Hello, my brothers and sisters,

A question crossed my mind. I recently learned that the Church existed before the Bible/Gospel. The Gospel as we know it today(I mean New Testament) emerged in the 4th century. During that process, books appeared that were not accepted into the canon, such as the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Barnabas, and so on. We place our trust in the Church, believing it properly investigated and scrutinized the Gospels to make the right decision. We do this because Peter founded the Church, or because God—through the Holy Spirit—assisted the clergy in compiling the Gospel. Yet, this Church, in which we place such immense trust, is capable of making mistakes. How can we be certain they didn't make a mistake regarding the Gospel?

The clearest proof of this fallibility is the schism between the Orthodox and Catholic churches; it shows that popes and patriarchs are capable of acting wrongly. What if the same thing happened when the Gospel was being compiled?

Catholics and Orthodox believe that the early Church Fathers received help from the Holy Spirit when establishing the Bible that we read today. We believe and have faith in that. Okay, that is understandable. But then why do we object when Protestants apply the same idea to the Old Testament?

Could Martin Luther not also have been guided by the Holy Spirit?

The point I want to reach with these questions is this: Can we truly trust the Church and the Gospel?

Who would build their house in a riverbed or on the edge of a cliff? Such houses, lacking a solid foundation, would collapse at the slightest disaster. I, too, am trying to build my house—that is, my faith—upon a firm foundation.

I was wondering about that today. I was talking with a buddy of mine who says he is a progressive Christian (I think he is a Methodist). He said the Methodist church (or least his) thinks atheism is acceptable because even many Methodists are atheists And they think all atheists go to heaven or something

I wasn't sure if this was just a “him” belief or if it is common for progressive Christians to think that

I always get mixed answers on this so I’m always left confused and a bit worried. I’m 15 and it’s like nothing is ever gonna work out for me. Everything I do is wrong and the blame always comes back to me, even when I try and get advice. I was raised Christian, and I try and pray whenever I can, but it feels like God has turned his back on me. All my prayers feel empty, and I’m not really bothered with what happens to me. I’m tired of trying all the time.

This guy once told me it’s unforgivable since I’m basically rejecting the gift God gave me. But if it was a gift I’d like to think I’d enjoy it. I don’t know why God chose me out of all people. I’d like to think if He was so omniscient and all loving He’d understand I am trying but some things just happen.

I don’t want people telling me I should seek help or professional advice. I just want to know, would God understand and forgive me?

I see there are many people making jokes and humor with the specific number 67.

At first, this doesn't concern me first since I thought it was a number. Then I heard the rumors this was demonic.

But later realized that since we are living in the last days, I believe we are transitioning from day 6 to day 7.

Meaning we will be entering the millennial reign if Christ.

What do you think?

I was terminated from my job last month.

I keep applying many places, and yet they all rejected me.

My heart is heavy with sadness. I cried to God for helping me to find another job.

My uncle, who is a faithful man, suggested me to go to the chapel in the church for adoration just one time.

I explained in the previous part about the meaning of Eucharist.

Where I believe that participating the Eucharist is to remember, to honor, and to glorify the death of Jesus Christ. His death is being broken like bread for us to receive.

Usually, I did not go to chapel many times, cause I don't worship the physical bread and the Eucharist take place during the mass instead of chapel.

When I went to the chapel, I saw a cross, pairs of seven candle lampsticks, a fixed box/cabinet which they call tabernacle that displays the physical bread.

I prayed to God bring me full understanding of what Jesus declared to the people asking Him for bread in John 6:35 "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst." This calls back to the Last Supper where Jesus broke the bread and gave the pieces to disciples, stating this is His body.

I thought bread is symbolic connected to Jesus in His crucifixion.

Why do we have to worship the physical bread as Jesus Christ, even I don't believe in transubstantiation?

