primates has the features of dominance and determination of position in the herd, e.g. chimpanzees, where they do not even lead to orgasm, and under normal conditions, in animals in general, they do not lead to forming a couple, NEVER!

Thus, the LGBT lobby raising this topic that homosexual behavior occurs in nature - such a claim is like raping common sense and logic, because in the animal world these are only mechanical activities that do not change the natural preference for looking for the OPPOSITE GENDER and never it leads to making homosexual couples, pairing homosexual. A male dog will always choose a female, if available. In the absence of a female, there is a potential for contact with anything, including same sex dog, but it could be a leg of his human master as well, anything to release sexual tension while the animal is in oestrus.

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I can present a broader scientific justification, but there is a lot of sexology and sex life of animals and human, so it should be read by mature people and I wouldn't like to behave improperly. If you want, I will upload this material.

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TLR: To sum up - Homosexuality is obviously a sin (clearly written in the Bible), it is not genetically determined, it can be treated as a mental problem, perversion, it can be caused by various causes, primarily due to the influence of upbringing and shaping a person, or as a result of perversion.

My wife repented and got baptized. She did not know about speaking in tongues. But when she got out of the water, she bursted in tongues.

The bible describes the unforgiveable sin as misattributing the works of the Holy Spirit to someone or something else.

The safest way to dismiss something supernatural is just by saying “I don’t know if that is from the Holy Spirit or not” and not say that person is just babbling.

I ask her, "Is it better to give or to receive?"

There she had her answer.

It is never bad when you set your life and your desires aside for the sake of others. Sacrifice your life and your very well-being so that others may have life and have it more abundantly. In such cases, there is no better opportunity to display the love of Christ.

Edit: Some have made the assumption that what I have shared was ALL that was said. Given the seriousness of the topic, that is not true, of course. I prefaced my response with a reminder that this is awful to address or even consider and followed up with more scriptural support for what I was saying along with practical advice on discussing the topic with others.

In nature, there should be millions of examples of living organisms at various stages of developing New Organs and New Limbs—among fish, insects, birds, animals, humans ...

Yet, there are None!

Evolution cannot be stopped, yet it fails to deliver any real evidence of Multi- Generational New Organs and New Limbs in living organisms- we see No genuine examples of evolutionary progress!

Instead, we find that the theory of evolution is fundamentally flawed! with a Zero evidences!

Note: Mutations, birth defects, and natural adaptations are not considered evolution. Evolution refers to the development of entirely new organs and limbs over millions of generations, as evolution claimed.

Edit: For everybody who comes to this from Subreddits with intentions to brigade, I want you to know my wish is not to have LGBT excluded from the church I go to. I just as a Christian, want to know that the Church I'm going to doesn't lie to them or me about what we're getting into. You're not in this world, so you don't realize that there are people who lie about what the Bible says. We as Christians believe EVERYTHING in the Bible is true, including people who identify as gay.

Because we believe, I, and yes even LGBT Christians think it's important that if a Church is openly inviting LGBT people in, that they don't lie to them. On this sub there are many LGBT Christians who believe that acting on their desires is a sin, and they are fine with that and have given it up for their beliefs.

If you think that's ridiculous, whatever, they chose to do so because we believe God is real and we believe what the Bible tells us we have to do.

I don't say this because I'm worried about you liking me. I'm posting this because my wording came off wrong to many, and it reopened wounds of people who mean what they think I mean. It breaks my heart that I unintentionally came off as one of those so-called Christians who didn't tell them these things out of love, but out of vitriol.

Know that I have no vitriol towards any of you. On the contrary I love every single one of you. Yes even you, antifa member fantasizing about punching me. But also know, part of love is honesty even when somebody doesn't want to hear it. If a LGBT member wants to give their life to Jesus, they have to know what they means.

I get that it's crazy to you. I was with you once. But things in my life brought me to God and because of that I have no doubt in my mind that he's not only real, but that he means what he said in the Bible. And again I want to let you know there are LGBT people who agree with me.

If you've been hurt by fake Christians who attacked who you are with hatred, just keep these coming 8 words in mind. There is no place in Heaven for them (unless they genuinely repent and change their ways). They bring shame to Jesus and when they meet him on judgement day, his words are going to be "depart from me, I never knew you. Workers of lawlessness."

