r/TrueChristian

Decided to try reddit again, already regret my decision. This app is an echo chamber of atheists, and if you do find a Christian subreddit, progressive Christians that don't take the religion seriously. Obviously Reddit isn't alone in this, but it's the biggest offender imo.

I for the life of me do not understand why you would believe in something that you find logically inconsistent or morally evil, like if you think the Bible is fallible, then the entire religion is essentially built on a lie to you. Just be atheist at that point.

However these people are determined to spread their heresies for reasons I can't for the life of me, understand.

The echo chamber is then enforced with moral manipulation. If you disagree with them? Then you are just a fundamentalist bigot. If you critique them? Then you hate them. Etc etc.

Like these people are atheist in all but name, it would be better if they were spreading atheism, at least they wouldn't be deceiving gullible Christians into believing their heresies, convincing them it fits into scripture.

Anyways that's my yap, not really looking to start a debate just complaining essentially.

so I’m under 18 rn and don’t have many part time job options. Tesco have a tesco colleague vacancy but one of the days I have to work is Saturday at 5 pm so idk if I should apply or not. like the bible says not to work on the sabbath and keep it holy but if I go to church still and then go to work on will it be okay or not.

One day, a pastor prayed for a girl I like, saying that one day she would marry me. So we started praying about it, praying that one day this would come to pass. However, one day we grew apart. It has already been more than five months, but it still hurts inside me.

We never had anything romantic; we only prayed together and preserved holiness.

I always pray, but the Lord remains silent.

How can anyone get the idea that Christ will rapture his church before his second coming? From no scripture I've read on the end does it fit. When Jesus speaks of the end in Matt 24, he states that immediately after the tribulations of those days will he return, no where does he say he will come first to remove his church, then retreat back to heaven to then come again later.

I know Reddit is an atheist echo chamber, but if you don't believe, then why talk about it all the time and be nasty to people who do believe? How is someone believing harming them? They seem like miserable people who exist to troll Christians, and they never seem to have that same vitriolic attitude towards any other religion.

Someone claimed that if You haven't experienced a supernatural encounter with God, then you're not a true Christian. I know people who've had many miracles done by God where gods even spoken to them, but not in this miraculous extravagant way like taking them to heaven and hugging them and (God) telling them they're his child or something like that...in other words, if you're one of God's people, His elect, his chosen, and you're a sheep 🐑 Who hears his voice and obeys his commandments, But if you haven't had that supernatural experience, going to make it to heaven...someone even spoke of this happening to them before they believed

...any thoughts ??

I’m a Oneness Pentecostal, and honestly I’m getting tired of the constant Pentecostal slander online. People can disagree with our theology if they want that’s fine but a lot of the criticism turns into straight-up mockery instead of actual discussion.

Every time Pentecostals get brought up, people immediately jump to “cult,” “fake Christians,” “all emotional,” or act like nobody in Pentecostal churches actually studies the Bible. That’s just not true. There are millions of sincere Pentecostal Christians who genuinely love God, pray, study scripture, help people, and try to live holy lives.

One thing I’ve noticed is that a lot of people either had a bad experience with one Pentecostal church or met a few uneducated Pentecostals, and then they lump all Pentecostals together because of it. That would be like meeting one bad Baptist or Catholic and assuming every church in those denominations is the same.

My church has a lot of genuinely smart people who know scripture deeply. My dad, for example, is one of the smartest Bible-focused people I know. We spend a lot of time studying doctrine, history, context, and scripture not just emotions and hype like people online assume.

You can disagree with speaking in tongues, holiness standards, or Oneness theology without acting like Pentecostals are automatically ignorant or deceived. A lot of our beliefs come from taking scripture seriously and trying to follow what we see in the Bible, especially concerning repentance, holiness, baptism, and the work of the Holy Spirit.

I’m not asking everyone to agree with us. I just think there should be more honest discussion and less stereotyping and cheap shots toward Pentecostals in general.

