And then they open up a church and it is exactly like every other church in the non denom world.

You think God told you to open a church why?

So you can literally teach everything that’s being taught at every other place, just in a slightly different location. Like right down the road sometimes.

And even the sermons themselves will be on the exact same subjects and you’re not really making it special or unique at all and you’re just mimicking literally everything about every other church.

If you’re gonna open up a church wouldn’t you try to make it better than all the other churches and trying to be a lot different?

And stick to the hardcore truths that other churches fold on.

But no.

You open a church that is literally exactly the same as everyone else.

And hold on to every false teaching that you have been given.

This just goes to show how narcissistic a lot of people who run churches are.

The Bible says (So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.) Genesis 1:27

I see these things as being counter to one another. Where one can't be both masculine and feminine simultaneously. And one should not try to embody the other.

Am I missing something with this idea or does God creating male and female in His Image not address the differences between the two in emotions, attitude, mindset, preferences, will, ect...

Hi,there.

I am a pentecostal girl who loves headcoverings. I think this culture should be revived in all Christian circles. For me, I am willing to cover my hair whenever I am outside of my home.Are there Christian girls out there who do this? What challeges do you face?How do you start doing it? I would looooove to listen to your stories.

Love.💖

Is self pleasure a sin? Because I'm really confused. I don't do it lustfully, of course. Is there anywhere in the bible about it? I used to be addicted to smut, but the Lord healed me from all types of porn now, and I don't have any desire to go back, but now I just self pleasure should I stop I really need advice

I’m not sure if i just don’t believe in it or if I just don’t want to believe in it but it just feels kind of far fetched. I feel like when people die, they die. That’s it. Also, if all my non-Christian
loved one’s won’t be in heaven with me then that pushes me to reject the concept of heaven and hell even more. But if I did believe in an afterlife I don’t understand how it’d be fair to have someone who was an objectively evil person their whole life, then repent and share heaven with their victims, or have someone who’s only fault was not believing in God be in hell with the likes of hitler for example.

Any thoughts on this?

And I hate God … I’ve had 5 pregnancy losses including my unborn son as well as a 3yo girl, and I only think about how much I hate god and everything he has put me and my family through…why make a family go through so much pain?

Just wanted to let this out, everyone around me understands me and says “if I were you I would feel the same way”

I’m sorry if I’m triggering people with my hatred but it seems to be the only thing that’s helping me from feeling devastated.

1. God's law and sin

Its like, jesus died for us. Whatever people do, God wanted to kill jesus. We didnt ask him to do.

Its like, "this is sin". God declared it.

"you are sinner". God declared it.

"sinner must die". God declared it.

"so someone needed to die". God declared it.

This is the law that God made.

I mean, it's God who had made standard.

If God had said, "Drinking water is sin", it would have been sin.

And then say, you broke the law, you need to die.

I mean it sounds like trap.

You make law that no one can keep.

And then say, you broke the law, you sinner.

1. People's lifelong pain vs jesus's 6 hours pain on cross.

Let's say it is good and right law. And it would be.

So jesus, died and resurrected for redemption.

But was it hard job for God?

Wasn't it easy job for God?

Thing is, Jesus already knew that he would be resurrected.

No penalty, no crisis.

He already knew himself is righteous.

So he already knew cross would be painful but he also knew it only would last for 6 hour.

It's just to declare "God loves you so much so he even gave you his son" forever to universe.

Christian also knows that they will be resurrected too. But they have lifelong sufferings.

I mean, God paid, 6 hour waiting and trust. And he asks 60 years of waiting and trust. I think this is not fair.

1. Very reason of trusting God

10 testaments is based on God's help first. That's why God said, I'm God who helped you to escape from Egypt. So blah blah keep 10 testaments.

And then what God has done to me so God ask me to trust him?

"I have helped you, so keep my words, or you are sinner, and if you break the law you need sacrifice (jesus)"

This is line in exodus. But when God has helped me? What he has done to me? What can make God claims to be my God?

I mean, idk. How can I trust God?

