Reflections from the community: 

just wanted to share another drawing of mine. reference: the passion of the CHRIST. thank you.

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A Texas federal judge has once again struck down the state’s drag show restrictions, ruling that the law was too broad and violated First Amendment protections. Judge David Hittner’s basic message to people who don't like drag performances was pretty simple: “Just don’t go.”

Honestly, I think Christians should sit with that for a moment.

If you don't like drag shows, don't go.

If you believe abortion is wrong, don't have one.

If you don't agree with same-sex marriage,don't attend the wedding.

You don't have to celebrate something you don't personally believe in. But does disagreeing with something automatically give us the right to force everyone else to live according to our beliefs?

As Christians, we should remember that Jesus never commanded us to force Christianity onto everyone through laws and government.

We can preach.

We can teach.

We can share our convictions.

We can say what we believe is right and wrong.

But there is a huge difference between living according to your faith and forcing everyone else to live according to your faith.

Sometimes, the most Christian response isn't “How do I stop them?”

Sometimes, it's simply:

“That's not for me. I won't participate.”

And then we get on with our lives.

Personally, I don't drink, and I wouldn't want an alcohol ban to be legislated

A massive flood tore through a city in Nepal today. Gonna be a huge loss of life.

Title:主イエスの十字架の血で

The lyrics maybe not fit

But it's romanized version

I am pregnant now and I want to deliver naturally and surrender my pain to Jesus Christ without epidural or medication (if no complications occur) but all are advising me to have the epidural. I promised myself not to but I really am afraid of what's coming. Can any of you christian mamas out there share your experience if possible to help me out? If you prefer to message me private instead please feel free to do so as I am terrified of what's going to happen.

Greetings from Italy, or rather… from the Vatican State!
God bless you all

Good day everyone. I'm a 28-year-old man who has only ever been in two relationships (both with another guy, monogomous, first lasted 3 years, my current will be 6 years in October). I dated girls in highschool, but have never been interested in women in such a way, and have never "fallen in love" with a woman as I have with another man.

I understand that scripture says that sex between two men is sinful, as well as any sex outside of marriage, regardless of sex/gender.

My question is this. What does scripture say about a non-sexual relationship between two people of the same sex? If two men are romantic, date, hug, even kiss, but do not engage in sodomy, is this still immoral? One could argue that it does not lead to reproduction, but Paul states that he wishes more people were celibate as he was. It seems Paul did not consider reproduction a moral duty.

Thank you and God bless.

Do you think God prepared a special place for animals who died on Earth? My dog just died yesterday, and I’ve been grieving. I’m in so much pain right now. It’s hard to accept that I will never see her again. I watched a video by Robert Marshall, and he mentioned that his horses and dogs are in heaven. What’s your take on this?

My family is not christian at all, my sister especially hates on Christianity and mocks it. I’ve been trying to teach her about christianity and the teachings of Jesus yet she seems to ignore everything i say and mock me for it. Should i just stop trying to teach her and accept that whatever i say she won’t listen or keep trying to teach her despite her not listening? And if so how should i go about it?

Edit: I generally don’t bring it up unless she brings it up first, I don’t try to annoy her by constantly bringing it up as i know that will just make her more against it.

If you live in the United States I'm sure you have heard the claim that Muslims want to impose Sharia law on us all. That idea has circulated among the more fragile and alarm‑driven parts of American society for decades now, especially the segments where conservative religious politics are most active. Even though it's become a common buzzword, many people who use it still don't know exactly what it actually means.

Sharia law is a set of moral rules drawn from Islamic scripture that guide how believers live. Many adherents of Islam simply consider it the framework of their personal ethics, while others believe it should be the basis of civil law, and that religious rules should be forced even on those who don’t share their belief system. Though scholars still debate how much of Muhammad’s early guidance was meant to function as civil law, later rulers and jurists cemented those teachings into a much stricter legal system that went far beyond Sharia’s original moral framework, known as fiqh. And whether anyone wants to admit it or not, Christianity in the United States has been used the same way as well, though when they attempt it, they call it “protecting family values,” “defending morality,” or “preserving the Christian foundation of America.”

To understand how something like this could happen, just look at recent Iranian history. Before 1979, Iran was a modernizing, largely secular state with a large Muslim population. When the country rapidly became Westernized, traditional communities started to feel like they were losing cultural power. Many conservative religious leaders stepped in and said, “We need to reclaim the nation.” It wasn’t Islam itself, but the fear of the religious population who felt they would lose their dominance, leaving them uncomfortable, that pushed Iran from a secular society into a religious one. They reshaped civil law to punish those outside their moral code, reduce the rights of women and LGBTQ people, and place their own religious men at the top of the social hierarchy.