This is a dilemma I'm going through right now.  They either show the rainbow flag on their website, or have a statement where they sneak in that they're "accepting of all sexualities". I wanted to try out a Lutheran Church but every single one seems to have these implications. Which is ironic, Luther's whole creation of this Church was based on scriptures, they're basically spitting on his grave. 

Now there are some where I can't tell if that's what they're implying, but when they use words like "accepting" it leaves me unsure about what they mean within this climate. 

Now I have no hatred for LGBT people. I don't even feel comfortable about the subject because I had a different opinion before I found God, and it's something I'm still reconciling with. The thing is that doesn't matter, I only want a church that doesn't contradict what the scriptures say. 

What kind of description should I look out for in a Church? Is it necessarily bad that they say they're "accepting" or is that an LGBT dog whistle? I really want a place for me and my mother to go to for community but it's so cloudy here I almost just want to build my own church... Only half kidding lol. 

I'm in the Hartford region in Connecticut in case you know Churches in this area I can go to.

Edit: I'm going to post this here because it gets tiring rewording the same think the literal word "acceptance" is the problem. I apologize if I came off that way but that's not my intent. I do want all sinners "accepted", but I don't want sinners lied to. Both false teachers and good teachers claim acceptance, and when they don't clarify whether or not they're accepting the sin or the sinner; for my spiritually safety I have to assume the worst.

 If they're not telling LGBT people that the bible forbids acting on homosexuality, that's worldy acceptance but not Godly acceptance. Just like I wouldn't want to go to church and be told my old prideful desire for fame is okay, I don't want Gay people who genuinely want to know to be told that God allows them to marry and have sexual relations. 

My issue with the word "accepting" is that it's so vague. Joel Osteen could say he's accepting, but an actual good teacher can too.

Don't play GTA VI.

Grand Theft Auto VI is releasing on PlayStation 5 / Xbox Series X|S on November 19th 2026. The Thursday before Thanksgiving this year.

I don't think Christian's should buy it. I also don't think sinner should buy it but I assume a lot of them will. Hears my reasons.

I don't like the blood and gore but I know it would never tempt me to murder anyone or steal cars in real life. But there is also just constant profanity in GTA. F-bombs and blasphemy people taking God's name invain. Dirty jokes. There are strip clubs and nudist communities in GTA 6. So the game has completely butt naked people. Both men and women.

And GTA Online is carefully designed to make you addicted and extract as much money from your bank account as possible with micro transactions. Although GTA 6 Online won't release until 2027 and might be sold separately.

A lot of Christians are comfortable laughing at sin and enjoying sinful entertainment on movies and such.

But they shouldn't be.

I used to think with video games i could just kinda ignore nudity in video games. And that logic was probably just me trying to justify allowing myself to enjoy certain games. Like Red Dead Redemption 2.

But I don't think you'll be able to ignore all the sinful stuff in GTA VI. It's gonna be enthusiastically profane.

Grand Theft Auto V had athiest messaging. Constant profanity both in the story mode and just goofing around in the sandbox.

And GTA VI will push the envelope on nudity and sexual content even further. I'm not gonna go into any dirty details because it's a sin to even talk dirty. But I've heard the nudist communities and strip club is a lot worse than past games. That where already very sinful.

Also your saving money if you don't buy the game. It's $80 to $100 for a code in the box. No discs. The game could definitely have fit on two 100GB disc. One to install and the other to install the rest / play. But nope. All you get is a download code. At least you can't be tempted to resell it and make another brother in Christ stumble because that download code is one use only. No selling it if you don't like it. :-) :-) :-)

Hi everyone, for those who may be interested i run a channel called JustInTime2033, where i explore the hidden meanings and symbolism in popular video games. As a Christian, I've noticed how the occult themes, conspiracy ideas and subtle social conditioning are woven into many games we play. My goal is to help people see these influences and understand their potential impact on our beliefs and behaviour without us realising. If you're curious at all I invite you to check out the my channel God bless.

I believe it is impossible to be a Christian and hate Israel. Israel is the apple of God's eye, a chosen nation, Jesus was a Jewish messiah, Jesus said salvation is of Jews. God will bless who bless Israel and curse those who will curse Israel. I fully stand with Israel believing the word of God, and keep praying for peace of Jerusalem. Why do christians in Moslem lands hate Israel? Because israel destroyed their loved ones probably by giving a response to attack done by their moslem lands. What's happening in Gaza is Palestine and Gaza and Iran's fault. If I were a Christian in Palestine, I would still stand with Israel and pray for Israel. I would ask God for strength and understanding concerning Israel and will not hate the nation from where the gospel originated and from where we received our bibles and the land where second coming of Jesus will take place, Jesus will return on the mount of olives in Jerusalem. The word of God above all feelings, opinions and circumstances.

