I found my way to you via Fundie Friday. I'm not religious, but I want to understand others and the "why" behind their choices and actions. Your content is about the only religious content I can stomach frankly, and I have really enjoyed your videos in 2024. I look forward to seeing your content evolve 2025, Tim.
I am queer and have a complicated relationship with Christianity because of growing up in a conservative southern Baptist tradition. I don't consider myself a Christian anymore but I just wanted to say I appreciate your content so much. It is much needed and has helped me. Thanks!
This channel is a safe space for you. I myself have such a whirlwind of relationship with religions - yes, with an s. 😅 I hope that you have or will find your people. Those who will love you for who you are unconditionally. The world is messy, but small kindness here and there keeps the hope up.
Friend, should you wish in the future to explore queer welcoming faith communities, there are a surprising number of them. I also grew up southern evangelical/fundamentalist & decades later, a lot of that wounding manages to rear its ugly head.
I'm having a hard day. Week. I saw that you posted a video. My immediate thought was, "Oh, good. A sincere decent person." It's a relief! I suspect others notice this, too. You and your guests provoke thought, bring insights, and educate. The secret ingredient is your empathy. I never find a topic overwhelming this way. I never feel unseen. Thank you.
So thankful for this channel! I lost connection with the traditional church during Covid and felt so lost. Finding TNE has helped me find my faith again and realize my views don’t make me “not Christian enough”. They are actually closer to who Jesus is. Thank you so much for what you’re doing. Can’t wait to see what 2025 brings!!
The fact I began this video in fear that you were going to say you lost your faith shows just how much your voice means to me, and to all of us trying to find a community of believers who have not joined the nationalist movement. Thank you so much for creating this community and serving it so selflessly. Those lessons you have learned, I think, are God's way of preparing you for the next phase. You will be better equipped to handle the growth and the challenges ahead. Thank you again!
I walked away from Christianity years ago for many different reasons. Most boiled down to watching people say one thing in Church, and do the opposite in public. Thank you for holding up a light for people authentically living the faith they claim to hold dear.
I grew up going to a SBC and it was the hypocrisy of some of the other congregants that started my Q'ing things But the 'problem of evil' (if God is good and created everything then where did evil come from?) was always an issue for me. I had read parts of the Bible before but it wasn't until I read it with the intention of 'proving' it was right to an ex of mine that I realized it was contradictory and error ridden There was no way to explain away some of it. I think for a lot of people it is many things.
@@e.m.8094am I correct to surmise that you are implying TNE is somehow false and yet somehow you or your belief is not false? Let me ask you a question. If your church is insisting that they have the right of it, and others don't, and thus their interpretation of who is and is not a false believer is what you are basing this on, but you don't spend any time in loving relationship with people with different beliefs than yours, then what does your certainty that you are correct say about you?
I can’t believe that I am actually thankful to Paul & Morgan for something…finding you guys! 😅 Thank you, in turn, for introducing me to so many books, authors, thinkers, and speakers that have made me actually joyful once again to be a Christian. Looking forward to see suggestions from you guys as to what we can do in our communities in 2025. ❤
And based on the content in this video, in addition to analytical theology, Paul could gain some solid pointers from Tim on how to effectively organize and grow a social media business... instead of hopping from one shallowly thought out scheme to another.
Thank you, Tim and your team, for all the work you've done so far. I'm a Brazilian christian who found your channel due to a suggestion here on youtube, and I'm SOOO glad I click on the video thumbnail suggestion! As a Christian in Brazil I see a lot of parallels between what is happening in the churches in the US and here in Brazil, and it saddens me. Coming to your channel and watching all the videos you post gives me hope for the coming years. I CAN'T wait to see what TNE will bring us in 2025. Love from Brazil to you, your family, your team, and your loved ones.