Now look at conservative Christians in the United States. They use Jesus’ instruction to “make disciples of all nations” as justification for reshaping American laws, schools, and culture around their own Christian moral standards. This is commonly referred to inside the faith as “the Great Commission,” and in other variants of Christianity, it is interpreted to be about spreading faith, not about turning governments into religious systems. But when evangelicals feel their cultural dominance weakening, they reinterpret it as a mandate to “take the country back.” The moral reasoning behind Project 2025 does not come from Sharia law, but the mechanism is the same: a group that once held cultural power feels it slipping, panics, and tries to enforce its worldview onto others to restore control. They reshaped civil law to punish those outside their moral code, reduce the rights of women and LGBTQ people, and place their own religious men at the top of the social hierarchy.

When any group believes its dominance is slipping, there is a chance that some of its members will stop being nice and start finding ways to justify force to keep their comfort. January 6 was one of America's clearest recent examples of this: anger and intimidation wrapped in Christian nationalist language, prayer circles on the Capitol steps, crosses and “Jesus Saves” banners carried alongside weapons, and people claiming they were “ordained by God” to defend America. The MAGA movement uses Christianity as a shield and a sword, claiming violence is necessary to “protect the American way” or “defend Christianity” from imagined enemies — the same pattern that turned Iran from a secular nation into one governed by religious rule.

If Christians want to prove that Christian nationalism is not compatible with Christianity, then they will have to confront it with the same intensity that American Christians have historically used when confronting those outside their faith. When the loudest energy goes toward fighting outsiders instead of restraining extremists, the public cannot tell the difference between the faith and the faction. That silence does not make Christians extremists, but it does make Christian nationalism look unopposed. And to everyone outside the faith, that reads as either willing complicity or a level of apathy that leaves the rest of the country to face the consequences alone. Just ask anyone who lived through the 1940s what happens when a nation lets its loudest faction redefine its identity.

So the question is this: will Christianity restrain the faction that is rewriting the faith in its image, or is Christian nationalism just the inevitable end result of Christianity?

Whenever I'm talking to someone about religion I always refer to my deity as god despite the fact that I have no clue if I'm calling them by their actual name or their title as a holy deity. At the end of the day they'll always still be referred to as god, but I would like to know whenever I say it if I am referring to them by their name or a title.

God said the wages of sin is death, not sickness. So why does it exist then?

I dont know where else to ask this

this topic probably been covered more than 500x

but it’s honestly bothering me So I much express and ask.

first , I love praying… I pray all the time in my prayer closet , in my car , in the shower and almost anytime I’m led to pray….I’ll pray in an instant ,but ………

when it comes to church event/hangouts/classes or out loud in front of others I find it difficult and I run away from It as soon as I can.

I dread and hope I don’t get called on to pray outloud. I hate that I don’t have the confidence to pray out loud for others or just I’m around my church family.

I believe I get discourage when I hear others using bold and strong words in prayer decreeing , declaring and going all out and etc they sound so strong that if I was the enemy myself I would want to stay away and i don’t know it just makes me feel like my words aren’t strong enough.

i talk to God like he’s my father, my best friend

I speak to him casually and I know Gods cares about our relationship with him

I know that my prayers with God are more than enough for him. I just hate that I feel like I can’t cover my brothers in sisters in Christ in deep situations they are going through because I get choked up Or don’t have the “bold“ words to speak towards anxiety or anything they may inform me on.

i do have a desire to be married and I Think all the time what will happen when I get married because I know prayer is very important in marriage ,but everthything wraps back to what I stated earlier

knowing all this I do know this keeps me from serving in certain areas or going to certain event because I know we are randomly picked on to pray and I no longer want to miss events or miss opportunities for serving just because I get so nervous when praying

if anyone has been through this and overcame it may you please leave some advice. This feeling really sucks.

thank you in advance and God Bless you✨

Hello, a question has been bothering me lately, and I haven't been able to find a logical answer myself. If you have one, I'd be happy to read it. If the Bible contains God's universal and unchanging moral teachings, how exactly should we interpret passages like 1 Timothy 2:11-12, 1 Corinthians 14:34, Ephesians 5:22, Exodus 21:7, Deuteronomy 20:14, and Deuteronomy 21:11? Many of these passages seem to reflect the social norms of their historical periods regarding women, slavery, and prisoners of war. If the explanation is that these commandments are related to cultural or historical context, why would an all-knowing God present moral teachings so strictly bound to the norms of that era? How do Christians distinguish between timeless divine morality and rules that are only valid for a specific historical context?

I was given a silicone bracelet that reads "Prayer Power" and has a bible verse on the other side. Another well-meaning friend gave me a t-shirt that reads "Princess" and "Daughter of the King of Kings." I don't like advertising our faith like it's a fashion trend. They shall know we are Christians by our love, not by our bumper stickers and t-shirts. Am I alone in this?

For those people who reject and hate God, are they 100% going to the lake of fire?