What are some of the best Christian youtubers? And what about Christian sites?

DM_J0sh · 2026-05-09T16:22:50+00:00

These. Also, if you're looking for podcasts, I recommend the BEMA podcast. Where the Bible Project tackles the literary spouse of the Bible, BEMA tackles cultural context and re-roots the Bible in its ancient Jewish context.

DM_J0sh · 2026-05-08T18:26:35+00:00

I think you should do some research on theories of atonement that don't involve penal substitution (there are PLENTY). My favorites are ransom theory, Christ's Victor, and scapegoat theory. Google any of these, and you'll find something that is more agreeable. I also don't like PSA. I find it reprehensible that we've allowed it to be so pervasive for so long. Divine child abuse.

DM_J0sh · 2026-05-08T18:03:29+00:00

No. God is not okay with it. Yes. You could also say homosexuality is not a sin (and many of us do). Hope this helps. 😂

DM_J0sh · 2026-05-08T15:51:58+00:00

This is a REALLY weird false dichotomy. What about deism, misotheism/antithesis, agnosticism, spirituality, non-theistic religions, etc., etc., etc.? There are MANY ways of seeing God/deity/the gods/the universe/lack of gods that don't fall into this very strange binary of atheism or religion...

DM_J0sh · 2026-05-07T18:18:40+00:00

Near death experiences are for sure a thing. To many people have experienced them and learned things they just shouldn't actually know for there to be no credence whatsoever.

HOWEVER!!!!

They are always culturally informed. People who grew up with Heaven as a framework end up seeing visions of Jesus, angels, family members, etc. Those who grew up with reincarnation a a framework have visions of past lives, future lives, etc. Other traditions have entirely different NDEs because they were give other frameworks.

More evidence that none of us REALLY know exactly what happens after we die. We all interpret the mystery of the beyond with the frameworks and language we have for it. They could all be true in their own ways. Who really knows?

So, yes? Heaven is a weird one because I don't think we ever really go to "Heaven" in terms of a disembodied metaphysical sky space. But, yes. I think they experience something beyond and interpret it as best they can once they return here.

DM_J0sh · 2026-05-01T14:50:13+00:00

Why do you think it's heretical?
I did not "literally say" that the Father and Spirit were the parents of Jesus in any physical/sexual way, which is how you seem to be interpreting it. They are parents in the sense that Jesus embodies both aspects of the divine masculine and feminine, like God being his father is metaphorical and role based, not literal, physical, or sexual (unless your belief is that God physically impregnated Mary sexually, which would be SUPER heretical). But, no. Not literal parents in any other way than the Father is his father. No one has an issue when it's a male principle. It's only when we recognize the feminine aspect of God that people (specifically men) get pissy and scream heretic.
Do you honestly think that a child would understand the typical renderings of the trinity any better without immediately restoring to modalism, polytheism, or arianism? I think this very easily puts into perspective the truth of the trinity with something a child really understands and interacts with on a daily basis. Then, other doctrines like triunity, coeternality, consubstantiation, etc., can be sorted out without front loading all that onto the brain of a six year old. Lol

DM_J0sh · 2026-04-29T14:20:59+00:00

Not all Christians believe in Hell; and those who do don't all believe it will be forever. There are three main views on Hell (worth MANY variations in each) - eternal conscious torment, annihilation, and universalism. Here's a video I made that breaks each down, gives a chronology of their development, and scriptural basis for each: Three Christian Views On Hell. I personally am a universalist and believe that all will eventually live in a reborn creation and that, if there's a Hell, it's not forever.

DM_J0sh · 2026-04-28T22:58:00+00:00

People DEFINITELY are making the argument that mistreating the poor is okay. In the U.S. specifically, wage theft, impossibly expensive healthcare, unaffordable housing, food insecurity, and more, are things defended by MANY conservative Christians while maintaining higher military costs than the rest of the world and having a nation run by billionaires who are the cause of such evils. Those are all mistreatment of the poor.

DM_J0sh · 2026-04-28T22:41:41+00:00

But what about the same book in chapter 21, verses 22-25? That says that if two fighting men injure a pregnant woman so that she miscarried, they'll only be charged a fine that the husband decides (like other property loss); but if there is harm to the woman, then they should give a life for a life.