I was raised Catholic. As a young man I found a nondenominational church and have been walking that path for about 20 years. Over the years I’ve sporadically attended Catholic services with my dad and grandparents out of respect for them.

Tonight I took my dad and my kids out to dinner. Out of nowhere he asked why I never bring my kids to the local Immaculate Conception parish. I’d honestly never thought about it. We have our own church and we have a home there.

He got visibly upset and said it was very rude of me not to visit Catholic churches more often. I was taken aback. I told him we weren’t avoiding Catholic churches, we’re just not Catholic and have no interest in converting. If anything, not dragging my kids to mass felt like the respectful posture. I also mentioned that the few times I’ve attended Catholic services over the years and disclosed I was nondenominational, I was met with jeers.

He ended it with: we need to start attending Catholic mass so that we can know God. I didn’t press it. We moved on. But now I’m sitting with it and I’m honestly not sure what the conversation was actually about. We have a church. We know Jesus. We read scripture. No denominational badge required.

So I’m trying to unpack this and looking for honest perspective. Is there a specifically Catholic teaching he might be drawing on that I’m not tracking, something about the sacraments, the Eucharist, or apostolic succession that would make him feel my kids are genuinely missing something? Or is this more a family and cultural thing dressed up in theological language, where he wants his grandkids inside the tradition that shaped him? And for anyone who’s navigated this with a Catholic parent, did you find a way through that didn’t require either of you to budge on conviction?

I’m not looking to argue denominations. I’m just trying to understand my dad.

i've belived in jesus for around 10 years but was a teen and child living in my parents house so i was influenced by them and didn't convert. however almost immediately as i left for college, i converted to christianity around sept or oct and i've prayed every night and look up bible verses for every problem i have. i read a new verse every night before months.

however, this past week or so i've started to lose faith. i've been watching testimonies and begging chatgpt to prove it to me. i think one thing contributing to me losing faith was bc i saw a video where it said "u spending hell in eternity is based on where ur born bc ppl born in india are hindu, ppl born in pakistan are muslims, ppl born in israel are jews, etc." and i think it contributed to me losing faith. christianity and bible verses brought my peace and i loved talking to jesus. but now i im losing faith. please help!! i wanna spend eternity with jesus i pray and thank him and state what im greatful for daily but im losing so much faith to the point where bible verses aren't even bringing me comfort anymore bc im losing faith.

pls someone share a story of how u were in a similar situation and got out of it and or just any advice is helpful!!

Don't get me wrong I like having communities to talk into and share all our opinions, help each other, and quote God's word to people. I mainly used these communities to seek help and advice and nothing else and I've got a thought that maybe asking too much, having many doubts and feeling my feelings actually just makes me lose faith in God. What if I'm just overthinking things over and over where I couldn't surrender everything to him. No matter how many good responses I get, I wouldn't make progress and truly serve God if I don't start with myself while I am also uncertain on how to start, I've broken my streak with not lusting just this day after almost a month and it hit me, I truly didn't like the feeling at all. I hated it more than I loved it yet I fell on my flesh, and I came into a conclusion or just a thought on my mind that, these online things might do me more bad than good if I couldn't start with my own, not just my own but with God but whenever I feel close to feeling his presence I stumble. It makes me realize if I truly love God or just want him to make my life feel better.

I (25 female) am in an amazing relationship with my boyfriend (23 male). We’ve met each other on February 2025 and we’ve been together since October of 2025. He lives in the UK and I live in the Netherlands. Here is the issue: I can’t visit him due to me not having a Dutch passport and my visa has been denied twice. He can visit me and the last time we saw each other was beginning of May 2026

I’ve been working on getting a lawyer for my citizenship (I have a criminal record for money laundering. It’s a long story but I was a victim of a fraud situation back in 2019. Got convicted in 2022 due to COVID. They convicted me because they didn’t care to find evidence that I didn’t do it. I’ve got sentenced for 40 hours community service and it was done on February of 2024). It’s a very long process and it’s taking a mental load on me and I can’t imagine how he feels. He is the one who has visited me ever since we met. It has taken such a huge toll on us, countless of arguments, constant ending of relationship and getting back together.

