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324 upvotes
Jul 15, 2026, 9:08 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Climax_crescendo
I wasn’t reading my bible at all. made excuses for going to church even though it’s a really good one. hardly had pray or worshiping😞. Ive been trying to be a light online but completely burnt out in my personal life and unstable much of the time. relying on getting my word fro…
74 upvotes
Jul 16, 2026, 3:44 AM UTC
Posted by /u/CalendarAncient4230
Do you think Trump has an heir apparent, or is it one of those things where no one in Washington dares talk about it for fear of reminding Trump of his mortality/term limits? I know the obvious answer is Vance, but Vance does not wield the same kind of fear and influence that Tr…
47 upvotes
Jul 15, 2026, 9:41 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Nokkup
I just wanted to say this because for the past two and a half weeks or so, I have completely fallen in love with the Lord—not romantically, obviously. Just deep, spiritual, profound love. Jesus has been working through me very quickly in a short amount of time and it kind of fee…
29 upvotes
Jul 15, 2026, 4:25 PM UTC
Posted by /u/somegirl567
Human beings ( Homo sapiens ) have been on Earth for roughly 300,000 years, but organized, structured religion with clear laws only popped up around 10,000 years ago. Logically, this makes no sense if we look at it through the lens of a creator. Think of it like this: If you wer…
23 upvotes
Jul 15, 2026, 6:31 PM UTC
Posted by /u/_thecuriousnightowl
I have never posted to reddit before but I felt a calling to now and maybe that fits into everything that has been happening but... I surrendered myself to God for the first time in my life today. To preface, my life has been a roller coaster of abuse, addiction, depression, sel…
21 upvotes
Jul 16, 2026, 1:20 AM UTC
Posted by /u/zeldagay
My ex-boyfriend identifies as a Messianic Jew. He believes that Old Testament dietary laws are still binding, so he doesn’t eat pork and believes that eating it is disobeying God. The biggest issue wasn’t that he chose not to eat pork himself. It was that he wanted to teach our…
20 upvotes
Jul 16, 2026, 4:11 AM UTC
Posted by /u/kikass4
I lost my job and the economy where I live is terrible. Can't find work. My relationship ended too. For years I was the one providing for my family. Now that's all gone and I'm the one who needs help. I hate it. I know about Job. People keep telling me to "just have faith like J…
18 upvotes
Jul 16, 2026, 2:59 AM UTC
Posted by /u/Scared-Wealth5000
I cannot properly convey how thoroughly vile my conduct has been in recent days. Sin has been abusing my livelihood and I’ve done nothing but wallow in it. I am grieved; it feels impossible to wrap my mind around my poor decisions. God has supplied me with my immediate needs, He…
17 upvotes
Jul 16, 2026, 1:31 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Only-Shopping2640
Yes, I know that the excitement comes from Jesus returning to earth, but it clearly says that He "will come to earth not with peace, but a sword". Though I'm still reading the New Testament, I've read in Revelations about what the end times will be like. And I'm still nervous th…
15 upvotes
Jul 15, 2026, 7:01 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Educational-Dig-4235
Most of what I remember about my early political education wrt the US and war, was spent attempting to justify most of the shit our military did. Where that wasn't applicable, we were taught to consider the feelings of individuals in the US military in unjust interventions/wars…
14 upvotes
Jul 15, 2026, 7:17 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Climax_crescendo
it’s almost like there’s a great divide between people who can except what’s going on and people who can’t. but the separation hasn’t happened yet right? every day I see at least one video of som asking what’s going on with all the diseases, earthquake, food, etc and it’s litera…
11 upvotes
Jul 16, 2026, 9:30 AM UTC
Posted by /u/soobska
For some context, I’m (19f) studying social work at tertiary university in New Zealand. As part of our course, every student has been assigned a day to lead a Christian prayer at the start of class. When it comes to religion, I’d describe myself as agnostic, although I’m somewha…