That's when I realized when He declared "I am" before next object, He too declared that He is a good Shepherd, the wine dress maker, the way, the truth, the life, and even the Lamb of God. These are not just symbolic meaning but Jesus is connected in spiritually.

We worship Jesus as our Good Shepherd, DOES NOT MEAN we worship the any shepherd we see as Jesus.

We worship Jesus as the Lamb of God, DOES NOT MEAN we worship lamb stew or treat lambs as sacred animal as if they are Jesus.

Then that means, Jesus is the bread of life that we eat spiritually through believing and receiving Him on His crucifixion. The physical bread displayed inside cabinet in the chapel IS NOT to be worshipped as Jesus Christ, but to be used as a rememberance, honor and glorify His death as in participation of Eucharist.

Many people will ask about transubstantiation, the presence of Jesus within the physical bread. If that were the case, then how come there's no transubstantiation for slain lamb?

Jesus resides in our hearts in the form of the Holy Spirit, as in I John 4:4, "You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world."

During my time in chapel, I felt and talked with Holy Spirit, and above are things what He told me.

Remember, I am just passing the wisdom of the Holy Spirit to you who are reading this. I am not aiming to surpass the writers of New Testament, nor to replace the scriptures.

And I urge my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ to seek, follow, and deepen your relationship with Christ.

I feel this is becoming controversial. What are your thoughts? All other religions are false paths to destruction. Jesus is the only way to God/Heaven that few follow? Not religion, Not being a good person, Not going to Church, Not saying your Christian, not being a loving person and others.

“ “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is narrow and the way is constricted that leads to life, and there are few who find it.”

Matthew 7:13-14 LSB

“Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father but through Me.”

John 14:6 LSB

“I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. ”

John 10:9 LSB

“And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.””

Acts 4:12 LSB

Giving it for Christmas or when he leaves our parish next year. Thanking Father for all he has find for us, his flock. I hope he likes it!

As you know, there’s a whole lot going on with our bods, special thanks to you know who. It gets painfully frustrating sometimes, and I’ve often thought of Eve since reading the Bible. Guess I’d say, “honey… as you may have learned, it’s been bloody hell on Earth dealing with the consequences for your actions. I can only imagine what it was like for your situation to fall for such tragic trickery. Anyhoo, I love ya & forgive you... (big sigh lol)” Thought it’d be fun to huddle about this, thanks for sharing. Blessings on our journeys❣️🙏

God could have prevented people from being seriously ill or disabled, but chooses to allow it instead.

Why is that?

Because of Adam and Eve?

I thought I wouldn’t have a wet dream in about three weeks, having one a day or two after my post. I can’t stand this. I don’t get it. Why is it a sin? I am in distress about this. I can’t be changing clothes every night and fucking up my sleep schedule, I got hungry and lost crucial sleep for growth because of abstinence. This is the worst. I need help. I know wet dreams aren’t sins but this is too much.

For probably most of my adult life now that I think about it I've anxiety and depression(depression on and off), and when I turn to bible led therapists a lot of them seem to quote this passage about "be still", etc. I always took it as God telling us to calm down and be quiet and just rest in Him, kinda like a deep breath verse. But I was looking at it in Hebrew and the word for "be still" is raphah, which means more like let go, drop your hands, or stop. And when you read the verse right before it, it's talking about God making wars cease to the ends of the earth, breaking the bow and shattering the spear. So the whole psalm is actually about war and nations raging, and the next line after "be still" is "I will be exalted among the nations." So I feel like it's less "relax and have a quiet moment" and more "stop fighting, drop your weapons, I'm God and you're not." Honestly that hits different cause it's not just comfort, it's like God stepping into the middle of a battle and telling everybody to stand down. And I think it still comforts us, just in a different way, like you can stop fighting cause He's the one actually in control. I wonder if anyone else has looked at this psalm in context or if you still read it the calm way?