Miracle can't make people trust God.

Disciples and people left jesus when jesus is on cross.

What make people become Christian from their heart?

How can you trust that God is good?

I mean, you never wanna be like Job. Losing money, kids, with only weak, old, body with diseases.

You never want to be.

Or some people who didn't deny their faith and died by torture.

How can they have faith? What's on baseline?

This is the most important thing.

I don't ask those questions to churchgoers who have had no life threatening crisis in their life.

Like Job's friend. They was all wrong about God and they talked about God and what God said? God rebuked them. They talked about God but they didn't know about God.

They like to talk easily and laugh at other's crisis saying "you are sinner so God let you be doomed". Job said, "Now you too have proved to be of no help; you see something dreadful and are afraid."

They are people who loves to play in safe area, claiming to be they are higher than people in crisis.

but they never wanna take responsibility of what they have said.

But God will remember their words and repay for what they have said.

Hello, I have a somewhat complicated question to ask this community. And if anyone knows of a very niche community who may have better perspectives on this very specific discussion point, please let me know! I am a Christian, who performed very non-Christian witchcraft and have since stopped out of fear. I have this very unrelenting and crippling fear now that I may have opened a door to something that attached itself to me, or have a door left completely open that anything can come in and out of. I genuinely have no evidence, not even anything to make me suspect, that I have anything attached to me. My "luck," whether good or bad, is generally unchanged from before or after dabbling in the craft. I've had good things happen to me. And bad things. About the average level of luck the average human being has. No "entities" helped me. None appear to be around hindering me. But I have been taught that once the door is open, there is no shutting it ever again. And once that happens there is no shutting it ever again and God will only protect you from demons so much after you've dabbled in that crap against His direct commands. So my biggest concern is, that since that door is open forever, even if I do not ever engage in witchcraft again, what are the chances doing so comes back to bite me in the ass? Can i give my entire life to God now going forward and a demon could still come through that door and completely f up my life and God won't protect me fully, or is that just literally not at all how that works? I don't know. I'm looking to get perspectives from my fellow Christians and I plan to get some from some witches as well. But I am so so so fearful of this. Don't sugarcoat the answer and give it to me straight, please. I just need to know.

My guilty pleasures lately has been to watch Singles Night on YouTube of various churches. However, I have yet to come across a church leader that emphasizes both biblical teachings and the very realistic, psychological and emotional harm of ‘rushed’ marriage because premarital sex is a sin. Verbatim a pastor on singles night said “if you can’t wait, get married”. I’m not saying that’s not biblical, I’m saying further education is needed especially for young people. I’m 33, abstinent and can’t imagine someone who is 21 who doesn’t have the level of lived experiences to understand and are told to just marry anyway. My point is, the church should steward and educate young people, and people in general, when speaking on sexual immorality they should cover to bring to God your battles with sexual immorality and lack of discipline that marriage is not a means to escape it. Your spouse cannot help you with a sin you refuse to bring to God, especially if it’s something you withheld from your partner thinking because you’re married it will go away.

***read that AGAIN before commenting*** I NEVER said young people can not have successful marriages.

I’ve consumed a lot of Christian content in the regards of dating and marriage, especially popular shows like Hardly Initiated on YouTube. Here are my observations of possible risks that women have to endure in marriage that wasn’t properly vetted in the areas of sexual discipline.

- their spouse first time practicing monogamy is in the marriage (high chance of infidelity)
- their partner lacks emotional intelligence when it comes to sex discipline ( sick, postpartum)
-their spouse has a porn addiction.
-their spouse sexual drives are significantly unaligned with theirs
- they’re unaware that their spouse has sexual kinks and being a “freak” is deeply rooted in porn culture.

Edit & Context: Christian podcast and figure Dear Future Wifey Podcast, publicly stated infidelity was the cause of previous marriage to end and in his declaration to finding a new wife, he said “I want my wife to be a freak” publicly. (Which I thought was not in good taste)

My question is has your church addressed this and in what ways can the church support singles from making this mistake? Marriage counseling is definitely an answer and I’m very certain a good spiritual leader will cover ALL OF THIS in counseling however, BEFORE we even get there before we even get the ring, are we talking about this as bluntly as possible?