I've lived the last 8 years in isolation, unable to find a gathering of like minded believers. Believe me, I tried. The Dominionism, Trump cult , Rightwing Christian Nationalism, etc, has made it impossible to be involved. I've read extensively trying to understand what has happened, grieved over the blindness of believers, and their creation of another Jesus, one I don't recognize. To have a way to connect with politically progressive Christians in my area would be a lifesaver. I'm so glad you have thought to include that in your new content. A place to fellowship with believers who understand would be an answer to prayer. Anne Nelson's book" The Shadow Network" is a must read. So us " The Family," and " Undertow " by Jeff Sharlet , Katherine Stewart's " The Power Worshippers" and " Kristin DuMez's " Jesus and John Wayne." One last recommendation is Tim Alberta's " The Kingdom, Power, and the Glory." There are others that uncover the darkness that has deliberately altered Christianity in America to become a toxic brew of racism, bigotry , self promotion, and greed in its quest for power and control. Thank you Tim and April for putting this content out. It's been so deeply encouraging.
As a Democrat in rural Alabama, I can relate. I started going to the little country church near my home after my husband died. My church family has meant so much to me However, after the election, I'm reevaluating because I know they voted for Trump and all he represents. I don't know what the future holds for me.
I agree completely! I haven’t been in a church building since 2016 for a variety of reasons and then came Christian Nationalism. I was horrified at friends who are sucked into this idea and then of course felt alienated that I would question it. Honestly I have grown by leaps and bounds in my faith in Jesus Christ in recent years. He is constant, it’s people who change. I’ve been praying for a community of people who share my faith yet reject this distortion of true Christianity, which is the teaching of Jesus. Read your Bible folks!
I have been greatly encouraged by TNE. I am so thankful that RUclips lead me here. I got out of theology in general for a long while due to traumatic events that greatly changed my life. I have felt the need to get back into theology. I miss the dialogue, the struggling and wrestling with concepts and ideas. This group has given me safety to explore theology again. TNE has also introduced me to new theologians and thinkers, of whom, I have started to read their content. Thank you for the work you do! You have made it easier to return to the theological world. May God bless you, your family, and your channel!!
You are absolutely amazing! Thank you so much for creating this channel! I was raised a Baptist and returned to my paternal religion (Judaism) after the church blamed me for something that happened to me. Even though I'm Jewish, I'm still tuned into the Christian world because my thesis is over the Protestant Reformation. You are truly a blessing and I've sent many of your video to my MAGA cult/Christian Nationalist family in the hope they will snap out of it. You are doing some holy work!
He really is. I am so very impressed by Tim Whitaker. There simply are no words to express my deep appreciation for him and his wonderful You Tube channel. I have been so blessed and comforted by his enlightening comments and I see the love so real.
This was such a treat! To wake up in a new year and have this video first in my recommendations this morning! I’m proud to see this community growing exponentially! We have been through so much and we will need each other going forward. Thank you Tim, for walking with us on this most difficult journey and being there for us to turn to in times of change and crisis! TNE is truly a gift and a light in the darkness and I couldn’t be more grateful for you Tim, April, and all who make TNE a reality for all who need this community!! It’s amazing what can happen when we walk out and do and live his love!! Happy New Year everyone, let us shine bright in 2025❤🎉
Hi, Tim. I have subscribed to the RUclips channel, have the podcast on my app, and am a member of the Facebook group, and I can tell you that the reason TNE is so successful is you, Tim. There are legions of deconstruction podcasts out there, and many of them are very good, but it is your humility, genuine curiosity, and openness to hearing from other people that make your show great. Even though you have passionate opinions and strong values, your commitment to "non-dehumanization" makes you the kind of guy that we would all like to sit down with and share a cup of blueberry coffee. Congratulations on your success, and thank you so much for all you do from this NJ-born old lady in North Carolina. 😊
Looking forward to 2025 honestly. There will be huge challenges but it seems like people are fired up to make change and I think overall it will be good
We’re completely behind you for everything you want to do. (Fundie Friday convert here) I will be one of the first subscribers to your show w/ April. 💞 I love you Tim. -As a fellow human being, wandering in the wilderness of deconstruction. You’ve been more of a bright light than you could possibly understand.
What you are doing is so important, and you do it so well!! Finding your channel was absolutely a high point of my year. Please let us know ASAP how to pre-order your book
I'm am incredibly thankful to have found TNE. As a former scared to death decomstructor to a new hopeful reconstructor ..this is the channel I needed.When Tim talked about not having a strong prayer life in his life right now in his talk with Paul and Morgan....WOW that honesty was so incredibly comforting to someone in the same situation. I am incredibly inspired by the unrelenting kindness of Tim. I am challenged and educated by guests of TNE. And I feel solidarity and comfort from watching Tim and April get mad, sad and wise against current day politics. I am able to tell conservative family members about TNE and how loving and Christ like liberal Christians like Tim can be. They may never agree with me but it helps me plant a seed of change and that gives me hope. Thank you Tim!