While I was otp with him yesterday, he decided that he no longer can be in a relationship because of the distance and it shattered my heart. I am trying my hardest to convince him that it’s all going to be over soon but I just seem to show him and tell him to have some faith. I love him so much and I do not want to lose him.

I’m looking for ways to get to him as soon as possible and I need help to show him that I will go above and beyond for him no matter what.

Hey so I 13F and am wondering about this. This is the situation: my dad had grilled steak for dinner a few nights ago and I’m not sure if I wanna eat meat anymore or at least for now because of this video I saw about factory farming and it made me feel bad for the animals and second guess eating meat even though I like the way it tastes (idk if I’ll actually become a vegan, I’m just confused about it basically and am learning more about it). I told him that I wasn’t going to eat it and he got kinda mad saying that I need to sit down and eat dinner/that I was being disrespectful so then I ended up eating it after that. So does that mean I’m not “honoring my father and mother” if I disagree with them or tell them I don’t want to do something like this in this type of situation? Please lmk what you think if you can.

Semi vent post I guess. Ever since I was a kid I loved dragons and I was working on an art project heavily involving them. But I got hit with a bad case of religious OCD in the past few months and it attacked my love for dragons, because in the Bible their often used as symbols of evil, and modern depictions of fire breathing bat winged dragons came about from Christian artists as depictions of demons. I’ve talked to some Christian mentors of mine and they say it’s fine and I really want to return to my passion, but I just can’t bring myself to do it and it sucks

Why did I just learn there is a large number of people who consider themselves swingers & Christians? And the justification seems to be that nothing in Bible specifically says anything against. And that people need to follow their own convictions.

People are saying that because the marriage bed is undefiled, it means it’s okay as long as husband and wife are both on board. That it isn’t adultery if the husband allows it.

I just don’t understand. I am trying to not be discouraged by the number of people I see justifying certain things they ”can” do and still be a Christian. It seems to be happening more and more. And I see how easy it can be to ”research” Scripture and not feel convicted by something because it’s not explicitly said in there.

And before anyone says “dont judge others lest you be judged” - I can’t force myself to think this is right when I know in my spirit it is wrong. I have made mistakes in my past related to sex, but I know we have a merciful God who wants us to seek the truth! I think these people are lost & in need of repentance… but I don’t think God is done working on their hearts yet.

adding for those in the lifestyle: why would God want people to focus on sexuality & experiencing “heaven” (orgasm) with others (yes this is a reasoning I saw by someone in the lifestyle)…. instead of focusing on treating others like family? Treating everyone like brothers and sisters? Do you really think God created everyone to experience pleasure with everyone else besides your spouse?

This question probably not really on topic so I'll understand if it will be removed but I wonder what was the law mechanisms that was used ? Like... We all know that Judas kissed Jesus and kinda... "Let know" soldiers who to arrest and bible tells us that like it's something obvious and we all treat that episode like it's something obvious but it's really not.

Like... Let's start with Jesus have never hidden himself. He was basically always available, talked to people and never pulled back his rhetorical punches. Thousands of people saw him, talked to him and basically everyone in Jerusalem already knew who he was and how he looked I mean ... They've greeted him on his arrival and even if you're a regular roman dude who's not into all tha Jewish one God religion stuff you'd notice how a crowd loosing their minds over a guy who just entered the city on a donkey.

Nex thing: kissing someone is not a legal proof of anything. I mean yes, you had agreement with law enforcers that kiss will be a secret sign that "alright. Pack THAT one guy up" but like... What? It's not like Judas had a wire on him and he didn't make Jesus say anything illegal so soldiers who were listening could testify against Jesus. Basically he just marked a person without even showing his guilt or something.