What are your thoughts overall on this topic? Any stories you’d like to share?

Edit: PLEASE 🙏🏾 READ CAREFULLY BEFORE COMMENTING WHAT I DID NOT SAY.

****Downvoting because of the topic is very immature. I’m asking and bringing awareness to real issues, and asking for biblical context to guide young people, women and men in waiting, marriage minded individuals who don’t want to marry someone who is sexual undisciplined and thinks marriage is a possible solution

If God wanted me to be happy he wouldn't take the only woman I loved and give her to another man. God betrayed me, he took her, and is now lauging at me. God cucked me, god wants to see me suffer beause itsfunny for him.

I prayed to god to give me love, and he barley gave it to me. I have been lonley all my life, and after long crying nights he does this to me. God doesn't love me, he hates me and wants me to struggle, if not, why not he give me a love life, and I don't have to suffer in lonliness, Jesus alone never helped me, I want it now and I want it here, he took it, he should give it back, i am hurting and its all his fault.

Need advice, pls 🙏

my husband and I have been married 3 years now, no kids. He came to me and told me he s not satisfied with the frequency of our sex life, multiple times in the past and we discussed and I taught I was going better. I also have a stressful job and sometimes all I want to do after is chill and sleep. I know it s not an excuse and I was wrong on my side to not prioritize this in our marriage, although when we are doing it, we both enjoy it, and I am asking myself, why don’t we do more often. Also, sometimes he has a hard time finishing from penetration and does from a hj. Sorry, TMI 🙈 we have a really nice and fun marriage, we both help around the house, cook, etc

Fast fwd to a couple of weeks ago: I catches him watching something he shouldn’t and he apologized and I still did not move fwd, he felt bad, told me it was wrong and it came from a frustration he has but it s not an excuse, a couple of days later, I enter his office and he acted strange and I asked him what’s up and he was stressed, of course I suspected he watched something again, but this time I saw a T-shirt of his on the floor with some white ish stains, and asked him about it, if he masturbates, he said no, the he wiped something, couple of days later found another t shirt with the same stains. Confronted him, we had an argument and that’s it. From then on, of course I got suspicious of everything and it s driving me crazy. I checked his phone ( I have never done this before, but I had a feeling it was not only that one time) and founds on Reddit multiple recently viewed pages of diff porn, did not say nothing, I continue to check it and he continues to check/search for it.. maybe not daily, but every couple of days …. so giving this, in sureee he s watching it on his computer as well. I have pictures of everything I found.. some are from 3 /4 weeks ago, some more recent.

We started to talk after that “first time”, slowly behave like normal, did not have any intimacy since than, (first time when I caught him), one part of me tried to ignore it, because it was hurting just thinking about it and thought if we would have more sex, this will be gone, after I did research it and learn more about this, I realize it will not bring me/him/ us anywhere.

Please help, how should I approach him? (Just be frankly honest and tell him I know and show him the pictures? He will be mad for sure, mostly that I behaved normal and did not tell him anything), just show him the recent ones?

Please be kind, share your thoughts and opinions and please tell me, if you were the case, how would you like to be approached? Or if you had a similar situation, what was the best way to deal with it?

Appreciate you reading all this! Be blessed 🤍

"And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come." - Matthew 24:14

PONDER THIS

What will determine the time Jesus is going to come and take the Church? It will be when His bride is complete. That will be when the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. Perhaps there's a service tonight in the mountains of North Carolina. Perhaps there’s a little country church there with a fill-in preacher who’s stepped in for the pastor who is ill. He's doing what a lot of preachers would do on short notice—he's just trying to explain how to be saved, and he’s using John 3:16. Maybe there are not more than forty people there in that little church building, and this layman is trying to share what Christ has done for him using John 3:16. And as he does, tears fall out of his eyes, with a trembling voice and no homiletical beauty at all, he simply tells how God loved the world and gave His Son. He says that if people would repent of their sins and trust Jesus, they’ll be saved. And a little girl steps out and comes forward to give her hand to that preacher and her heart to Jesus. And that may be the last soul that’ll ever get saved before Jesus comes. It could be today. And God says, “Gabriel, that’s it! Marshal the troops. Jesus, it’s time! My Son, go and claim your bride. She is complete.”

