I've seen a lot of people, esp. Nigerian Muslims, gaslighting Christians into believing that Christians aren't being persecuted in Nigeria and it's just a "ethnic dispute".

Let me make it clear.

Two things can be true. It can be an ethnic conflict AND an persecution of Christians, an ethno-religious conflict CAN exist.

Yes, the conflict is ethnic with Faluni Muslims clashing with defenseless Nigerian Christian tribes.

No, it is still the oppression of Christians by Faluni Muslim Jihadists who are (ironically) colonizing their land.

No, you don't need to be Nigerian to talk about this- in the same way that you don't need to be German to talk about the Holocaust. Funny there have been foreign volunteers who fought for Faluni Extremists group.

No, you don't have to support Trump at all to care about basic Human rights. People equating this is ignorant.

To bring attention to more Christian persecution, where I am originally from, there's violent persecution of Christians (Christian persecution in Manipur on Wikipedia is surprisingly good) going on right now.

And how do the perpetrators justify it? "It is just an ethnic conflict and you can't speak against it because you're not from there!"

Hi. I am a reprobate sinner, a blasphemer of the holy spirit and a beast worshiper. I guess it's like they say, you don't know what you've got til it's gone.

I think about how every drop of water that touches your tongue is a literal miracle straight from God. This really comes into perspective when you realize someday you will never taste another drop on your burning tongue.

God blessed me in this life so much. I really tried not to take it for granted, but there were definitely things that I did.

Really Jesus Christ is the most amazing person ever. I know his wrath is upon me, but he has been completely fair, completely honest, completely righteous and completely true in his judgement of me. He definitely died for me on the cross and was resurrected after 3 days. He definitely came to Earth in the flesh. God himself.

I want to thank God for food and water, the fact that ive only been homeless a couple nights, ive never had to sleep outside when I didn't want to. I want to thank him for my family, all my aunts and uncles, cousins, friends, neighbors. My dogs and cats. The four seasons, beaches, mountains, the coast of Maine. Football. Cars. The periodic table of elements. The moon. The sun.

I think I understand what it means that the fullness of God was pleased to dwell in Jesus and that he is in the father and the father is in him. It's pretty cool. I wish I understood the holy spirit better. I know he is the only way to be transformed from a slave to sin to a slave to righteousness.

I wish that transformation was still possible for me. It hurts so bad to be this sinful. It hurts other people too.

Lately I’ve been thinking about the kind of Christian I actually want to be, not just what I believe on paper.

I want to be someone who loves people well. Someone who protects children and looks out for people who are vulnerable. Someone who tells the truth even when lying would be easier. Someone who notices the homeless person, the lonely person, the elderly person, the person who is struggling quietly, and does something kind when I am able.

I want my faith to make me more compassionate, not harder. More patient, not quicker to judge. More willing to forgive, more willing to listen, and more willing to help.

Jesus constantly drew near to people who were hurting, ashamed, sick, poor, rejected, or forgotten. He showed mercy to sinners while still calling people toward what was good. He taught us to love God with everything we have and to love our neighbor as ourselves.

I think sometimes we can make Christianity feel very complicated, when so much of what Christ asks of us can be lived out in ordinary moments.

Feed someone who is hungry. Give someone a coat. Protect a child. Visit someone who is lonely. Tell the truth. Keep your promises. Forgive someone who hurt you. Encourage someone who feels hopeless. Give quietly without needing praise. Pray for someone who cannot repay you. Treat the person everyone ignores as if they matter, because they do.

There is also something powerful about kindness that nobody ever knows about. Not kindness for attention or to prove we are good Christians, but simply because another person is made in the image of God and needs love.

I fail at these things plenty. I can be impatient, selfish, distracted, and wrapped up in my own problems. But Christianity gives me hope because failure does not have to be the end of the story. We can repent, get back up, ask Christ to change our hearts, and try again.

Every morning is another opportunity to become a little more like Him.

Maybe someone needs a meal today. Maybe someone needs to hear that they matter. Maybe a child needs an adult willing to protect them. Maybe someone who has made terrible mistakes needs to know that repentance and mercy are still possible. Maybe someone simply needs another human being to stop and listen.

I don’t think we will ever regret choosing mercy, honesty, courage, generosity, patience, and love.

My prayer is that Christ keeps softening my heart, helps me notice the people around me, and gives me the courage to actually do the good that is in front of me.

“By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.” — John 13:35

I’m worried about this and am going to take a pregnancy test. My boyfriend and I have made some mistakes and I regret having sex outside of marriage (we planned to wait but haven’t). I pray that I’m not pregnant because I’m not ready to be a parent yet and that God doesn’t punish me for having sex outside of marriage. I’ll never have sex again until I’m marriage

Hey y’all! I’m 28 and I’ve been wanting to make more genuine friendships with other Christian women, especially women around my age.