I wanted to say thank you for all your work this year. I can't remember if you came on my radar because of Fundie Fridays or if RUclips pushed one of the TNE videos into my feed with the right title to make me click. All I know is your unflinching examination of the harms of evangelical theology and commitment to humanity, dignity and respect gave me hope. I am not a Christian anymore, but not because I don't like Jesus or the values that are in his actual gospels. I have a great respect for a faith tradition that is as deep and multifaceted as Christianity is. I was, however, constantly shamed and 'edified' about my natural expression of spirituality. I'm a pagan witch now. 🙂However, it brings me joy and hope to see you and April AJoy and the others you platform do the work of reclaiming Jesus for yourselves away from sexism, away from homophobia and racism and oppressive systems of control. In the vein of your drive to amplify voices and explore more ways to foster community, I hope you will consider exploring how neurodivergence affects faith experience. As someone who is both autistic and ADHD, and has many friends who share a parallel experience, it seems quite evident to me that neurodiversity tends to accompany a way of engaging with faith that is unacceptable to traditional evangelicalism. Thank you again for all the work you do. I'm very glad to hear that you are delegating and taking care of yourself, your loved ones and your IRL community. All the best for this year!
That's such a good point about neurodivergence. I have OCD and it has greatly affected my deconstruction and reconstruction of faith. That would be such and interesting topic to see explored.
Congratulations, Tim! This is so exciting. I hope you continue to network and grow at a sustainable pace. Perhaps network with Jimmy Carter’s home church? PS: I love the blueberry coffee count. Platonic love from Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst NJ
Personal comment of Laura Botten: All of the stuff you added in 2024 is what let me find you! Thank you for all you do; I really enjoy the FB group too :) I'm in Canada what I love about this channel is how to recognize narratives that creep into Canadian thinking as Christian foundation. I've been frustrated with my local churches for a while and even the leaders don't seem fully aware of where this thinking comes from. They will condemn Trump while espousing the same theology that's elected him. I want to support my southern neighbours by ensuring that I'm not supporting those who are against you.
Thank you for all of your work! I often feel like a lone unicorn. I am still attending an evangelical church where there is a wide variety of beliefs. I know there are people like me, but we are afraid to speak up because of the right-wingers sitting next to us.
Fellow social unicorn here. I’ve always felt like I don’t fit in whenever my parents drag me to church, just because I’m neurodivergent. As much as they claim to welcome and accept the neurodivergent community, let’s be honest, do they really? I’m constantly feeling like I’m walking into a wave of verbal aggression when it comes to having a relationship with our lord and savior, and I don’t like it. But I feel blessed and more welcome here in TNE community and it’s spiritually refreshing and I feel like I’m finding the real answers to the many questions that churches refuse to answer because of their ignorance and blind faith. I’ve been seeking no BS answers, and receiving validation from real Christians like Tim are healing to me.
You guys are great, so happy to have stumbled on your channel. I'm not a religious person at all, but trying to understand our political and information landscape has made me want to better understand what's being fed into the ecosystem in these religious circles. Love your conversations and topics, keep up the good work! I would love an episode or two about building a channel like yours, as I've been considering it myself. How did you go from idea to where you're at now, what all does it take to manage everything, what kind of staff, how much rime, etc. I'd live to do exactly what you guys are, but the secular version. Happy New Year!
I tune into your Exquisite You Tube channel. You are an extraordinary man. You are God's gift to us. Thank you so much. This year for you and your channel will be Awesome. Tim, you are SO excellent and well-spoken. Your audience is so VERY blessed to listen to you and to April. I absolutely LOVE your channel and I love you and I love April Ajoy. She is such an inspirational, really whip smart authentic real mature Christian woman. God bless both of you in this new year. I can't say enough praise at how much information, how much edification I receive when I listen to you! Thank you from the very bottom of my heart for enlightening your audience, helping us cope, making sense of these horrifically dark times, and you do it with Love, the way that Christ teaches us to do. Thank you.