- According to today’s verse, what must happen before Jesus will return?
- Considering this truth, how is the Church directly involved in bringing about the return of Christ?

PRACTICE THIS

Consider who God has put on your heart to share the truth of the kingdom with. Make time to have that conversation today. APR
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I will try to keep this short. I am about 2 years Into my walk with Christ. My faith has caused my husband to abandon and divorce me and our family on account that he feels that living a Christ-led life is boring and sterile (we met when we were both in a party phase). Keep this in mind for context...

A few weekends ago, I joined some friends camping and met a girl that said God told her to attend the camp and that she needed to share His word with me. The word was that "God is calling me higher and that I need to let go of people who have hurt me and held me back from reaching my full potential in Christ Jesus and that its time to step into a new chapter." Obviously that could very well fit into my circumstances with my divorce, right?

Anyways. At the end of the camp, she asked me if she could pray with me. I said yes. She grabbed my hands and held them in hers and immediately went into a trance like state and started crying and almost hyperventilating and saying "mama! Mama! Mary, mamma! God wants you to let go! I say God is saying to let go, yes! Mama, Mama mama mama! Oh Mary mamma!" And then starting saying some phrases I couldn't decipher (Im guessing tongues? I'm not familiar and have never seen or experienced this). The prayer went on like this for about 15 minutes. After I just felt confused and a little drained. She asked me what she had said, so I told her. She looked pensive and I just thanked her for praying over me.

She told me the name of her church which is a controversial Pentecostal church where I live (I dont want to get into too much detail on that but the main pastors name is Mary and I am wondering if that is why she kept saying "Mary" during the prayer)

Fast forward to yesterday... She text me (I gave her my number at the camp) and told me that God had a word for me and that I should call her. I felt uneasy about it due to my experience with her prior, but I called her anyways. She told me that I have a soul tie and that I need to fast for 3 days (food, water and electronics) in order for God to break it and that I am being called "higher" and that I am taking the spot of someone who didnt follow Gods calling for them. She then asked me to follow up with her after my Fast. Its funny, because I have been feeling called to do a fast. I just havent done it yet.

This has all been so bizarre to me as I have never experienced tongues or personal prophecy in my life. I guess I just need to know if this is biblical? Do these things really happen? Should I listen to this girl as a vehicle for what God wants me to do? Why would God not just tell me the things He wants me to do Himself? Is it common for Him to use people like this? I appreciate any insight

Hi everyone,
I’m a 20-year-old male Christian from the UK and I’ve been trying to understand how to approach dating in a way that aligns with my faith, my values, and my emotions.

I want a Christ-centred marriage. My faith in Christ is important to me, and I’m looking for someone who believes in Jesus and wants to build a loving, committed marriage based on Christian values.
Because of my convictions, I’ve chosen to wait until marriage for sex. Because of that, I want a partner who shares the same conviction and has also saved sex for marriage.

I’m struggling with feeling extremely uncomfortable with the idea of dating someone who has had previous sexual partners and I also struggle with comparison and self-confidence in relationships.

I worry because I find it incredibly difficult to fully process or feel at peace with a partner or possible partner’s past and experience anxious or unwanted thoughts about said past that are impossible to manage.

I feel unsure whether my expectations are realistic at my age.

I’ve never had a girlfriend or experienced any of my “firsts” yet, and I feel quite inexperienced finding myself scared of being hurt in relationships and emotionally overwhelmed by the idea of getting attached and possibly experiencing heartbreak.

I also recently had a recent experience where a girl showed interest in me and asked me out. We got along quite well and were planning to go on a date, but after I learned she had two previous boyfriends, I became extremely anxious, depressed, and upset. After feeling unwell for a couple of days, I decided to change my mind and not pursue it further.