And Judas as far as I know didn't testify against Jesus. So the guy, the witness on whos accusation (the mark) the whole investigation is built upon didn't give us anything else. He didn't say that Jesus said something bad or illegal, didn't say that he was a rebel or something he just left.

So yeah... It's really confusing. And if Jewish leaders were about to arrest Jesus and never mind the actual laws anyway - why would they pay some guy to kiss Jesus?

I’m 28 years old.

I’ve been so strong my whole life but have reached a point where I can’t even pray nor read Scripture.

I am tired of the same verses and motivation and calling out to Christ which doesn’t do anything.

My mind and childhood trauma was a lot. It led me to this.

I am hopeless for the first time ever in a way that I want to stop treatments.

Like many people, I struggled with p*rnography and masturbation for years. I started when I was just 12 years old and it became completely normal to me.

Even after I turned my life over to Christ, started praying and reading the Bible I still just couldn't stop. But one day all changed.

By God's grace, last week was officially 4 months since my last relapse.

I want to share how I got here because I know so many people in this community are struggling. I want you to know it doesn't mean your faith isn't real.

The verse that changed my perspective was 1 Corinthians 10:13. "He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it."

God provides the way out, but you have to actually take it. The way out is what you do with your time before the urge even arrives.

A few things I had to accept:

1. Willpower is completely useless against a 15-year addiction. Relying on discipline when you're alone in your room at 11PM is a guaranteed fail. Use any browser blockers to put a physical wall between you and the cornhub.

2. Treating a relapse like the end of the world makes it worse. Just keep going.

3. I had way too much idle time. Every single time i relapsed it was because i was bored and idle.

What actually changed things was filling those hours with purpose. I started reading the Bible properly instead of just going through the motions, talk to my parents everyday and started going to the gym.

I also use some tools to help me stay consistent with this. The Purposa app (for habits, goals and focus) and OneSec (for blocking apps and websites).

If you are a person of faith and you are struggling with this, the relapses are not proof that God has given up on you. Keep going. 🙏

Who else is on this journey? What day are you on?

One sperm and one egg coming together forms an entire person from head to toe. Evolution claims we evolved from a single celled organism. These two different start points, means there has to be two different processes that form a person. Only one ( sperm and egg ) is known to be real. A sperm and egg coming together forms our eyes- they didn't evolve.A sperm and egg coming together forms our lungs- they didn't evolve.A sperm and egg coming together forms our heart- it didn't evolve either. No part of our body evolved from a single celled organism. A sperm and egg comes from an already existing man and woman. There is no known process that forms a person without a sperm and egg, to explain where the already existing man and woman came from. This leaves a man and a woman standing there with no scientific explanation. Life as we see it reflects what is written in the Bible. We have a known process that shows us exactly how a person is formed. And since a single celled organism simply cannot do what a sperm and egg does, evolution always has and always will be relegated to a theory, second to creation.

As christians do you also follow the book of revelations and if so what are your opinions on the mark of the beast?

“The Mark of the Beast is a symbolic term from Bible Gateway's Revelation 13 describing a mark on the right hand or forehead required to participate in society (to "buy or sell")”

The concept is found exclusively in the New Testament Book of Revelation (chapters 13, 14, 16, 19, and 20)

Do you think this is a real mark that will be given out in the future or is this more of a symbolic meaning?

If God Never Changes, and His laws never Change. . . Why do we still eat or even touch Pork and why do we Mix Meat & Dairy like with Cheeseburgers or Pepperoni Pizza, If God specifically made those dietary laws telling us not to in the first place?

God Never changes and neither does his law; so shouldn't we do everything The Bible tells us to do; including not eating certain foods, as well as not mixing Meat & Dairy; and If We Really want to "walk like Jesus", shouldn't we also EAT like Jesus ate?! Especially since God never contradicts himself; He's the same yesterday, today, & forever