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Backyard Church

@backyard-theology

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active: 2024-12-08 → 2026-07-22

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DA Dan Foster · Backyard Church

What If Jesus Didn’t Die for the Reason You Were Told?

The part of the Easter story most Christians have never really examined

Apr 03, 2026 · 11 min read · 4,319 claps paywalled #christianity #religion #faith

What If Jesus Didn’t Die for the Reason You Were Told?

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DA Dan Foster · Backyard Church

God and Cancer: The Conversation I Never Wanted to Have

What happens when real life no longer fits the religious answers you were given?

May 26, 2026 · 8 min read · 2,140 claps paywalled #spirituality #christianity #cancer

God and Cancer: The Conversation I Never Wanted to Have

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DA Dan Foster · Backyard Church

When I Wrote About Gay Weddings, Some Christians Lost Their Minds.

How culture war Christianity turned LGBTQ people into a moral obsession

May 30, 2026 · 12 min read · 1,484 claps paywalled #spirituality #religion #faith

When I Wrote About Gay Weddings, Some Christians Lost Their Minds.

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DA Dan Foster · Backyard Church

I’m About to Board a Plane — I Don’t Know If There Will Be Another One

How Cancer Changed the Way I Think About God, Time, and Tomorrow

Jun 22, 2026 · 8 min read · 1,195 claps paywalled #spirituality #philosophy #cancer

I’m About to Board a Plane — I Don’t Know If There Will Be Another One

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DO Dominicsmishler · Backyard Church

A Brief Meditation on the Strange Theology of JD Vance and Sean Hannity

JD Vance and Sean Hannity are finding out that Pope Leo actually reads the Gospels — and they don’t like it.

Jun 12, 2026 · 3 min read · 1,193 claps paywalled #christianity #us-politics #catholicism

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DA Dan Foster · Backyard Church

The Question Jesus Asked More Than Any Other

Why spiritual transformation begins with desire, not doctrine

Jun 26, 2026 · 8 min read · 1,118 claps paywalled #spirituality #christianity #religion

The Question Jesus Asked More Than Any Other

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SU Susan Richardson · Backyard Church

I Changed My Mind About Abortion in America

Why I am no longer the one-issue voter I used to be

Apr 25, 2026 · 6 min read · 1,053 claps paywalled #pro-life #abortion #american-politics

I Changed My Mind About Abortion in America

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DA Dan Foster · Backyard Church

The Biblical Character We Should Stop Admiring

Why the Bible’s Most Admired Leaders Are Often Its Most Troubling Characters

Jun 06, 2026 · 10 min read · 996 claps paywalled #spirituality #christianity #faith

The Biblical Character We Should Stop Admiring

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DA Dan Foster · Backyard Church

A Christian Told Me I Was Rejecting the Bible. Here’s What I Asked.

Why the way Jesus describes salvation feels surprisingly different from the way many churches explain it

Jun 17, 2026 · 10 min read · 976 claps paywalled #spirituality #christianity #religion

A Christian Told Me I Was Rejecting the Bible. Here’s What I Asked.

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DA Dan Foster · Backyard Church

The Most Disturbing Thing I’ve Heard a Preacher Say

What a single sentence reveals about the God many Christians worship

Jul 10, 2026 · 8 min read · 858 claps paywalled #spirituality #christianity #religion

The Most Disturbing Thing I’ve Heard a Preacher Say

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DA Dan Foster · Backyard Church

The Happiest Christians I Know Have One Thing in Common

The surprising intersection of grace, psychology, and spiritual maturity.

Jul 22, 2026 · 8 min read · 847 claps paywalled #spirituality #spiritual-growth #christianity

The Happiest Christians I Know Have One Thing in Common

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DA Dan Foster · Backyard Church

The Most Misunderstood Phrase Jesus Ever Spoke

Why Jesus’ original audience heard a message of resistance, where modern readers hear a message of compliance

Jul 14, 2026 · 9 min read · 835 claps paywalled #spirituality #christianity #religion

The Most Misunderstood Phrase Jesus Ever Spoke

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DA Dan Foster · Backyard Church

If God Is Spirit, Why Are We So Sure He’s a Male?