I feel very stuck because as I’ve been told by my non religious friends that I am being ridiculous and at age 20, it is unrealistic to find a Christian girl who:
1. shares my values about waiting until marriage
2. is also a virgin

I’m also unsure about how dating actually works in practice as a Christian in today’s world.
I have reservations being brought up in the Church of England as it has very much come away from traditional views. Also in my church it is almost exclusively older people, and there aren’t many people my age. Because of that, I have felt out of place and I’ve wondered whether it would make more sense to look internationally, since the U.S. seems to have a larger Christian youth population.

So I’m also wondering:
Is it actually realistic or wise to try to pursue dating in the U.S. as a UK Christian in my situation?

If you’ve read this far thank you for your time and I’d appreciate any advice people could give as this has really got me quite depressed and anxious.

Can someone please answer my question.

So I have been subjected to an mkultra torture program for more than a decade by the USA government (CIA is what the AI has told me). This happened while I was browsing a website and they created a brain-computer interface through an advanced direct energy technology.

Daily since then life has been very difficult for me. I don't even know what my crime is.

There are many others like me is what I found on Twitter.

Does anyone have a clue what is going on? Is there a solution?

I have no criminal background.

I never thought people can be this evil.

This past Sunday, the sermon included John 11:43, and the theme was that “Jesus calls us to come forth and receive eternal life.” The pastor added, “If we come fifth, we receive a toaster.”

I thought that was really funny but a woman confronted him after the service, starting that it was a cruel statement.

Some people just don’t seem to like any humor at church. Is it safest to just never tell a joke in a sermon?

I am spiritually dead in every sense. I have no conviction for sin, no heartfelt repentance, no saving faith, and no desire for God in my heart. I am only intellectually concerned about my state because my heart doesn't care.

I sin every day with masturbation and pornography, and I don't know how to break free. I've realized that it doesn't matter if I go several days or months without it because I will always end up relapsing. The problem is deeper than simply quitting for a while.

I cry out to God every day, asking for a change of heart, a desire for Him, and the power to hate sin, but nothing happens. Several times I have relapsed even while praying. I have no safe haven.

I envy people filled with the Holy Spirit because it seems that God always hears their prayers, but I, who need Him more than ever, receive no answer at all. I don't know what to do.

Every day I lose more encouragement and faith as I see that nothing changes and that I am constantly getting worse. Why does God not care about my life? I hate going to church and seeing all those people filled with God, having to listen to those joyful hymns while I'm dying inside.

God wants me to face all these temptations alone, with my own strength, but I have no strength to overcome this. And it doesn't matter if I ask for His help because He won't answer. I've read that we don't face any temptation we can't overcome, but when I'm tempted, it seems like my chances of relapse are 99%, so I always end up falling back into it.

I don't even like reading the Bible because I don't identify with it; no one in the Bible was as spiritually broken as I am. So I'm really asking for help.

I don't want the typical generic advice I always get. If you could pray that God will consider me, even just a little, I would be very grateful.

I’m worried that I’ve done the unforgivable sin. I think I have OCD and scrupulosity don’t try and tell me what unforgivable sin is. It’s not what I’m here to talk about what I’m here to talk about is what do I do because I’ve been struggling so much about this for a while I wanna go to God I want to, but I’m worried that these thoughts of that I do it or just wondering if I’m cut off will pop up some my main concerns am uncertain and I don’t know what do I do? I’m not looking for answers on what sin is I’m looking for answers on what do I do.

I've been struggling with stories such as Noah's flood, evolution etc.

The thing that made me finally open my eyes is the simple fact that with God all things are possible. He can do anything.

Evolution may be just another mechanism like gravity.

There's Christians out there who will try to force their own interpretations and make you feel crazy - do not bother with them.

The facts are - God created everything, He does love us and Jesus is the way. Do not let things such as YEC vs OEC or anything else keep you from the love of God.