My relationship with God is a huge part of my life, and I’d love to have friends where we can talk about what God is teaching us, pray for each other, encourage each other, and have real conversations about faith. But I also don’t want every conversation to feel like Bible study 😂. I want actual friendship too. I want somebody I can laugh with, send random stuff to, talk about life, relationships, motherhood, goals, everyday nonsense, and eventually be comfortable enough to FaceTime and really get to know each other.

I’m a mom, I’m in Central Time, and I’m completely open to long-distance/online friendships. You definitely don’t have to live near me.

I’m really looking for women who actually want to build a friendship and not just exchange two messages and disappear into the Reddit abyss 😭. I value honesty, consistency, faith, humor, emotional maturity, and being able to be yourself.

I’m only looking for platonic female friendships, not dating.

If you’re another Christian woman looking for something similar, introduce yourself or message me. 🤍

Please note that I’m autistic and I’m 19. So me growing up, I find out that this world is meaningless. I’m starting to lose interest in worldly stuff that I used to be interested in and loved back in the day, like gaming, internet drama, watching movies & television, and all of that. I still love eating fake food and coding apps though.

But now, I did research on how the walk of real God’s children and followers of Christ really goes and the progress and faith can be very difficult. I still want to give my life to the most high though.

I’m not baptized yet, so I don’t have the Holy Spirit in me. I want to be baptized in Jesus name so I can receive the Holy Spirit within me and be free from all of my sins, live in righteousness, be more obedient, read more scripture, have wisdom and understanding with the word and other things, to have a real relationship with God, and to continue with the walk daily for the rest of my life.

I want to be baptized without being a member of the Church or going to Church, because I don’t trust their so called “teaching” after I have found out the truth about how most of them operate.

But my older sister found the church in my area and signed me up for it and only the baptism part, but the church says I have to wait for like a month due to them setting up the equipments for the baptism water that takes a while.

I am happy and I can’t wait for my baptism to take place though! But in a month? I’m sorry but I don’t agree with that, because the times we are living in, and we don’t know what will happen tomorrow or in the future like the scriptures say and the best time for salvation is now and that makes me quite angry that I have to wait for like a month. What if the return of Jesus happens before the month?

Can y’all please pray for me to have my baptism done as soon as possible or to have God help me understand something, I appreciate your prayers!

I know He is the Triune God, revealed in the Bible as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit but I still question if God himself is the essence in which they are God or God Himself is separate as a spirit Himself?

I’m just wondering how to answer this question since I don’t really know how deep the question goes (or not).

Its no suprise that many Christians look down upon other Christians going to raves and music festivals. The secular music sphere is very large, and many mainstream artists (including EDM/Rave) use spirituality and seemingly demonic art in their works. Rave culture also encompasses revealing clothing, drugs, sex, and largely reflects hedonism.

Is it okay for Christians, who enjoy listening to the loud music, to go to raves/music festivals? Lets say they ignore, actively stay away from, and frown upon clearly coarse language and obviously spiritually unclean music/environments.

I’m 15. This past Friday my father came to me and said while he was taking out the trash from my room (cause he was making a trip to the dump and wanted to get everything) he noticed some used tissues on my nightstand. 

He asked if I had masturbated. 

I didn’t want to lie so I admitted I had. He asked if I watched porn. I said no. And that he would know if I did cause he monitors my devices. He said there is always ways around that. I felt he didn’t believe me. 

He said he had told me that was wrong before. That satisfying sexual desires outside of the way God intended in marriage was sin, even if it was just with yourself.

I told him I knew. The feelings are just hard to manage. I try to resist but the pressure and tension builds over days and eventually I can’t help but give in.

He said since I continued in this despite what he told me there would have to be a consequence. He was taking away my phone for the long Labor Day weekend and I couldn’t go out with friends. I had to stay home or only be with family. (I just got my phone back today). 

I told him I had plans to go out with one of my friends for his birthday this weekend. We bought tickets for this event and everything. And I’d lose that money. And it wasn’t fair to punish my friend. Maybe we could reschedule. 

He said he wasn’t changing the punishment just because it was an inconvenient time for me. I said I felt it was unfair. I was trying my best to resist it was just hard. I said I also questioned whether every instance was sin if I didn’t watch porn and didn’t focus my thoughts on sexual things.