Just wanted to let you know that this channel, and simply knowing that there was a Cheistianity that was not about intolerance and ignorance, that sought to follow what Christ truly taught, was an important part of what led me to step back into a church as a congregant for the first time in probably 30+ years late last year. Thanks, and keep up the good work--we need to let the world know that Christianity is not what the nationalists peddle.
Hi Tim. I’m a 68 yr old woman who has been searching for something like this for years. In my younger years I was very religious-a born again Christian you might say. But I’ve morphed into someone who is basically a spiritual person. I’ve seen the beauty of other “religions” and have found that all paths lead up to the same destination ….. love. May I make a suggestion. This is the first time I’m seeing you and went to check out your podcasts. I noticed many of your podcasts last an hour or more. It’s so much more appreciated if the podcasts are broken down to smaller segments. I’m much more likely to watch something that’s 30 minutes, than to watch something an hour+. I follow a lot of creators and if their videos are over 40 minutes I pass them by bc I simply don’t have the time and the attention span. I guess you know what I mean. I’ll be back and thanks for filling a need that has since been forgotten
Hey Tim I’m a 26 year old lesbian. I grew up as an atheist but I have a side gig as a paid singer at an Episcopal church. I love it there so much and your content has played a role in sparking my curiosity about the possibility of experiencing spirituality as a queer person, and what that might look like for me.
I love this show!!! it’s helped me be connected to a new Facebook community and giving me great resources to help my faith become more progressive instead of losing it entirely thanks so much!!!
FWIW, I'm a full atheist (deconstructed Southern Baptist) and I watch your videos regularly. I have a lot of Christian friends who are either lost in their faith sauce bc of the horrible rhetoric out there, and a lot of Christian friends who seem to be losing their way bc of it. I always recommend your channel bc I think *healthy* Christian faith is a good thing, even tho it's not something I believe in. You're doing good work, even atheists can see that
Hii, I just felt the need to comment on your comment. I really appreciate your comment. My father was a Church of Christ preacher and all I heard all my life was "atheists are the biggest threat to Christianity" what BS. The biggest threat was & will always be people who claim to follow Jesus and use Jesus & the Bible as a weapon of hate & control. I started my deconstruction right around covid when I saw the total hate & hypocrisy for others by people who called themselves Christians. I sent my preacher an email and told him I would not be returning & all the reasons. Of course it was seen by them as my fault. I had been in that congregation for 20+ years, so it was a difficult thing to do, the church was all I knew. Some people say I left God but I never have, only the hate & hypocrisy. I now have many atheist friends and see them for what they have always been, wonderful ,caring humans whose morality is not tied to religion. Thanks again for your support!
I’ve never cared for year-end or year-beginning videos but you, sir, and your work and that of your team has been such a blessing. I literally think the work y’all are doing can prevent a lot of harm from happening. I’m not just talking about mere Church hurt, although that is a real thing. I really believe that the ideas that you share combined with love and humility can literally save peoples lives. Keep going Tim.
Hi I just want to give a shout out to The Poor People’s Campaign and Revs Barber and Theoharis who’ve been out there for years connecting the dots between Christianity and all the issues, amplifying the voices of the poor, and in general making a ruckus!
Tim, you and April along with other podcasts by former Evangelicals like Straight White American Jesus, Full Mutuality, etc have been such a help to me, a former Catholic and now simply a struggling non-practicing Christian. Like you, my catharsis took place during 2020 seeing the selfish, hateful response of my fellow Catholics. Of course, everything with the CSA scandal in our church had severely weakened my beliefs. Esp when in 2018, we discovered our pastor had been credibly accused for acts with a minor back in the 80s and 90s. And how did our congregation react? They stood behind our pastor 💯 and called the victims "gold diggers". Given all of the response of the Catholic Church towards these criminal acts, I should've left long before 2020. However, when I finally left, I couldn't Find any content creators specifically with my background so I gravitated towards those deconstructing from the evangelical church. And all of you have been such a help and a blessing. So 1000 thanks to you for your knowledge and mostly, your joy! You've taught me that I can still find peace and joy in Christianity. Praying for your ministry to grow even more!
So excited to see your video I know I am going to face the hard truths of today’s world with decent folks looking to learn and grow while striving to live the good news for the oppressed and worn down folks. Thank you.