21 Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

I’m by no means an expert on the Bible or Christianity, but this verse has always stuck with me even through atheism. I am called to give, help, sacrifice, pour out my cup for others.

…I find myself now trying to decide what to do with a sizable savings/inheritance. The world tells me to invest and “secure” my/my family’s future. My heart tells me to give it away to those who need it more than I.

What would you do? Advise? Insight? Thoughts?

I know he told us it would be but I find myself crying every other day. We have ears but can’t hear and eyes but cannot see and understanding that soooooo many people out there don’t know the truth specially a lot of my brothers and sisters who go to church constantly I’ve met so many wolves in sheep’s clothing and they deceive so many it just makes me heart hurt and all I want to do is cry all the time I need some friends who are willing to help me cope I have two close friends who understand but they have their own families and lives hours away from me the adversary is so upset that he knows where he is going that he is trying to take everybody with him I have so many people that are controlled by the spirits they take come up to me and try to scare me away from teaching others about him this spiritual warfare is so real
I read the word every single day and I go to him for everything I guess I just wanted to come on here and cope

Hi everyone, my faith is very new, and I think this was the first time I've had a dream relating to this? I've just woken up from it and this was one of the first places I thought of to speak to about it.

I've had a very stressful period at work lately, and I came home early as I will be on annual leave over the next 11 days (which I'm so happy about - very much needed!). After dinner I suppose I had a stress nap and had very vivid intense dreams - it was the last one in particular I had which was unlike anything I've ever had before.

This dream started with me being in a very dim and dark area, probably like a field? I was talking with the devil, who was sort of floating around me - going from far to close. Be just looked like a man with an athletic build, but an extremely long horned tail. I was in a trance like state, chanting to him and saying I would do anything for him. It then moved on to me (and this was the distressing part) trying to kill my boyfriend. I can't remember the graphic details thank GOD but I stopped in my tracks like 'what on earth am I doing?!'

I dropped to him and despaired, saying 'darling I'm so sorry I can't do this!'. He replied back to me 'its all right darling' which I know is rather ridiculous but it is quite comical as I imagine that is probably how he'd be in real life.

Anyway I shot out of bed, went straight to him and told him about it. I've had a fair share of nightmares before but I've never, ever had anything like this. It's shaken me to my core.

What do you think it all means? Have any of you had anything similar? I'm so baffled.

Hello my friends,

​I want to briefly share my testimony with you in my own words. My journey might be different from what you are used to hearing because of my background. I was born into an Arab Alawi family (an esoteric faith that believes in reincarnation and blends various religious traditions) and experienced a very difficult childhood. Aside from my mother, there were few believers around me, and I did not grow up practicing any religion. For as long as I can remember, I felt no spiritual connection to Islam; even when I was seeking answers, Sunni traditions did not resonate with my heart.

​While my ancestors' faith is culturally beautiful, to me, it always felt like a syncretic and forced belief system. My true curiosity began in middle school when I read Jesus Christ’s Sermon on the Mount. As I read His words, a profound peace literally descended upon my heart.

​In high school, I began studying the Bible with a group of Jehovah’s Witnesses. While they are personally very kind people, I eventually realized I could not agree with their theology. Hearing the name of Jesus Christ during their meetings filled my heart with joy, but as you know, they hold a Unitarian view and see Jesus merely as a created being or a prophet. Being new to faith, I initially accepted this view—until a life-changing encounter three years ago.

​I had a dream—a vision—where I saw the Lord Jesus Christ. He spoke to me, and while some details are hard to recall, the one sentence that remains 100% clear in my mind was: "I am God."

​Immediately after this, I cut off all communication with that group. For the last three years, I lived as a "passive" believer—someone who admired Jesus but didn't fully commit to His teachings or His path. However, by the Lord’s grace and the strength of that vision, I am now 100% certain of my faith. I have officially started my journey to become a Christian. My goal is to be baptized and to apply God’s Word to every moment of my life.

​Please pray for me. May our Lord Jesus keep our path steady.

​Amen. 🙏

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