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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

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PA Paul Walker · Backyard Church

The YouTube Comment That Made Me Ashamed to be “Christian”

I did something very unusual for me and responded

Jul 15, 2026 · 6 min read · 276 claps paywalled #christianity #religion #faith

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JU Judy Hansen · Backyard Church

The Goodbyes We Never Say

Grief, Ritual, and Giving Yourself Permission to Heal Outside The Rules You Were Taught

Jul 15, 2026 · 5 min read · 215 claps paywalled #spirituality #women #personal-essay

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PH Phillip T Stephens · Backyard Church

What Would Jesus See?

The pitfalls of egocentric Christianity

Jul 15, 2026 · 12 min read · 104 claps paywalled #ego #jesus #christianity

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EV Evan LeBlanc · Backyard Church

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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NI Nils von Kalm · Backyard Church

Ah, Look At All The Lonely People

The epidemic of a generation and how to deal with it

Jul 15, 2026 · 4 min read · 160 claps paywalled #mental-health #loneliness #christianity

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DA Dan Foster · Backyard Church

What Jesus Actually Meant by “Deny Yourself”

What a closer reading of Jesus’ words reveals about faith, certainty, and surrender.

Jul 15, 2026 · 7 min read · 327 claps paywalled #spirituality #christianity #religion

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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

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BE Becca ∞ · Backyard Church

What If Church Was Never a Building?

The God We Keep Looking Past

Jul 13, 2026 · 2 min read · 75 claps paywalled #religion #spirituality #self-awareness

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DA Dan Foster · Backyard Church

The 9 Questions People Asked Me as a Pastor (That I Couldn’t Answer)

The conversations that revealed what people are really searching for beneath faith and doubt

Jul 13, 2026 · 8 min read · 236 claps paywalled #spirituality #christianity #religion

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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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NI Nils von Kalm · Backyard Church

Why Seeking Justice Is Central to the Gospel

It’s not an optional add-on

Jul 12, 2026 · 4 min read · 187 claps paywalled #justice #christianity #religion

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DA Dan Foster · Backyard Church

The 10 Best Christ Figures in Movie History

An exploration of the sacrificial heroes, chosen ones, and saviours who echo Christ on screen.

Jul 12, 2026 · 9 min read · 364 claps paywalled #spirituality #christianity #jesus

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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

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DA Dan Foster · Backyard Church

The Bible’s Most Troubling Deaths (And Why I Still Believe God Is Good)

Exploring the Tension Between the Violent God of Some Biblical Texts and the Nonviolent Jesus

Jul 11, 2026 · 10 min read · 172 claps paywalled #spirituality #christianity #religion

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PA Paul Walker · Backyard Church

Toxic People in the Pews: The Reality of Church Bullying

The Surprising Prevalence of Church Bullies

Jul 11, 2026 · 7 min read · 121 claps paywalled #christianity #religion #bullying

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NI Nils von Kalm · Backyard Church

Nice Christians, Shallow Faith: Why We Need to Go Deeper

The Honest Conversation That Exposed the Church’s Weakness

Jul 10, 2026 · 6 min read · 214 claps paywalled #christianity #religion #spirituality

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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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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

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BR Brian Rosta · Backyard Church

The Loudest Religious Voices Aren’t the Truest

How Spectacle Became Mistaken For Spiritual Authority

Jul 09, 2026 · 6 min read · 82 claps paywalled #christianity #religion #faith

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NI Nils von Kalm · Backyard Church

Why Getting to Heaven Is Not the Point of Christianity

The spiritual AND the physical both matter to God

Jul 09, 2026 · 6 min read · 240 claps paywalled #christianity #religion #spirituality

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SU Susan Richardson · Backyard Church

When You Think You’re Free, You’re Often Already Captured

History teaches us that fascism rarely arrives with a bang

Jul 09, 2026 · 6 min read · 95 claps paywalled #christianity #politics-and-protest #democracy

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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

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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NI Nils von Kalm · Backyard Church

My Journey With Mental Illness

Getting beyond the over-spiritualizing to what really heals

Jul 08, 2026 · 7 min read · 242 claps paywalled #mental-health #life #spirituality