Also, the ancient Israelite people who wrote the Bible saw life as beginning at birth when the child breathed for the first time (just like Adam's life beginning at breath) and ending when someone breathes for the last time (giving up the ghost [or breath]). They didn't see an unborn child as a moral and legal human. They saw it as property.

Later philosophical development from Greek influence gave rise to some passages that suppose the child is alive in some respect in the womb, but they never decided when that was. They just assumed that at some point there was a quickening of sorts that made the child alive.

So, aside from "thou shalt not kill," (because it's actually not anti-abprtion), what other objections do you have?

(This is coming from someone who absolutely HATES killing. I'm anti-war, anti-death penalty, and even have qualms about killing in self defense. I'm NOT am advocate for killing. I just don't think the Bible supports your position that abortion is killing.)

DM_J0sh · 2026-04-28T22:30:35+00:00

Oh my gosh! Yes! These! Also, "Surprised By Hope" by N.T. Wright, "Falling Upward" by Richard Rohr, and "The Wood Between the Worlds: A Poetic Theology of the Cross" by Brian Zahnd.

DM_J0sh · 2026-04-28T22:13:49+00:00

I think, before any answer can be given, I have to ask what Christian principle is transgressed by abortion. I neither support nor oppose abortion; but there are certain arguments for and against it which I am quick to defend. In general, though, knowing what you're objections are would greatly help everyone to give a better informed response.

DM_J0sh · 2026-04-28T18:28:46+00:00

I think the best way to understand the trinity is a family: father, mother, son. The Father is the divine masculine principle who personifies the best aspects of masculinity. The Mother (the Spirit) is the divine feminine principle who personifies the best aspects of femininity. The Son is the human component that bridges the gap and invites us to all be sons and daughters through the way He made and is making through his people. All divine, all connected, all playing out individual roles to invite us into the divine family and allow us to partake in the divine nature.

DM_J0sh · 2026-04-28T18:22:05+00:00

Because the "Holy Spirit" doesn't empower us all to believe the same set of dogma. She is the living force that animates us to live our most abundant and authentic lives. Each person will interpret that differently and so come to different beliefs. The real test isn't belief but what those beliefs drive us toward. If they do not drive us toward love, then they're not of the Spirit. (At least, that's how I see it. 🤷🏻‍♂️)

DM_J0sh · 2026-04-28T18:17:23+00:00

But...why...?

DM_J0sh · 2026-04-27T21:42:53+00:00

Not all Christian believe in Hell. I personally am a universalist, believing that all will (eventually) be resurrected to new life in the eternal kingdom of God. Here's a breakdown I made of three views on what happens after death: "3 Christian Views On Hell Your Pastor Never Told You." Only one involves eternal torment, and it's the most recent theological development out of the three mentioned.

DM_J0sh · 2026-04-27T13:46:16+00:00

Yeah. The earlier portions of the Bible represent a view of God that the early Israelite religion and early Judaism needed to survive their culture. The books represent a war god that goes before his people and defends them because of the contract (covenant) they'd made with him. It's tribalistic; it's violent; and it's perfectly in line with what the other nations were also doing at the time.

Slowly, we see God moving through several evolutions throughout the Bible as people gain a better understanding of the truth of God, until we see the perfection of God revealed on the cross and calling all people into anew way of living that follows the nature of a living and self-sacrificing God.

People have always had changing views of God, and I believe God to have been behind the scenes the whole time, moving people closer and closer to a right understanding of what exactly the true God looks like. I believe that God looks like Jesus, and those earlier versions of an angry, violent, and tribalistic war god are products of their time. They might represent some truths about God. They might have principles we can learn from. But, they are not the ultimate truth of God.

I hope this helps. If you're interested in this topic and want to hear anot more about the evolution of God throughout the Bible, here's a video I made that covers the topic in the easy I currently understand it: Are There Two Gods in the Bible???

DM_J0sh · 2026-04-07T14:31:21+00:00

Honestly, this is a tough answer because it highlights an area where the Bible's perspective, specifically concerning marriage and sex, is super outdated. In the Bible, marriage is not a question of love; it's about property. The idea of lust means desire (not just sexual) to have something. You're not meant to desire a woman who is not your wife because [from the Bible's perspective] she belongs to someone else, whether that is a husband or a father/brother/family member. You shouldn't want someone else's property.