I love your podcast and have learned so much about Christian Nationalism that explains how someone like Trump could rise to power. How about calling your new podcast "TNE Liberated" or "Liberation". Pastor Norman J Brown of J Jireh Ministries, in Columbus, OH would make a great guest. Perhaps you could reach out to him. My prayer is that the Holy Spirit will reveal new opportunities and possibilities for investing in the Kingdom of God in 2025. Abundant Blessings to you, your family, your staff and those who partner with you.
Thought I'd subscribed awhile back. Glad I found you again. All the best to you, to all who follow your channel and to our country in this upcoming era. 🙏
You should be proud of your accomplishments. I remember when you had about 13k subscribers. You have tripled your following to over 42k in a little over a year. Well done.
I think you and Frank Schaeffer would have a fantastic conversation, and I would love to hear it if you do! Thanks for all you are doing - it is so vital. Blessings to you and everyone else behind the scenes - plus your families and loved ones.
Prepare for spiritual growth without religion or leaving practices will be on the rise in great numbers. Hopefully simple meditation practices will be sought by people really not knowing what to ask for in trying to quiet their mind. I'm only 6 months old spiritually at 60 and I'm excited about the new and soon exploding growth! The more numbers we have the stronger the vibrations of our prayers in Oneness will be answered quicker than we are or have been used to seeing. God is love and I believe charity/love is His Will. God bless!
I don't like the separate channel idea, this is my least favorite trend on RUclips. And I would point out that it goes against the first idea of creating a "one stop shop" so essentially what this announcement is is that the TNE social offerings are being consolidated into one site, while the RUclips offerings are being separated. I like coming to this channel and getting a variety, and sometimes I don't remember whether the video where I heard something was interview or recap style and so I'll come to this one channel and search it. Easy to find the content I have want to relisten
For politics, it would be cool to see you do a video with Luke Beasley (search on RUclips). For psychology related collabs, it would be so cool to see you do a video on Brené Brown’s podcast “unlocking us”
haven't been a christian in 10 years, dedicated snarker, so grateful B Haney brought me to you! shoutout B shoutout you guys! can't wait to see what yall do this year.
Wonderful news. Praise the Lord. Remember, Jesus Christ is the real church now and forever. Even though men have hurt many believers in the past. Christ came out of love and to give us life.
Please invite Pat Kahnke, who has his own You Tube channel. He is an absolutely amazing authentic Christian, a really mature Christian who pastored a church in Minnesota for 20 years. He has written books, one of which is title: "A Christian Case against Donald Trump". He convicts Christians who support and even adore donald trump, warning them daily about the danger they are in. Please invite him as a guest on your channel. I love this man and consider him to be "my pastor". He is, like you, sent from God to help us, to guide us. He is really good. Thank you for reading my suggestion.
Tim, I think you are a beautiful person. I am approaching 72 and a loser in the eyes of our society (world) of the United States. You are building something that can continue to be very special. Since I'm a loser -- one of the biggest -- I'd also be an idiot if I tried to offer any advice. The last thing I'd want you to do is heed it. But I do not believe that I'm a loser in the presence of my Creator. I accept that I can't serve two masters.
Church, no matter the denomination has become a cold institution with rigid rules and unattainable ideals...so unlike what Jesus and the followers of The Way were...
Another great video Tim. So happy for your great numbers this year. Just a thot....there are equal numbers + of people (like me) who are turned off by the word Evangelical. It's a harmful trigger. Perhaps getting your team together and come up with a better representation of your work. You're doing some good things. 🎉
19:05 yessss sooo many believe all religious people are the same and think everyone who is religious are In a cult when that's not true at all. Also we do not have all the same morals, beliefs or thoughts. Soo many of us, especially nowadays are progressive and don't have the beliefs like "anything but straight is a sin", "all lgbtq+ people are predators", "you should abstain from sex before marriage" etc
I never saw you before but the title of your channel "The New Evangélicals" caught my attention. I was involved in church very much and graduated from a seminary but now I'm more in line with all the interviews presented in Myth Vision. In reality I started to change after 9/11 when I discovered that the history it's been shaped by powerful people and their economical interests and that History in all areas including Christianity it's been manipulated; now it's been confirmed by archeology, philology and a multitude of scholarly books on history from the first century before and after Christ it's overwhelming. I just start watching you so I will make more comments as soon as I learn where are you standing on this issues. I don't think must of the christianns are prepared for the changes that are coming in the evangelical church starting at the seminaries and Christian colleges.
