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125 upvotes
Aug 5, 2026, 5:14 AM UTC
Posted by /u/FirefighterSingle817
I was a catechumen of Orthodox for about 3 years, I study Orthodox theology online. I readed Dostoyevsky in my junior high school,and in that time, I want to know about Orthodox and ready to be a Christian. But in my country, China mainland, there's no Orthodox church,the only c…
78 upvotes
Aug 5, 2026, 12:10 AM UTC
Posted by /u/USCitizen420
230pm-130am is going to be pretty rough but hopefully I'll adapt. I could use your prayers. My name is Jacob.
59 upvotes
Aug 4, 2026, 10:11 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Sufficient-Gain-226
I notice that as someone who votes 3rd party, a lot of people on the left will say, "Trump is a threat to democracy," or "you can't ignore his criminal conduct." And on the right it's "the left is destroying the country through its policies," or "Democrats are taking away freedo…
49 upvotes
Aug 5, 2026, 12:56 AM UTC
Posted by /u/IndigoBroker
I was re-reading the passion narrative in Matthew 27:52-53, which mentions that when Jesus died, the tombs broke open and many holy people were raised to life, later walking into the holy city and appearing to many people. This strikes me as an incredible event, arguably one of…
37 upvotes
Aug 5, 2026, 4:23 AM UTC
Posted by /u/Truebluejello
I've been wondering about something, and I'm genuinely curious if there's research on it. There's been a lot of discussion about rising male loneliness, fewer young people dating, and declining relationship formation. But one factor I rarely see mentioned is the Dobbs decision.…
31 upvotes
Aug 4, 2026, 7:12 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Ok-Equipment5874
I just want to ask you all to please pray for me. I am currently suffering greatly. Im dealing with a breakup and I love this woman dearly. I’m in so much pain. It’s hard to eat, workout, sleep, etc. Throughout the day I find myself breaking down in tears and feeling so isolated…
21 upvotes
Aug 4, 2026, 7:39 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Less_Doctor_5663
I just attended my first liturgy this past Sunday, and I noticed that most women tend to wear neutral or muted colors, nothing too bright. Is this a common practice for modesty in liturgy? I’d say most of my wardrobe rn is brighter colors lol and I don’t want to be disrespectful…
17 upvotes
Aug 4, 2026, 10:53 PM UTC
Posted by /u/EverOnAndUpward
As you can see from my flair, I'm a credobaptist. My intention in posting this isn't as a gotcha, but rather genuine curiosity for my paedobaptist brothers and sisters in Christ. From my understanding, most of the (reformed) paedobaptist understanding of the permissibility of ho…
16 upvotes
Aug 5, 2026, 1:40 AM UTC
Posted by /u/hello_e_1986
So, I am a fellow agnostic here, I need an answer and it's, I am afraid that the true God will bring me to hell like one day when I die I might wake up to see a god, could be any god for that matter and he could look down at me and say I will go to hell. And I don't want that,…
11 upvotes
Aug 5, 2026, 3:26 PM UTC
Posted by /u/babybonesxo
So I would prefer women to help me but its okay if not. I am in my 30s and given my background (evangelical) I previsouly made marriage an idol. I was obessed with getting married, fast forward now in my 30s (single) I still feel called to marraige in many ways, but I end up get…
11 upvotes
Aug 5, 2026, 2:51 PM UTC
Posted by /u/rainymac
I just finished part 1&2 and am looking forward to starting part 3. However, I feel absolutely terrified and have been struggling to believe I am saved because of the indwelling sin in my heart. I struggle immensely with heart sins like sinful comparison, feelings of competitive…
10 upvotes
Aug 5, 2026, 7:28 AM UTC
Posted by /u/Cuzn1
"For the unbelieving husband is made holy because of his wife, and the unbelieving wife is made holy because of her husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy." If the unbelieving spouse and children of the marriage are both classed as 'holy',…
10 upvotes
Aug 5, 2026, 3:27 AM UTC
Posted by /u/BayonetTrenchFighter
The list is of groups that most Christian’s don’t consider to be Christian. Or targeted specifically at creedal Christin’s. View Poll
7 upvotes
Aug 5, 2026, 12:24 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Firm-Dig-3030
Please pray for God to bring my wife peace and ease her anxiety. And pray for him to bring me encouragement and peace as well.
7 upvotes
Aug 5, 2026, 8:59 AM UTC
Posted by /u/Intelligent_Ad995
Okay so my whole life I was raised in a religion called "the message" or "branhamism". I have nothing against their beliefs or the people, but theres just something missing. Plus I dont agree with they way they idolized or raised their Preacher up on a pedestal. Ive only recentl…
7 upvotes
Aug 5, 2026, 1:51 AM UTC
Posted by /u/Okbeginningss
I dont mean offense to any religion, I just had this thought. Everything supernatural we know about any religion happened in the past. For example, Jesus walking on water, Zeus having a demigod kid, Mohommed's revelation, or Thor battling Giants. All these events happened in the…
7 upvotes
Aug 4, 2026, 10:00 PM UTC
Posted by /u/General_Put_407
Hey everyone, me and my girlfriend are planning to go to Romania next month, in a pilgrim type of trip for around 7-14 days (depending on costs). We have somewhat of a general idea of how we want our trip to look like on the map with most of the monasteries in mind, but we could…
6 upvotes
Aug 5, 2026, 11:31 AM UTC
Posted by /u/somegirl567
Us humans we can't all agree on the same thing ever, for example if l said murder is wrong to all 8 billion people l am pretty sure some of them will disagree with me, now my question is if god supposedly knows human nature, then why did he created us knowing that not all humans…
6 upvotes
Aug 5, 2026, 10:02 AM UTC
Posted by /u/yeabuddy333
Are there any good bible podcasts or YouTube videos to watch for beginners. I’m just trying to find guidance and purpose and don’t really know where to look. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you