I’ve been a follower of Jesus for most of my life. I have fallen into addiction a couple Times and walked away from God. I just recently started smoking weed. I honestly don’t feel like it is sin. Where is everyone at on this?

hello all I am a atheist however for a school project I am composing a song with religious themes. I am going for a creepy and unnerving vibe. I have not read the Bible or anything but I do have a lot of experience with religious trauma due to this I do not wish to read much of the Bible. I was wondering if anyone could comment some Bible verses that are truly bone chilling and or super emotional. ofc this is opinion based but I would just like some ideas. thank you for anyone who comments!

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I'm a young follower of christ and due to circumstances i can't go to school nor can i really interact with people face to face and besides all of that I'm terribly shy i find it hard to talk to most people

But i still want and need to share gods word so in my situation is there anything i can do to spread the gospel?

So I deal with ADHD and OCD. It feels like every single second I’m battling with my thoughts and feelings. At first I use to get so fearful from my OCD and faith now it’s just pure anger and frustration. I barely get any good thoughts, just ones that go against Jesus. When I try to do anything spiritual it take everything in me to do it and I get the most uncomfortable feeling ever. It’s so disgusting how it feels. If I skip a verse or Christian video for something else I feel bad. If I say I go this or I can do this my brain will remind me with anxiety that “you meant with God right”. It’s literally trying to turn me against God. I barely want to prayer or sit or watch sermons. When I listen to the gospel or any other part of the Bible my brain distorts it. Like I’m not having fun at all in my walk. My brain and heart is so numb for fighting all the time I can’t comprehend heaven or hell or the weight of sin. I just feel so stale to it all cause I’m always exhausted from my brain. I dont trust any thought cause my brain will try to pose as the Holy Spirit. When I say Jesus or God it doesn’t bring peace, it brings anxiety. Certain biblical words trigger me, or I’ll watch a sermon and feel terrible cause of the state I’m in. I’m at the point I don’t have hobbies cause OCD and ADHD killed all the fun of them. And when I say something when I’m mad or angry my brain will trick me like I’m saying it to God. My feelings and my mind or so distorted im questioning my heart and love for Jesus. I thought I need deliverance which I did and I keep trying to focus myself but it’s like it wants me to give up and give in to the evil that it is. Being good feels like it goes against everything and even when it’s natural my brain will try to find a way to distort it or my feelings. But let it be something bad, goofy or worldly it’s so easy to give into that. I have to stop myself before I blurt out blasphemy or something bad. Brain and body always on go but always with something that goes against God. I hate it. I’m at the point I be questioning do I have the Holy Spirit. This isn’t freedom that the Lord spoke of. Im grateful but man it’s been a horrible struggle of a walk.

English isn’t my first language so sorry if the text is hard to read

I feel like I’m losing my mind. About a month ago I woke up in the middle of the night by a strange, terrifying feeling. I felt as if my soul was slowly being pulled out of my body, from my brain through the back of my head. It felt like my ”counciousness” was being pulled out of my body, in this moment I knew somehow that if I would let the feeling continue that I would leave my body, and that it would be the end of my life on earth and I would be taken away someplace to be judged by God. I started to move my head and my body, and I went up out of my bed and started walking around. This proves that what I experienced wasn’t a dream. The thing that terrified me most was that I knew that since it was the end of my life that it was time for me to be judged by God.

I’m 18 years old, and truthfully, I have lived a life of sin. I’ve tried to be nice to people, spread love kindness happiness etc but I have not been a good Christian. I have struggled a lot with lust (pornography) and failed God many times by trying to live life like all my friends who aren’t christian. This has included drinking, sex, weed etc even when I have called myself a christian. Many times have I caught myself engaging in habitual sin.

I’m extremely scared of what God is going to say to me when I die. I have had panic attacks because of this, because I feel that what is just would be to not welcome me into Heaven. Sometimes, I feel very scared that this reality would fade away and that it would be time for me to be judged.