20:13 To all who are interested in the evolution of Christian nationalism in America, have you read or listened to the book, The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory by Tim Alberta. It's a thoughtful and well written book that dig into the history to the present. I am getting a huge eye opener as a Christian who has recently left a church in FL.
Tim: I watched your interview with Sean McDowell. I side with you when it comes to theology. ECT and Inerrancy are false dogmas which I gave up several years ago but have maintained the core ingredients of the gospel.....which is Jesus is the Son of God, He died and was raised so we might have eternal life and that He will return to judge the living and the dead. I can survive with this reputation probably because I live in the Northeast. If I were in the Bible Belt I might be looking at a different set of circumstances. There are vast differences in the culture of the North and what is found in Texas. I say this to say that you and I are at different ends of the political spectrum. Christian nationalism is such a small part of the overall picture that I cannot see how you can attribute Trumps success in the election because of this group. A vote for Trump was a vote against Kamala because of who she is when it came to exercising her duties under the constitution. She was the Czar of the Border and never visited it to get a handle on what was going on. How can any one vote for a liar and one who shirked her duties. I don't like Trump either and all of the Christian men that I know don't like him either, but they voted for the platform which is on the conservative side which Trump represented. So you are saying you would have voted for Kamala or did vote for her. Politics is not an area where I want to spend all my time. I am an American citizen and will vote for the party that continues to make America a safe and prosperous place so that we have enough left over to take care of our own. I believe you are extremely naive. I was in the service and Biden left American people in Afghanistan when Americans deployed out. No real American would have done that. Biden was incompetent during his 4 year tenure and the democratic leaders hid his condition from all of us. And that is the party you voted for because it represented the best of Christianity displayed? Where pray tell are you coming from? So you want to welcome the Illegal Aliens and give them help, benefits, and other perks more than our own destitute citizens. Bottom line is that I have given up the worst accretions to Christianity. You have given up on America for the worst of a few narrow ignorant evangelicals. It scares me to see those who have shed some of the bad accretions of Christianity and then immediately go to the other political side because they feel that there is such a strong connection between Christian fundamentalism and Conservative values in finance and societal mores. I would like to say a lot more, but I hate being a bore.
Just don’t tell us you’re going to build a crystal cathedral and guilt us into tithing 1/10 of our social security to fund it. But seriously, a caution. Big dreams are fine but big dreams take time. Prioritize your expansive ideas. The way you were talking it sounded like five year plan material, not one year. I like the way you did your videos in 2024 and am not sure I’d feel the same if you get too far away from that. It’s your authenticity that is attractive. Blessings.
Can I suggest you employ someone who has library classification experience? If you are looking to make sure everything is easy to find classification is key.
I’m all here for the anti-daily wire. It would be interesting if you could bring on people like Hasan Piker to discuss the intersection of faith and politics as he has a large respect for religion and also critiques the right and their Christian nationalism. Another group to reach out to if interested would be the boys in The deprogram podcast. Explicitly Marxist, but would very much entertain the conversation. JT from that group has an entire episode actually on his channel about Christian nationalism. I think leftists are more than willing to have the dialogue with you about how religion plays a role because it all traces back to class consciousness. Love what you do Tim and co!
After becoming widowed at a relatively young age with children to raise (and deeply entrenched in the church), I experienced an overall lack of acceptance and compassion from the church. This lack of empathy seems to have invaded much of the church. Please address:-)
We have to help Democrats win elections. The 2026 midterms is where we make our stand. Because the election winners of the majority party make the laws, set the tax brackets, and shape the judiciary. And the US Constitution created our secular government.
Don't cry for me Argentina. 🤪 Great idea about the TNE (not TBN!) umbrella. Brutus might need to get The Cornycast going again, that is, his podcast. Jah meen? JAGR!
"How does this line up with 'the Way of Jesus' jumped out at me, as I think this thought quite often when listening to some people talk about their political beliefs. (Long story short... most of the time, it doesn't line up)
The hypocritical evangelical preachers the politicians they tout, the hateful rhetoric the so called Christians preach. Its makes people turn away.I should say decent people. But you make it understanding to us that Jesus was love and Christianity should follow that path.