What the biblical authors actually wrote about God’s gender — and why it challenges modern assumptions.

Jun 27, 2026 · 9 min read · 835 claps paywalled #spirituality #christianity #religion

If God Is Spirit, Why Are We So Sure He’s a Male?

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DA Dan Foster · Backyard Church

It’s the End of the Church as We Know It… and I Feel Fine

Why shrinking churches may be telling the wrong story about Christianity’s future

Jun 08, 2026 · 10 min read · 774 claps paywalled #spirituality #christianity #religion

It’s the End of the Church as We Know It… and I Feel Fine

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DA Dan Foster · Backyard Church

When Jesus Made a Huge Mistake

Rethinking grace, judgment, and salvation through the lens of Jesus’ own behavior

May 22, 2026 · 6 min read · 751 claps paywalled #spirituality #christianity #religion

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DA Dan Foster · Backyard Church

Before God Said Anything, He Did This…

What the creation story suggests about God that many Christians have never considered

Jun 11, 2026 · 8 min read · 614 claps paywalled #spirituality #christianity #creativity

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DA Dan Foster · Backyard Church

If God Can Heal, Why Doesn’t He Heal Everyone?

Rethinking Miracles, Unanswered Prayers, and the Meaning of Christian Hope

Jun 09, 2026 · 11 min read · 602 claps paywalled #spirituality #christianity #faith

If God Can Heal, Why Doesn’t He Heal Everyone?

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DA Dan Foster · Backyard Church

The Comment That Perfectly Explains Christian Nationalism

How America Became the Hero of the Christian Story

Jun 12, 2026 · 9 min read · 598 claps paywalled #christianity #spirituality #religion

The Comment That Perfectly Explains Christian Nationalism

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DA Dan Foster · Backyard Church

This Christian Influencer Thinks “Church Hurt” Isn’t Real

Spiritual Trauma, Religious Systems, and the Problem With Blaming “Susan”

Jun 02, 2026 · 9 min read · 576 claps paywalled #spirituality #christianity #social-media

This Christian Influencer Thinks “Church Hurt” Isn’t Real

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DA Dan Foster · Backyard Church

The World’s Most Popular Bible Raises a Serious Problem With Hell

The meaning of a single Greek word may change the way you understand salvation, judgment, and God’s love.

Jun 15, 2026 · 9 min read · 567 claps paywalled #spirituality #christianity #religion

The World’s Most Popular Bible Raises a Serious Problem With Hell

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DA Dan Foster · Backyard Church

A Cartoon About Jesus Just Exposed a Massive Problem in Christianity

Why modern Christians often feel more comfortable with pressure, performance, and anxiety than unconditional love

May 27, 2026 · 9 min read · 557 claps paywalled #spirituality #christianity #religion

A Cartoon About Jesus Just Exposed a Massive Problem in Christianity

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DA Dan Foster · Backyard Church

How to Tell If You’re Following God… or Just Yourself

A practical framework for distinguishing genuine faith from a projection of your own desires and assumptions.

Jul 07, 2026 · 8 min read · 510 claps paywalled #spirituality #christianity #religion

How to Tell If You’re Following God… or Just Yourself

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DA Dan Foster · Backyard Church

A Church in Kentucky Shot the Devil with Guns in Front of Children

How one church’s attempt to teach the Gospel accidentally exposed a much deeper theological problem.

Jul 06, 2026 · 8 min read · 509 claps paywalled #spirituality #christianity #religion

A Church in Kentucky Shot the Devil with Guns in Front of Children

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DA Dan Foster · Backyard Church

We’re Not Trying to Destroy Christianity

A Note to The Church From People Who Left the Church

Jun 03, 2026 · 9 min read · 501 claps paywalled #spirituality #christianity #religion

We’re Not Trying to Destroy Christianity

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DA Dan Foster · Backyard Church

How to Become Insufferably Self-Righteous Without Realizing It

What Jesus, psychology, and internet culture reveal about moral superiority

May 25, 2026 · 7 min read · 501 claps paywalled #spirituality #christianity #religion