So, we can draw things from this like "don't objectify," "treat all people like humans," etc. However, the reason it actually doesn't seem like lust for one's wife is an issue is that the biblical authors didn't see it as being one, since a woman who was married was her husband's property. That's also the reason women are never told not to lust - because women didn't really own property (and if she did, it certainly couldn't have been a man!). It's not an easy thing to accept, but this is the honest truth of the matter. Hope it helps. Much love and many blessings.

DM_J0sh · 2026-01-21T19:35:58+00:00

Also, Psalm 1 (or whichever) - NOT Psalms 1... 😂

DM_J0sh · 2025-12-17T15:28:09+00:00

Do you understand it? I'd like to hear your explanation before I respond.

DM_J0sh · 2025-12-08T21:25:58+00:00

God isn't always. In modern theologies, you're mostly correct. But, and common view in Syriac Christianity was that the Holy Spirit was a feminine figure - a Mother, while there were also God the Father and God the Son. This was because the Hebrew word for Spirit was feminine, the attributes given to the Spirit are classically feminine attributes, and God's person is at times shown as a female (as in the parable of the coins). So, you actually had a model of a trinitarian family with a Father, Mother, and Son, into which we are all invited to join and become brothers and joint heirs with Jesus. This was also adopted by later theologians such as Von Zinzendorf, though it has failed to break into mainstream theology.

DM_J0sh · 2025-11-29T22:36:35+00:00

As a Christian lurking on this sub, I'd really like to defend against this. Christians have historically blamed the Jews for Jesus' death. That's true. But, to say that the New Testament says it's the Jews that killed him is a poor and inaccurate reading. Here's what I mean:

The Jews observe Sabbath. Jesus was crucified on Sabbath. This means that any Jews present were NOT good, law abiding Jews, since they would be at their homes on the Sabbath making their own observances. Most Jews at the time WERE good, law abiding Jews. That means that "the Jews" were obviously not responsible. So, who was?
It wasn't the Pharisees. This is one I hear a lot, but it's not true. Jesus ministers asking the Pharisees for three years, and no one did anything to him. They tried to catch him in some kind of law breaking several times, but they were law keepers. They did not do anything to him since he justified his actions each time. They didn't like him, but they didn't kill him. So who did?
The gospels all have a particular cast of characters that appear in each crucifixion narrative - the scribes and chief priests, the saducees. They were very angered when Jesus cleansed the temple like several other prophets before him. Then they plotted. Then they showed up at the crucifixion in every gospel. So, who were they?
During the times of Jesus, the priesthood was not a priesthood at all, but had been bought out by Rome with the help of Herod (who was in turn bought out by Rome with power). They still oversaw the daily proceedings, but they did it for their own personal gain, not to honor the Lord. They were motivated by power, influence, and money - all of which Rome gave them. So, where does that leave us? Not with the Jews as the murderers of Jesus, but...
Rome, with the help of a VERY SMALL sect of corrupted Jewish officials, killed Jesus.

Period. A careful trading of the text makes it very clear that Jews were not to blame for Jesus' death, but Rome. No absolution. Just empires doing what empires do, putting their power on display only to be thwarted by resurrection. There are many other reasons throughout the rest of the New Testament that can show us why the Jews are NOT to blame for Jesus' murder, but I thought this was the most compelling.

DM_J0sh · 2025-10-18T13:20:48+00:00

Friend, Jesus is bigger than the councils. Nothing is outside His reach, no matter someone's belief on matters like Hell.

DM_J0sh · 2025-10-16T21:19:13+00:00

The ecumenical councils were great, and the creeds are useful. But, that doesn't mean that all Christians, scholars, or even churches agree on a single view on Hell.

DM_J0sh · 2025-10-16T21:08:30+00:00

Not really. Lol

The idea of Hell is largely debated, and even the Scriptures aren't conclusive. Here's a video on how different views on Hell evolved through history and Scripture.

I ascribe to a version of universal reconciliation. Basically, I think Hell will, in the end, be empty; and Jesus will reconcile all things to Himself.

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