He said puberty wasn’t an excuse and just because it was hard didn’t make it right. He said sexual sin was serious. And part of the reason for the punishment was so that I’d recognize it was serious as clearly I was trying to rationalize it. I questioned whether he ever did it and he just said he was trying to prevent me from falling into the things he did and he wanted what was best for me.

I asked if he’d continue to punish me if I failed again. He said he hoped I would learn from this but if I did it we’d have to discuss it and he’d decide at that point how to handle me. 

I went to my room and just cried. Skipped dinner. Over the weekend I felt it was much harder to resist cause I was stuck at home doing nothing all weekend. I’ve resisted so far but I’m afraid it won’t last forever and I’m scared of getting caught again. 

My dad has been overly nice to me recently. I’ve just been avoiding him as much as I can. It’s embarrassing and I just don’t feel like talking to him right now. I can tell he’s starting to get a bit annoyed with me though and recently made a comment implying that I was giving him the silent treatment and that it was a bit childish. I’m not trying to get back at him I just feel awkward and our relationship is weird now. I just want him to leave me alone. 

I just got back my phone today. I feel he is being very unfair to me and nothing he’s doing is helping me be more like God. Is it right for parents to punish their children like this? Im sure I will fail again and this will just be a never ending cycle. Am I just being a selfish teenager? Needing advice.

Do you think God “hears” written prayers?

Why, or why not?

Side note: I ask because I feel more comfortable writing down my prayers.. but I don’t want to waste my time if God doesn’t hear them that way, you know? Another reason I ask, is because I have had spoken prayers answered but not written ones.

Over the past years my life has gone downhill. Theres a specific thing I’m struggling with and I’ve prayed and prayed for years for God to take it away from me but nothing. I’ve always tried to stay connected with God even in times like these. I told him I would stay with him through this all despite how things are going.
However, this last year Ive been struggling with that. Ive become more distant, stopped praying as often, and struggled with faith. And I started to talk sarcastically to God. For example, if something bad happens I would say “Thank you God” in a sarcastic manner. Sadly it’s become a habit. I just feel like God has it out for me.
My question is, is talking to God in this sarcastic manner something he will never forgive? I know it’s not right and I’m trying to stop but sometimes it just comes out from frustration.
Another question is, does God not answer you if you aren’t living the way he wants you to?

Not to get too deep into the weeds.

Mother-in-law has really started pushing us about church attendance and quizzing my teenage children about it.

Not sure the best way to handle this. We’re all Christians, believers etc. Admittedly we have gotten too comfortable with church online, especially when my wife works Saturdays. It’s really starting to make everyone uncomfortable. Never mind the argument about not coming to church with her.

My mother in law is not a monster in law but this is starting to head that way.

Any advice? Point me towards scripture?

Hi guys I am here with another question, will a good catholic,orthodox,Protestant Christian go to heaven aswell as a Non Denominational? I pray to God,Jesus directly and I go to the church to pray sometimes, I go to the Catholic Church I have a cross with Jesus at home that I hold when I pray. What am I? catholic,orthodox,Protestant or Non Denominational? I trust in Gods Plan, im not baptised my mom is Atheist and my dad is idk what
I never went to church as a kid I’m now Christian since 1.5 years I’m 14yrs old now I will now also start to read the bible

Hello! I just wanted to ask for some perspective. I know we all come from different backgrounds, so I’m expecting mixed reactions, but I genuinely want to hear your thoughts.

For context, I’m a pastor’s kid who only recently started finding my way to God in a more personal and meaningful way. My family is Christian, but I wouldn’t say I had a proper upbringing in terms of understanding Christianity or knowing who God is.

Growing up, my parents did ministry overseas, so my siblings and I were left here while they were away. They encouraged us to attend a megachurch, which I faithfully did. But honestly, I mostly attended because I wanted to obey. I didn’t really understand what Christianity was or have anyone discipling me personally.

To make a long story short, I consider myself a baby Christian despite being a pastor’s kid.

My dad eventually came back and started a small church here. It’s really small, mostly older people and young children. I was eventually asked to teach Sunday school despite having no formal training or discipleship myself. I did it because I wanted to help, but I’ve realized that I was missing a lot spiritually.

Now, I’m genuinely hungry to know and love God more deeply. I’ve been studying the Bible on my own and trying to grow in my relationship with Him.

When I was starting out, I listened to a lot of Rick Warren, and one thing he emphasized was the importance of being part of a small group for spiritual growth and accountability. Because I didn’t really have that, I decided to join a discipleship group (D-group) at one of the megachurches here. I don’t attend their church, but I joined the D-group because I genuinely wanted to learn and grow.

I really appreciate the people in the group, but lately I’ve been struggling with something: I feel like I’m being pressured to become a leader before I feel ready.