Recently, I have become very interested in conspiracy theories. (David wilcock mostly, but many others too. I hope you don’t think I’m a nut job for saying this haha) When you dive deep enough in this subject, you start to see things that prove Gods existence. At the deepest level, you start to see evidence not only for Gods existence and the fact that Jesus is God but also the fact that this life on earth is only a test. Some people go as far as to say that this reality is not “real”, and is only a hologram, something that scientists such as Stephen Hawking had theories about. Since I’ve dived deep into this subject my mental health has declined a lot, in combination with the experience I described in the first paragraph.

I just need help what I should do, I feel like I need to talk to a priest about this. I don’t want to feel this fear, that God will judge me and that this reality could disappear at any moment. Recently I have felt at times like I am in a dream and that I could wake up at any moment. I don’t want to be scared when I have committed a sin, with the thought that God could end my life at any moment and that it would be completely justified. Please give me some advice, and thanks for reading if you made it this far

"In the New Testament, adokimos is applied in a few different ways:

​The Mind (Nous): In Romans 1:28, the phrase adokimos nous (often translated as a "reprobate mind") describes a mind or moral judgment that has failed God's standard or test, becoming debased and useless for discerning truth.

​Personal Disqualification: In 1 Corinthians 9:27, the Apostle Paul uses the word for himself—expressing a fear that he might become adokimos (disqualified or rejected) in his ministerial work, not losing his salvation, but failing to win the prize or running the race correctly.

​Counterfeit Faith: In places like 2 Corinthians 13:5, Paul tells believers to examine themselves to see if Christ is in them, "unless indeed you fail the test" (adokimos). Modern translations frequently render it as "counterfeit" or "disqualified" rather than the heavy, fatalistic medieval tones the word acquired later in English history."

Is there any way back from reprobation? My mind has become reprobate and I have no idea how to become acceptable to God again. After years of filling it with defilement, I can't see a way to undo what is done ... Prayers appreciated

Il y a trois mois, j’ai fait une prière à Dieu pour qu’Il m’aide à trouver une école, et aujourd’hui, j’ai enfin reçu une réponse. Pourtant, au lieu d’être soulagée, je me sens complètement perdue. Je me demande si c’est réellement une réponse de Dieu ou si ce sont simplement mes émotions qui me poussent à y croire. Je réfléchis tellement à cette situation que ça en devient presque maladif.

Le problème, c’est que je suis moi-même perdue sur ce que je veux réellement faire, sur la direction que je veux prendre et sur ce qui est vraiment bon pour moi. En même temps, j’ai l’impression de ne pas avoir d’autre choix, alors je ne sais plus quoi penser.

Est-ce que je dois accepter cette opportunité en me disant que Dieu a entendu ma prière, ou est-ce que je suis simplement en train de me convaincre que c’est Sa volonté parce que je n’ai pas d’autre option ? J’ai peur de confondre mes propres désirs, mes peurs et mes émotions avec la volonté de Dieu. Je cherche sincèrement à comprendre si cette porte qui s’ouvre est réellement celle qu’Il a placée sur mon chemin, mais plus j’y réfléchis, plus je me sens perdue. J’aimerais tellement avoir la paix dans mon cœur et être sûre de la direction que je prends.

Hey I don’t have much to say but i’m praying that God blesses us all !

Decades ago, the pastor I revere was sent to the Vietnam War, yet he loved his enemies and continued to pray for peace. Here is an excerpt from his poem:

Living this life on the battlefield,

The passes of death were far too many.

Seeing my righteous deeds of loving life,

The One who created me looked after my life.

O Creator of both myself and them,

Touch their hearts and touch my heart.

Inspire us all,

That no one perishes, and everyone may live.

I pray to the Almighty who created me.

Tonight as well,

Because the One who created me is with me,

And because, through the Holy Spirit,

I thought of them as my brothers and my beloved—

The enemy lived, and I lived.

A life spared from death amid the war,

A life saved from death amid the artillery shells.