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Many churches today have fallen away from what God has designed in His order of creation. The primary reasoning for the New Testament disallowing woman preaching and teaching in the church is because God made the man first, and the woman as a helper to the man. The man is the leader, the woman follows.

To understand what the New Testament says on this subject, need to go back all the way to Genesis.

Genesis 2:18

18 The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him."

After both ate from the tree, God clearly decided that the husband should rule over his wife.

Genesis 3:16

16 To the woman He said, “I will greatly multiply Your pain and conception, In pain you will bear children; Your desire will be for your husband, And he will rule over you.”

In a letter to Timothy, Paul writes:

1 Timothy 2:11-13

11 A woman should learn in quietness and full submission.

12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet.

13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve.

See how Paul references back to Gods creation order? "For" in verse 13 is a follow-up of verse 12. The reason woman shouldn't teach or assume authority over a man is because of the order of creation.

He does it again in his letter to the Corinthians:

1 Corinthians 11:7-9

7 A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man.

8 For man did not come from woman, but woman from man;

9 neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.

Woman came from man (she was created out of the rib of Adam) and she was created FOR the man. As a helper. Not as a leader and not as a teacher. It's simply not what God has designed the woman to do, and that's perfectly fine.

Pauls argument and line of thinking comes from Gods creation order and it has been like this all throughout the Old Testament.

The scriptures are clear: only men should be in ministry in the church, leading and teaching.

1 Timothy 3:2

2 Now the overseer [pastor] is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

Does that mean that woman can't do anything? No! But they can't stand in the pulpit teaching men or anyone else for that matter scripture. A woman should always be in submissiveness to her husband who is her head.

Titus 2:3-5

3 Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good,

4 so that they may instruct the young women in sensibility: to love their husbands, to love their children,

5 to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be slandered.

The word of God teaches among other things that older woman should teach the younger woman to be subject to their husbands and love them. I see a lot of Christian woman teaching and acting differently. Let's not slander the word of God.

1 Peter, chapter 3 is unambiguous on these qualities. The Bible instructs wives to behave like this.

Why am I saying this? To be provocative?

Well, it shouldn't be provocative to Christians! The Bible unambiguously states these instructions! It shouldn't be controversial or cause arguments among any who believe the Bible.

And you know what else? It's okay to talk about the responsibilities of wives without immediately trying to "downplay" it by talking about the responsibilities of husbands. I feel even the Bible-believing Christians feel they have to "atone for" or "make up for" these instructions by immediately bringing up what Christian husbands need to do.

Is it bad to bring up the role of a Godly husband? Of course not. Likewise, it's not wrong to bring up the role of a Godly wife. You can bring up one, bring up the other, or bring up both. But, please, don't apologize for the Bible and make up excuses for it. Defend it. And live it.

(This is my first post of uncomfortable truths that shouldn't be uncomfortable, and if they do feel uncomfortable, then you should figure out why that is.)

Nobody who loves God continues in sin.

God hates sin.

When we love someone we don't do the things they hate.

God's grace is the power to overcome all forms of temptation, and live above sin. This divine power is freely available to take, as long as we believe it is there and effective.

If you lack the grace of God to overcome a sin in your life, pray to God and He will give you the grace you need. God is love, and it is His will for your life that you live above sin.

John 5:14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.

John 8:11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

Romans 6:1-2 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

Romans 6:6-7 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him , that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin.

Romans 6:11-12 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.

Romans 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

Romans 6:18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

1 Corinthians 15:34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

Ephesians 4:26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

1 Timothy 5:22 Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.

Hebrews 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us , and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

1 Peter 4:1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

1 John 2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

1 John 3:6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.

1 John 3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

Revelation 18:4  And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

God Destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah bc the cities were full of wickedness, including homosexuality. (Genesis 19)

It starts when the enemy (Job 9:24) (demons) has a spirit assigned to you (Matthew 18:34) With this specific task to deceive you into homosexuality, in direct opposition to (1 Corinthians 7:2) (Revelation 21:8).