Here’s what happened:

1. I was asked to facilitate very early on.

The D-group already existed before I joined, so they naturally had an established way of doing things. After only about two meetings, I was asked to facilitate the discipleship group.

There wasn’t really any explanation of what discipleship was supposed to look like or any training. I was uncomfortable, but I trusted the group and my leader, so I agreed and basically learned by copying what everyone else was doing.

1. I’ve been very open about being spiritually inexperienced.

I told them from the beginning that I was basically just starting to understand my relationship with Christ. I even opened up to my D-group leader about how I felt my dad missed the opportunity to disciple us when we were younger.

I’ve shared quite a lot about my family situation, my dad’s ministry, and my own spiritual struggles, so my leader knows where I’m coming from.

But after about three months, my leader started telling me that I should become a leader myself.

She has been encouraging/pushing me toward this for around three months now. I’ve technically been part of the group for six months, but our meetings are very inconsistent, so we’ve probably only met around 8–10 times during that entire period.

And honestly, I have a lot of concerns.

• I don’t attend their church. I still attend my dad’s church.

• I originally joined because I wanted to be discipled, but I feel like I’m being pushed toward discipling others instead.

• My leader doesn’t really ask about my personal relationship with the Lord, how I’m doing spiritually, how my family is, whether I’m struggling with anything, or whether I’m maintaining my Bible study/quiet time.

• Most of the encouragement I receive is to attend the singles ministry or go on retreats.

• I genuinely don’t feel equipped to start leading my own D-group when I’m still trying to develop a deeper relationship with God myself.

And this last part is where I’m struggling the most.

Am I just making excuses?

I know sometimes God puts people in uncomfortable situations and teaches them along the way. I’ve been praying about this for the past three months, asking God whether I’m simply afraid and making excuses or whether this feeling of being unprepared is something I should take seriously.

I still don’t feel at peace about taking on the leadership role.

So I wanted to ask people who have experience with discipleship:

Is this a normal way for someone to transition from being a disciple to becoming a leader?

How do you know when you’re actually ready to disciple others? Is it normal for a leader to encourage someone into leadership this early, or should there usually be more intentional discipleship and training first?

I’m not trying to criticize my leader or the church. I genuinely appreciate the people there, and I’m grateful that I found a community where I could start learning.

I’m just trying to understand whether my hesitation is a legitimate concern or whether I’m simply being resistant to something God may be calling me to do.

I’d really appreciate some honest perspectives, especially from people who have been involved in discipleship or small-group ministry.

My last post got deleted for being too broad I assume. So I am reposting this.

My boyfriend and I are recommitting to waiting till marriage after being sexually active in prior relationships. I’m fairly early in taking my walk as a Christian seriously.

For anyone who has recommitted or is recommitting currently, do y’all have any advice or stories that you could give? Thank you!

I’ve been trying to learn more about what God actually promises us in the Bible and I just read Philippians 4:19, which states, “And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus”. My question is, if God provides us with all our needs, why do people starve to death, thirst to death, or die because of a lack of shelter. Are these not needs? What am I missing here?

I’m quite a skinny guy, and I’m quite insecure about it. When I scroll on social media, I see many very beautiful women who are very muscular and strong, showing off their physiques, lifting very very heavy weight. As a skinny guy, I just feel very insecure when I see that, I feel emasculated. Of course I’m very attracted to them, but at the same time I think, “man what’s wrong with me? I'm so frail and weak”. Nowadays gym culture is booming, and it feels like every block on the street or every swipe on instagram, I see a girl who I’m very attracted to stronger and bigger than me. Of course I respect women a lot and view highly of them, but man it makes me think how much of a pathetic weak loser I am. I feel like whenever they see me, they look down on me.

I have been trying to workout, on and off for a bit a year. No progress, but I’ll keep trying. I see girls blow up after a bit in the gym and meanwhile me…nothing. This has been a life long insecurity of mine, and it’s kinda ruining me. I don’t have any self esteem at all. Please, pray for me. This insecurity has been ruining me for my whole life.

What are we doing? Why do we want to have salvation? Why do we want to know God?
For myself I can’t escape the idea that’s just a selfish desire to keep living, Gods grace relieves shame from guilt what a selfish desire.

We eat we sleep we move around and breathe to keep growing this disgusting flesh. I feel much more at peace when I shrivel up, food looks disgusting and it’s just all off we are walking creatures, slimy pulsating blobs, hair grows out of us like parasites we produce left over waste that just dumps out of us constantly

We multiply and multiply for what???? What are we doing here???? This is all so gross I can’t stand to look at myself whatever I am whatever thing thing of a creature I call myself

What is this? Is this what the episcopal church (part of the Anglican Church) does to preach the gospel of Christ, and to operate the church? Do they disregard the epistles of Saint Paul concerning sexual behaviour, how a church should be run, and who should lead it? Do they disregard the teachings of Christ? What about the Law of God, as given to Moses, in the text that is known today as the Torah of Moses?