Great. Now up your game. What can be closer to you, more intimate, more proximate to you than the food you eat? Ponder the bread of life discourse.John chaper 6. Then with humility I'll see you in the Catholic Church.
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I found my way to you via Fundie Friday. I'm not religious, but I want to understand others and the "why" behind their choices and actions. Your content is about the only religious content I can stomach frankly, and I have really enjoyed your videos in 2024. I look forward to seeing your content evolve 2025, Tim.
I am queer and have a complicated relationship with Christianity because of growing up in a conservative southern Baptist tradition. I don't consider myself a Christian anymore but I just wanted to say I appreciate your content so much. It is much needed and has helped me. Thanks!
You’re loved and we will be here with you and for you going into this unknown time ❤ Happy New Year🎉
I'm in a similar situation. Queer, witchy, etc. Tim's work is very uplifting even if we don't share theology anymore.
We have very similar backgrounds, my friends. It just makes me appreciate this channel all the more.
This channel is a safe space for you.
I myself have such a whirlwind of relationship with religions - yes, with an s. 😅
I hope that you have or will find your people. Those who will love you for who you are unconditionally. The world is messy, but small kindness here and there keeps the hope up.
Friend, should you wish in the future to explore queer welcoming faith communities, there are a surprising number of them. I also grew up southern evangelical/fundamentalist & decades later, a lot of that wounding manages to rear its ugly head.
I'm having a hard day. Week.
I saw that you posted a video. My immediate thought was, "Oh, good. A sincere decent person." It's a relief! I suspect others notice this, too. You and your guests provoke thought, bring insights, and educate. The secret ingredient is your empathy. I never find a topic overwhelming this way. I never feel unseen.
Thank you.
So thankful for this channel! I lost connection with the traditional church during Covid and felt so lost. Finding TNE has helped me find my faith again and realize my views don’t make me “not Christian enough”. They are actually closer to who Jesus is. Thank you so much for what you’re doing. Can’t wait to see what 2025 brings!!
You have been deceived. There is nothing Christian about this channel.
@@garybryson1900in what way? What I see from the Christian Right is certainly not Christ Like. At all.
@@garybryson1900 wow. I didn't know you were in contact with god..
@garybryson1900 my friend I understand that you are lonely and mortality is scary but your accusations are misplaced. Why do you believe this?
The fact I began this video in fear that you were going to say you lost your faith shows just how much your voice means to me, and to all of us trying to find a community of believers who have not joined the nationalist movement. Thank you so much for creating this community and serving it so selflessly. Those lessons you have learned, I think, are God's way of preparing you for the next phase. You will be better equipped to handle the growth and the challenges ahead. Thank you again!
You work will more SUPER important in the upcoming years. God is using you as a tool against a growing evil. Keep going no matter what.
I believe you are 100 percent correct. Tim Whitaker is being used by our loving God. Tim Whitaker is AMAZING.
I walked away from Christianity years ago for many different reasons. Most boiled down to watching people say one thing in Church, and do the opposite in public. Thank you for holding up a light for people authentically living the faith they claim to hold dear.
@@jenniferandrew3373 You do realize that the word of God speaks of true and false believers, sheep and wolves, wheat and chaff, right?
I grew up going to a SBC and it was the hypocrisy of some of the other congregants that started my Q'ing things
But the 'problem of evil' (if God is good and created everything then where did evil come from?) was always an issue for me. I had read parts of the Bible before but it wasn't until
I read it with the intention of 'proving' it was right to an ex of mine that I realized it was contradictory and error ridden
There was no way to explain away some of it. I think for a lot of people it is many things.
@@e.m.8094am I correct to surmise that you are implying TNE is somehow false and yet somehow you or your belief is not false? Let me ask you a question. If your church is insisting that they have the right of it, and others don't, and thus their interpretation of who is and is not a false believer is what you are basing this on, but you don't spend any time in loving relationship with people with different beliefs than yours, then what does your certainty that you are correct say about you?
I can’t believe that I am actually thankful to Paul & Morgan for something…finding you guys! 😅 Thank you, in turn, for introducing me to so many books, authors, thinkers, and speakers that have made me actually joyful once again to be a Christian. Looking forward to see suggestions from you guys as to what we can do in our communities in 2025. ❤
And based on the content in this video, in addition to analytical theology, Paul could gain some solid pointers from Tim on how to effectively organize and grow a social media business... instead of hopping from one shallowly thought out scheme to another.