Let us use this body—

For myself, for you,

For the nation and the world,

And for the Almighty in Heaven.

I’m a 35 year old male. I’m healthy, I work, I own my own business, and from the outside, you would probably think I’m doing alright.
But mentally? I’m struggling. Badly.
I don’t know if it’s just me, but I feel like this world is getting darker every single day.
As a Christian, I’ve always believed that we were created by God and that this world isn’t our permanent home. But lately, that feeling has become overwhelming.
I used to think maybe 70% of people were completely lost. Now it feels closer to 90%.
It’s becoming harder and harder to relate to anyone.

Everywhere I look, I see selfishness, greed, scams, dishonesty, sexual immorality, people obsessed with themselves, and relationships that feel increasingly transactional.
I know there are good people out there. But sometimes it feels like they’re disappearing.
For years, I was heavily involved in studying biblical prophecy and the end times. I genuinely believed Christ was coming back soon. I thought the world would end before I ever reached this age.

Well, here I am. Ten years later. Still here.
And I think that mindset really messed with my perspective on life.
I never cared much about money. Even when I was working seven days a week, I would constantly give it away. Donations, charities, organizations, people overseas. I genuinely believed that was what a good Christian was supposed to do.
Eventually, I started feeling like an ATM. People were happy to take, take, take.
And I’m tired of it.
I’ve also made some serious financial mistakes.
During the stock market and crypto boom around 2019 and 2020, I made millions of dollars. And over time, I basically lost it all.
That regret haunts me.
I think about what I could have done differently. The opportunities I wasted. The decisions I made. The money I gave away. The life I could have built.
It’s constant rumination. Every single day.
And now? I barely have the motivation to make money anymore.
But there’s another side to this that makes everything more complicated.
My childhood was pretty brutal.
I was born in the Balkans during the war. Our home was burned down. Our entire village was destroyed. We came to America as refugees in 1998.
My mother died of cancer when I was just 10 years old.
My father was abusive and extremely narcissistic.
I grew up with two older brothers, both of whom have had their own serious struggles.
It took years of therapy, reflection, and life experience to even begin understanding how much my childhood affected me.
And despite all that work, I still feel stuck.
Here’s the part that’s hardest to explain.
I’m not suicidal. I don’t want to hurt myself. I’m just exhausted by this world.
Sometimes I genuinely wish I could just go home to the Lord. To heaven. Somewhere peaceful. Somewhere I actually belong.
I’m tired of the evil. The constant noise. The pressure. The disappointment. The endless thoughts in my head.
I want peace.
But at the same time, I want a family.
I want children. I want a wife. I want to experience the things I never really had growing up.
And that’s where another fear kicks in.
I’m already 35.
Time is flying.
I don’t want to wake up at 60 or 70 years old, alone, without children, realizing that I spent my entire life waiting for the world to end instead of actually living.
What if I misunderstood everything? What if I spent so much time focused on biblical prophecy and the darkness of the world that I forgot to build a life of my own?
That thought genuinely scares me.
And the strange thing is, at 35, I finally feel more independent and free than I ever did in my twenties.
I don’t want to relive my youth. I don’t miss being younger. I just wish I could stop carrying all this baggage.
The trauma. The regrets. The religious anxiety. The constant overthinking. The feeling that I’m running out of time.
I’m just tired.
I know life isn’t supposed to be perfect. I know suffering is part of being human. And I know Christianity doesn’t promise us an easy life.
But surely there’s more to life than waking up every day feeling mentally trapped by the past and overwhelmed by the present.
Has anyone else experienced something similar?

Especially Christians who spent years consumed by end times prophecy, childhood trauma, or the feeling that they don’t belong in this world.
How did you get your motivation back?
How did you stop ruminating over the past?
How did you learn to enjoy life again without feeling guilty for wanting worldly things like financial security, marriage, children, and happiness?
I genuinely need some advice.
Thanks for reading. God bless you all.