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Evan LeBlanc

@evangeleblanc

articles: 17
total claps: 3,674
top claps: 412
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paywalled: 17
active: 2026-05-25 → 2026-07-15

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EV Evan LeBlanc · Backyard Church

The Early Church Was Much Weirder Than You Were Taught

If you want to understand how our faith actually formed, you have to look beyond the “approved” reading list

Jun 25, 2026 · 8 min read · 412 claps paywalled #spirituality #religion #christianity

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EV Evan LeBlanc · Backyard Church

Do Christians Believe a Bunch of Nonsense?

Examining the Relationship Between Faith and Biblical Studies

Jun 12, 2026 · 7 min read · 371 claps paywalled #spirituality #religion #christianity

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EV Evan LeBlanc · Backyard Church

We Got the Pharisees Wrong

Why I Think “Judgmental” is a Harsh Label for this Group

May 25, 2026 · 7 min read · 335 claps paywalled #spirituality #christianity #religion

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EV Evan LeBlanc · Backyard Church

Why Is the Church Obsessed With Marriage, When the First Christians Weren’t?

Purity, Piety, and Power: The Radical History of Celibacy in the Early Church

Jul 08, 2026 · 9 min read · 334 claps paywalled #spirituality #religion #christianity

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EV Evan LeBlanc · Backyard Church

They Call Him “The Canon Maker”: Why Eusebius Is the Real Starting Point for the Bible

Forget Dan Brown and the Council of Nicaea. The real story of how we got the Bible is much more interesting.

Jun 10, 2026 · 8 min read · 263 claps paywalled #spirituality #religion #christianity

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EV Evan LeBlanc · Backyard Church

The Most Famous Parenting Verse in the Bible is a Mistranslated Mess

Proverbs 22:6 is often used as a spiritual guarantee for children’s salvation. The original Hebrew tells a very different story.

Jul 06, 2026 · 8 min read · 241 claps paywalled #spirituality #religion #christianity

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EV Evan LeBlanc · Backyard Church

The Secret Life of the Messiah

Rethinking the “Messianic Secret” in the Gospel of Mark

Jul 09, 2026 · 9 min read · 227 claps paywalled #spirituality #religion #christianity

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EV Evan LeBlanc · Backyard Church

I Suggested Isaiah 53 Wasn’t About Jesus. Someone Threw Their Shoe At Me.

The story of my Zoom discussion on Jesus in the Hebrew Bible

Jun 15, 2026 · 9 min read · 212 claps paywalled #spirituality #religion #christianity

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EV Evan LeBlanc · Backyard Church

Everything You’ve Been Told About God’s Name is Wrong

We’ve been obsessing over “I AM” for centuries. It turns out, we’re misreading a messy, edited text.

Jul 07, 2026 · 9 min read · 185 claps paywalled #spirituality #religion #christianity

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Did Satan Really Remove Verses From the Bible?

Responding to a Social Media Conspiracy

Jun 27, 2026 · 8 min read · 180 claps paywalled #spirituality #religion #christianity

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EV Evan LeBlanc · Backyard Church

Does Paul Make Sense?

Why we need to stop treating the Apostle’s letters like a systematic theology textbook

Jul 12, 2026 · 9 min read · 176 claps paywalled #spirituality #religion #christianity

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EV Evan LeBlanc · Backyard Church

Where The Hell Did Hell Come From?

The Surprising History Behind Christianity’s Most Feared Doctrine

Jun 18, 2026 · 7 min read · 168 claps paywalled #spirituality #religion #christianity

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EV Evan LeBlanc · Backyard Church

The Greek Word Christians Have Been Getting Wrong for Centuries

And why fixing it is harder than it sounds

Jun 22, 2026 · 8 min read · 158 claps paywalled #spirituality #religion #christianity

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EV Evan LeBlanc · Backyard Church

What if Jesus Never Actually Taught About Hell?

Bart Ehrman makes a compelling case that we’ve been reading the Gospels through the wrong lens for centuries

Jul 10, 2026 · 8 min read · 149 claps paywalled #spirituality #religion #christianity

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Can Archaeology Really Prove the Bible?

An Introduction into the Bitter, Nasty World of Biblical Archaeology

Jul 15, 2026 · 7 min read · 115 claps paywalled #spirituality #religion #christianity

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EV Evan LeBlanc · Backyard Church

73% of Evangelicals Are (Accidentally) Heretics

How modern churchgoers are quietly rejecting the famous creed that defined Christianity for centuries

Jun 23, 2026 · 8 min read · 98 claps paywalled #spirituality #religion #christianity

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EV Evan LeBlanc · Backyard Church

How Constantine Hijacked the Council of Nicaea

The historical reality of the man who changed the trajectory of the early church

Jul 11, 2026 · 9 min read · 50 claps paywalled #spirituality #religion #christianity