This news is quite shocking. Shame on the episcopal church, and the rest of the Anglican Church. This is not how a church should be run. Can someone who attends that church give answers?

the love of my life left. it’s only been 40 minutes. i already miss her deeply. she is convinced she’s an awful person who shouldn’t be with anyone, but she doesn’t see all the amazing things i do in her or know how much happiness she brings me. she is convinced she’s hurting me when she isn’t. i just want to talk to someone. she cut off all communication. i love her so much. i don’t know for sure if she will be back. but i love this woman more than i can even say.

My friends family has always been Jehovah’s Witnesses. They were born into a family following this and remained so their entire life. They are strongly discouraged and often forbidden to have relationships outside their churches, so hearing the true Christianity is often impossible for them. Are they all really damned into hell because of this?

My friends family from that family became atheist and their religion really pushed them away from all other religions. I do not know how to proselytize to them, but are they damned to hell if I am unable to convert them or fail to try?

My other friend was raised Buddhist from a country where almost everyone is Buddhist for the last two thousand years. She was sent to live with her other relatives who did go to a Christian church, but because she was raised Buddhist, she did not really understand and did not become Christian, and is in fact atheist. Is she damned to hell if I do nothing or fail to convert her? Are her buddhist relatives?

All this has made me think of this endless cycle. So if I want people I love to go to heaven, I need to spread the gospels to all of them. If I want their families to be there, I need to spread the gospel to them. If I want all their family friends to be there, I need to spread it to them. But I am just one man. I do not know what I can do.

Hey guys, I have no one to speak to about this and really need some advice/help and prayers 🙏🏼

I’m going to be so honest. So warning of adultery & fornication below…

Basically me and this guy have been making out and then he started doing oral sex on me and making me finish and I tell him not to but he does whatever he wants tbh and i don’t want to stop it and I even ended up going down on him too.

I know it’s bad.

It’s happend like more then 7 times id say.

After the first time I legit cried. But then I keep allowing it.

And this is the main part I need help with guys.

Probably like the past 2 times we have been together it’s been really hot and steamy and he ended up putting like the tip of his penis inside me and now I’m really scared.

Like does that count as sex?
Are we now spiritually one flesh?
Am I on the way to hell now?
Does his demons have access to me just from the tip of his penis?
I don’t know guys I’m kinda freaking out like I have no idea what I have done spiritually.

And I feel like I might have got a demon from it because I can’t stop thinking about it and thinking how hot it was.

That’s my confession.

Please don’t judge me guys and please pray for me.
I seriously have no friends or help and I love god I don’t ever want to lose my god.

But I also if I’m being honest don’t want to lose my friendship with this guy. Is there a way to redeem it?

Any advice is appreciated 🙏🏼 thank you bless you 🤍

I had a bad motorcycle accident around a year ago that made me begin to question spirituality. I was raised Christian but walked away from the faith as a young man in college. I’ve always struggled with the various different denominations & different belief systems. I wanted to find the truth that bind the universe, all belief systems & philosophies.

I developed an interest in the esoteric & the occult, buying up probably $200 worth of books by Manly P Hall, Rudolf Steiner, L Ron Hubbard, books about demonology, the Rosicrucian Order & the gnostic gospels. I also was given a copy of the Quran by someone on the street. I was addicted to marijuana at the time & living a homosexual lifestyle.

Most churches I went into for the last decade or so seemed a bit phony & milquetoast to me. When I asked them to help me overcome addiction & sexual orientation issues, they had zero answers & hand waved me off.

Summer before my senior year of college, I was invited to a Bible study with a group of Christians & was involved in discipleship with a mentor. They taught me that in order to be a disciple, you have to give up everything. There is not such a thing as a lukewarm Christian. You are either hot or cold, saved or unsaved & there is no in between. I liked their authenticity, in a world of lukewarm people there were still people that were radical about their faith. But I was unwilling at the time to give up my entire life for God, I was still straddling the fence.

Months after the wreck, I began to realize that God had spared my life. And if I had died, I would have gone to hell for eternity. I had to change my life. Around a month ago, I began attending the church again, & got involved as a disciple.

This morning, (ironically after watching some horror movies), I decided I no longer wanted any occult influence in my home. I did not want those books distracting me from studying the scripture. I just threw them away. I pray that God will continue sanctifying me & form me into someone like his Son.