I was brought to the hospitals emergency entrance with a gruesome and painful injury. My left shoulder had become completely dislocated. My arm hung uselessly with my shoulder totally out of the socket and the pain was building to an intensity that was almost unbearable. The emergency doctor looked at me with anger and disgust […] The post What’s So Bad About Sin? appeared first on Brazen Church ..read more

Have you ever noticed how city-obsessed a lot of superheroes are? Think about it: Superman is the protector of Metropolis. Batman is the Dark Knight of Gotham. Spiderman watches over the boroughs of New York. In more recent TV adaptations, the city focus is even more evident. In Netflix’s Daredevil, the protagonist fights for Hell’s […] The post Superheroes, Vigilantes, Jesus appeared first on Brazen Church ..read more

Have you ever wondered what’s up with the constant theme of blood sacrifice that we see throughout scripture? Have you ever wondered as I have, why God would require blood sacrifice? Especially if God is supposedly just like Jesus? There are two things I think the western church of today needs to be aware of. […] The post Tommy Lee Jones and Old Testament Sacrifice appeared first on Brazen Church ..read more

People in America are leaving Evangelical Fundamentalist Christianity in droves. Many are recording their stories and sharing them with #EmptyThePews to make a statement about how toxic the Church was for them. Those who don’t get it (and who often spend time and energy trying to cover up abuse in the church and gaslighting those […] The post Why I’m Ready for Modern Western Christianity to End appeared first on Brazen Church ..read more

You know that feeling you get when something you were really invested in and believed in as a kid turns out to not be that magical when you experience it as an adult? Maybe it was a fast food burger and fries, the feeling of Christmas Eve, or a tree you used to read books […] The post When Christianity Loses its Magic appeared first on Brazen Church ..read more

Some of us were never going to make the cut. At 29 years old, I have spent a large portion of my life in ministry. My sense of calling came almost simultaneously with my sense of conversion. From the moment I fell in love with Jesus at age 11, I knew that I had to […] The post When You Don’t Fit the Mold appeared first on Brazen Church ..read more

“Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity,” says the author of Ecclesiastes. Another way to render “vanity” is “meaningless” or “empty”. The authorship of this book has traditionally been attributed to King Solomon, the “wisest man to ever live”. This is a man who had everything. Health, riches, power, peace, […] The post The Intersection Between Knowing God and Self Actualization appeared first on Brazen Church ..read more

Do you know the least effective way to help someone? Try to immediately solve their problems. Tell them all the cliches for why bad things happen. Tell them why they’re wrong. Tell them about how their past decisions led to this moment of crisis. Argue with them about why you’re right, and they’re wrong. How […] The post Where Suffering Meets Evangelism appeared first on Brazen Church ..read more

What do you “really” believe? I live quite near the white cliffs of Dover in England. With its rich green grass, gleaming white cliffs and deep blue, or battleship grey sea, depending on the highly changeable weather, it’s a beautiful place to walk, and I love to walk my dog, Bailey. But frankly, it’s really […] The post I Don’t Believe You appeared first on Brazen Church ..read more

I was brought to the hospitals emergency entrance with a gruesome and painful injury. My left shoulder had become completely dislocated. My arm hung uselessly with my shoulder totally out of the socket and the pain was building to an intensity that was almost unbearable. The emergency doctor looked at me with anger and disgust […] The post What’s So Bad About Sin? appeared first on Brazen Church ..read more