11 upvotes
Jul 16, 2026, 2:15 AM UTC
Posted by /u/Emotional-Employer27
I have grown up in a conservative Muslim household, did Umrah and Hajj, went abroad and lost myself, then found God again in my final years at university. Read and finished Quran for the second time (with meaning) last year...but this year after a trip I started having doubts ag…
11 upvotes
Jul 15, 2026, 11:23 PM UTC
Posted by /u/bumbuummm
I don't understand why we set a criterion that God can't order things which human beings think are bad. why we think God can and cannot be like this and that. where we get that criteria from. we just assume things and then end up building our beliefs around them. That's just my…
10 upvotes
Jul 16, 2026, 5:25 AM UTC
Posted by /u/Morphisist
I have been struggling with a certain sin for 14 years, when the desire comes to perform the sin, I strain against it and try to resist doing the sin but I often give into it and enjoy it when it happens, but afterwards I feel guilty, upset that I upset God and wish I didn't hav…
10 upvotes
Jul 15, 2026, 7:16 PM UTC
Posted by /u/FakePhillyCheezStake
I’m genuinely trying to understand infant baptism, but coming from a credobaptist background, all of the arguments I see seem to obviously support believer’s baptism. Can anyone point me to arguments that they see as really hard for credobaptists to explain away? To be clear, he…
9 upvotes
Jul 15, 2026, 9:25 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Idontsleep11
So I (15 F) live in the same house I’ve had since birth and about a year ago I let my friend (16 F) live with me in the basement and she has her own room but the whole living room area is still mostly my space as all of my stuff is in there and she doesn’t keep her stuff in ther…
9 upvotes
Jul 15, 2026, 8:58 PM UTC
Posted by /u/ThiccHarambee
Hey all my fellow brothers and sisters, So lately I've been coming across a lot of people asking things such as "How do I stop sinning" or "How can I become sinless" and I want to bring up the exhausting weight of trying to be an absolutely perfect and flawless Christian. Many o…
9 upvotes
Jul 15, 2026, 6:45 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Independentpush222
I kinda remember this one, and it goes like this: Abdullah ibn Mas’ud said that the Prophet Muhammad was praying at the Kaaba while a group of Quraysh were sitting nearby. A camel had recently been slaughtered, and one of the men said, “Who will bring the entrails (intestines an…
8 upvotes
Jul 16, 2026, 12:01 AM UTC
Posted by /u/Fun_Lemon_9873
It’s been a rough past 3 years & tbh a rough 16 years as well (26 years old). At age 11 I was misdiagnosed with adhd & given Ritalin which put me into a Ritalin induced psychosis for an entire year. My behavioral problems at school were due to my mother trying to suffocate me to…
8 upvotes
Jul 15, 2026, 7:43 PM UTC
Posted by /u/ofpromise90
There are forest fires in Canada right now so I prayed for God to bring lots of rain to stop the fires and to bless and protect the people who have had to flee from theyre homes. I was getting sick I struggled to breath, I was shaking I almost called out of work, the air quality…
7 upvotes
Jul 16, 2026, 1:47 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Sad-Tumbleweed-4259
I’m pretty sure for the past few days I’ve been experiencing demonic attacks who are corrupting my brain. I’m also afraid I’ve got a demon attached to me. I used to be a person who had a heart but now I feel nothing but the demon taking over. They want to make me a ragful being.…
7 upvotes
Jul 16, 2026, 5:20 AM UTC
Posted by /u/Lieutenant_Piece
The Bible speaks of faith being necessary for salvation. I feel like many people do not clearly understand faith, so please read this post if you will. (And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.) Galatians 2:20…
7 upvotes
Jul 15, 2026, 9:50 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Clean_Plan_4141
Hi everyone, I’m a Political Science student currently working on my final dissertation on populist leaders. I’m particularly interested in understanding the reasons behind public support for them, especially in contexts where these leaders display authoritarian tendencies or ch…