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DA Dan Foster · Backyard Church

The Secret to Building a Church Where People Tell the Truth

What psychology, spiritual formation, and the teachings of Jesus reveal about authentic community

Jul 08, 2026 · 10 min read · 233 claps paywalled #spirituality #vulnerability #psychology

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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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NI Nils von Kalm · Backyard Church

Why Talking About Social Justice Gets Me Labeled ‘Woke’ by Christians

When Jesus’ Message of Justice Is Lost in Modern Labels

Jul 07, 2026 · 6 min read · 102 claps paywalled #politics #faith #religion

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PH Phillip T Stephens · Backyard Church

Donald Trump: America’s Cyrus Imposter

The devil you know is still the devil

Jul 07, 2026 · 10 min read · 144 claps paywalled #donald-trump #jesus #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

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DE Desmond Yim · Backyard Church

Your Church Taught You to Fight Your “Sinful Self.” It’s Making You Sick.

Why embracing your shadow — not suppressing it — is the secret to the wholeness Jesus actually promised.

Jul 06, 2026 · 7 min read · 54 claps paywalled #religion #relationships #christianity

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PA Paul Walker · Backyard Church

The Pastor Who Exchanged the Pulpit for a Front Lawn Brawl

When “Love Thy Neighbor” Becomes “Punch His Lights Out”

Jul 06, 2026 · 6 min read · 166 claps paywalled #christianity #religion #evangelicals

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NI Nils von Kalm · Backyard Church

What My Celebrity Crush Taught Me About Life

A lesson on how to thrive, not just get through

Jul 06, 2026 · 4 min read · 120 claps paywalled #christianity #grief #spirituality

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LU Lumen Mentis · Backyard Church

Free on Paper, Bound in Reality

How Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Divorce Doctrine Leaves Women Legally Free but Religiously Trapped

Jul 06, 2026 · 6 min read · 145 claps paywalled #religion #trauma #womens-rights

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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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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

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DO Dominicsmishler · Backyard Church

Questions I Have About “Ex-Gay” Ministries

Notice I didn’t say ‘answers’

Jul 02, 2026 · 7 min read · 54 claps paywalled #christianity #lgbtq #conversion-therapy

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DA Dan Foster · Backyard Church

13 Easy Steps to Becoming the Most Annoying Christian in the World

A Guide on How to Lose Friends and Infuriate People

Jun 28, 2026 · 8 min read · 11 claps paywalled #religion #christianity #spirituality

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DE Desmond Yim · Backyard Church

We Need Care As Much As We Give It

Why the “Strongest” People are Drowning in Plain Sight

Jun 27, 2026 · 6 min read · 10 claps paywalled #christianity #faith #personal-growth

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GR Grace Ann Hansen · Backyard Church

Old Enough for Hell, Too Young to Know Themselves

The double standard is the whole argument.

Jun 27, 2026 · 9 min read · 241 claps paywalled #religion #spirituality #christianity

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JO John C Harris · Backyard Church

The Cross on the Wall Isn’t a Decoration

Jung’s line between a sign and a symbol, and why it matters more after sixty

Jun 27, 2026 · 4 min read · 119 claps paywalled #symbolism #carl-jung #psychology

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EV Evan LeBlanc · Backyard Church

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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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

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LU Lumen Mentis · Backyard Church

They Didn’t Put a Gun To Your Head!

The True Cost Of Leaving Jehovah’s Witnesses

Jun 26, 2026 · 5 min read · 219 claps paywalled #religion #trauma #christianity

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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

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NI Nils von Kalm · Backyard Church

Why You Won’t Be Spending Eternity In Heaven

The real Christian hope is much more earth-bound than you were taught

Jun 25, 2026 · 5 min read · 275 claps paywalled #christianity #religion #spirituality

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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

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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DA Dan Foster · Backyard Church

Why Are We Still Teaching Young Women to Submit to Men?

A closer look at the scriptures, traditions, and power structures shaping modern Christian womanhood

Jun 23, 2026 · 10 min read · 390 claps paywalled #spirituality #christianity #faith

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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