If it’s not already clear we are living in the end times and Jesus is coming soon. Satan and his Angels although already defeated (2 Corinthians 4:4) (Ephesians 6:12) still has reign over this world, and will do anything and everything to bring you down with them. (To the lake of fire)

If you truly want to be saved, Turn from your sins (including being gay) Jesus said in John 14:15 (if you love me, you will keep my commandments)

If anyone who proclaimed they’ve been saved and still sin afterwards in his presence knowing he’s not ok with it, you never truly repented, u have to turn from your sin, James 4:7 says Resist the devil, and he will flee.

Jesus warned his apostles to always pray so that you won’t fall into temptation (Matthew 26:41)

There’s no excuse, if you fall into temptation (sin) if you willingly sin for the temporal pleasure, just know you break his heart every time.

I felt the urge to write this if that means the right people will see this and gain from it.

Edit: looking back I know this was harsh but it’s the truth, reality.

My point was if anyone reacts to this the wrong way, try, tryhard to stop sinning, he knows if you’re trying or not, and he wants to live with you in heaven forever, and the enemy just the same.

In the modern world, Christianity should be a mainstay of normality and oppose the enemy of humanity and the enemy of femininity, which is modern pseudo-feminism.

Generally speaking, women of the Western world (mainly white women) have lost in life. They let themselves be convinced that it is better to have a dog than a child, that sexual promiscuity is some kind of "emancipation", that therefore all "obstacles" in its way should be removed, so it is a so-called "human right" to be able to murder a child in her womb, or eat early abortion pills or contraceptives that devastate their health. That it is better to work hard for a corporation and get rid of your own family than to fulfill yourself as a mother and wife. They allowed their minds to be collectively devastated and turned into a decadent, pointless, dying class.

And I feel very sad about it...

If it's not in the Bible, I don't support that doctrine. Just because a giant group of people all believe something collectively doesn't mean it's true. I'm not going to get into specifics but does anyone else have this mindset?

The woman who attempted a record by being with 1,113 men in 12 hours has been baptized!

As a high Calvinist, I have quite bad news for her, but I will not say it in order to avoid creating polemics.🤐

Quoted from Us Weekly.

“Phillips — who famously slept with 1,113 men in 12 hours — explained that she faced ‘a little bit of a hardship’ in her personal life, which led her to ‘look to God for help in that’ and ‘give [her] more strength in that.’

Her decision to be rebaptized was embraced by her friends and family. ‘They were more than happy. Obviously, my family’s always been religious. I mean, they don’t practice that much or anything like that. But obviously they were more than happy for me to do it,’ she explained, noting that she has a ‘close family member’ who is a vicar. ‘We were always quite close to God growing up and stuff like that. They were delighted.’”

Edit:

If someone who repents is saved, then wouldn’t the same apply to a child rapist as well?

You are people who believe in a heaven that a child rapist could enter!!!!

1. Matthew 7:13–14 (KJV) 13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

2. Matthew 7:21–23 (KJV) 21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

3. John 3:18 (KJV) He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

4. Matthew 25:46 (KJV) And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

5. Revelation 20:15 (KJV) And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

6. Daniel 12:2 (KJV) And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

7. Psalm 1:5–6 (KJV) 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

8. Ezekiel 18:4 (KJV) Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

9. Malachi 4:1 (KJV) For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

10. Isaiah 66:24 (KJV) And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.✡️🕎✡️🫡

The repentance you are talking about is something neither Christ nor Isaiah is even aware of.

Christ says, “I will not know you” — what more does He need to say? You look for criteria when you get married; can God not set criteria as well? As you judge, so you will be judged!

I subscribe to easy believism because it is easy. We just believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and that is it. He did the hard part, he paid it ALL on the cross. No man shall glory before the Lord.

1 John 5:13 "13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God."

You may KNOW you are going to heaven if you believe on Jesus alone. There is nothing about going to church, turning from your sin, the need to have the desire to turn from your sin, repenting of your sins, nothing. EVERY verse on salvation and eternal life is by believing on Christ alone.

I do door to door evangelizing and every single Christian that I ask "if they were to die tonight, would they go to heaven?" They all respond with "I hope so" or if they say "yes" it ultimately comes down to them saying "because they are a 'good' person"

We were never good enough to warrant going to heaven, we can never be bad enough to warrant losing our salvation. It is a free gift by the grace of God through our faith in Christ alone that we are redeemed. Stop trusting in your works, stop thinking you are a good person, believe on Christ alone and you will get to heaven.

The recent tragedy involving brother Charlie Kirk made me reflect on why so many Christians are pro-gun. I genuinely struggle to understand this, as guns seem to contradict the core teachings of Jesus. Especially here in Germany, American gun culture can be quite shocking to us. I’d really appreciate hearing different perspectives—particularly from those who support gun ownership—to gain a deeper understanding of this controversial issue.

I’m so saddened by seeing so many beautiful ladies in the church wearing inappropriate clothes this past Sunday i’ve seen it all tight skirts, skirts way above the knees tight tight dresses fitted dresses you name it I’m not sure why they need to dress like that.

My wife of 23 years wants to get a tattoo with my daughter (19F). I'm aware of the old testament law forbidding it, however we as Christians are not really bound to that law. I really, really don't want her to get a tattoo, even if her plan currently is to use a favorite bible verse. She's talked about little butterflies on her ankle in the past too, which I've voiced my disapproval for as well. She's being a little more adamant this time, and using arguments like "My body, my choice", but I'm arguing 1 Corinthians 7:4-5 "The wife's body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband. In the same way, the husband's body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife." There are plenty of places God tells us to write scripture (heart, doorposts, etc.), but permanently affixed to our bodies is not one of them.

Thoughts?

Started going to a Orthodox Church near me, have been loving it. No political drama, no centralized authority. no worry about who the next pope will be and all that silliness. Just Christ. It’s a solid foundation that doesn’t bend to modern pressures.

All of you who follow the true path of christ. The ones who follow the bible and try to be as merciful and loving to your neighbour. You all deserve something on earth, but it will be granted in heaven.

My Issue is with many of you who take the forgiving and the mercy part to far. There are people who try to hurt christ and if they cannot be reasoned with, Either by understanding or toleration of our path needs to be put in their place.

I speak directly to all the christians who use pacifism to the extreme it hurts our community. I love that you want to show mercy, but if they take you for granted and want to do ill will. Then you cannot grant such demons mercy.

We need to be defenders of christ and be better. With knowledge and with will. I love all of you who follow god and do all they can to show gods glory.

This is not meant for hate. This is meant for defence, for we are mocked in our own countries and even in our own homes where we feel awkward just doing the cross in street. We are in gods favour and he loves you with all his glory.

Lately I have seen a lot discussions online about marital intimacy where the general consensus amongst the modern, perhaps Protestant Christians seems to be, that what is done in the bedroom of a Christian married couple only needs consent, and more or less, anything goes. Some people take the erroneous approach that if the Bible is silent on it, it must be okay. 

This got me thinking, and I spent some time doing a deeper dive into this idea and was surprised to find out this idea is very recent. 

Historically 

• The Ancient Greco-Roman world- Scripture’s silence on certain sexual acts wasn’t permissive; it was because they were already deeply taboo. In the culture of the New Testament, performing oral sex was viewed as an emasculating act of submission or associated strictly with slavery. For Jewish and early Christians, this was a non issue that need not to be addressed. 

• The Early Church and Augustine- Early theologians heavily embraced Stoicism to distance themselves from pagan culture. Couple that with a flawed view of science and biology, that a fully formed human existed inside semen and the womb was the soil, Augustine argued that sex was only redeemed if the act left the couple open to conceiving. Foreplay was forbidden and positions were policed. 

• The 1930 Protestant Shift- For 400 years, Protestants actually agreed with Catholics that non-procreative sex was sinful. The massive shift happened in 1930 when the Anglican Church allowed artificial birth control, which completely dismantled the rigid rules and reframed sex primary around bonding and pleasure. 

• The Eastern Orthodox Middle Way- Unlike the rigid rules of sex for procreation only and the lax view of anything goes, lies the Eastern Orthodox view of sex as a unitive sacrament. However, they protect it from becoming an idol through intentionally abstaining from sex during certain times, such as feasts and festivals. 

The question for consideration is when we vehemently defend every act just because the Bible is silent, we should ask ourselves have we made sex an idol? Are we honoring God or are we just looking for gratification and wrapping it up in a spiritual like garment?
I have written more about this in my Substack. I truly hope this will reframe the way we approach sex when we think we need sex to be this way to be fulfilled.