Thank you, Tim and your team, for all the work you've done so far. I'm a Brazilian christian who found your channel due to a suggestion here on youtube, and I'm SOOO glad I click on the video thumbnail suggestion! As a Christian in Brazil I see a lot of parallels between what is happening in the churches in the US and here in Brazil, and it saddens me. Coming to your channel and watching all the videos you post gives me hope for the coming years. I CAN'T wait to see what TNE will bring us in 2025. Love from Brazil to you, your family, your team, and your loved ones.
I've lived the last 8 years in isolation, unable to find a gathering of like minded believers. Believe me, I tried. The Dominionism, Trump cult , Rightwing Christian Nationalism, etc, has made it impossible to be involved. I've read extensively trying to understand what has happened, grieved over the blindness of believers, and their creation of another Jesus, one I don't recognize. To have a way to connect with politically progressive Christians in my area would be a lifesaver. I'm so glad you have thought to include that in your new content. A place to fellowship with believers who understand would be an answer to prayer. Anne Nelson's book" The Shadow Network" is a must read. So us " The Family," and " Undertow " by Jeff Sharlet , Katherine Stewart's " The Power Worshippers" and " Kristin DuMez's " Jesus and John Wayne." One last recommendation is Tim Alberta's " The Kingdom, Power, and the Glory." There are others that uncover the darkness that has deliberately altered Christianity in America to become a toxic brew of racism, bigotry , self promotion, and greed in its quest for power and control. Thank you Tim and April for putting this content out. It's been so deeply encouraging.
As a Democrat in rural Alabama, I can relate. I started going to the little country church near my home after my husband died. My church family has meant so much to me
However, after the election, I'm reevaluating because I know they voted for Trump and all he represents. I don't know what the future holds for me.
I agree completely! I haven’t been in a church building since 2016 for a variety of reasons and then came Christian Nationalism. I was horrified at friends who are sucked into this idea and then of course felt alienated that I would question it. Honestly I have grown by leaps and bounds in my faith in Jesus Christ in recent years. He is constant, it’s people who change. I’ve been praying for a community of people who share my faith yet reject this distortion of true Christianity, which is the teaching of Jesus. Read your Bible folks!
I may be an atheist, but I see shared values here. Subscribed.
As a life long atheist I am excited to see this channel grow and I am looking forward to the new podcast/channel!
I have been greatly encouraged by TNE. I am so thankful that RUclips lead me here. I got out of theology in general for a long while due to traumatic events that greatly changed my life. I have felt the need to get back into theology. I miss the dialogue, the struggling and wrestling with concepts and ideas. This group has given me safety to explore theology again. TNE has also introduced me to new theologians and thinkers, of whom, I have started to read their content. Thank you for the work you do! You have made it easier to return to the theological world. May God bless you, your family, and your channel!!
You are absolutely amazing! Thank you so much for creating this channel!
I was raised a Baptist and returned to my paternal religion (Judaism) after the church blamed me for something that happened to me. Even though I'm Jewish, I'm still tuned into the Christian world because my thesis is over the Protestant Reformation. You are truly a blessing and I've sent many of your video to my MAGA cult/Christian Nationalist family in the hope they will snap out of it.
You are doing some holy work!
He really is. I am so very impressed by Tim Whitaker. There simply are no words to express my deep appreciation for him and his wonderful You Tube channel. I have been so blessed and comforted by his enlightening comments and I see the love so real.
This was such a treat! To wake up in a new year and have this video first in my recommendations this morning! I’m proud to see this community growing exponentially! We have been through so much and we will need each other going forward. Thank you Tim, for walking with us on this most difficult journey and being there for us to turn to in times of change and crisis! TNE is truly a gift and a light in the darkness and I couldn’t be more grateful for you Tim, April, and all who make TNE a reality for all who need this community!! It’s amazing what can happen when we walk out and do and live his love!! Happy New Year everyone, let us shine bright in 2025❤🎉
My words exactly! Thank you.
Hi, Tim. I have subscribed to the RUclips channel, have the podcast on my app, and am a member of the Facebook group, and I can tell you that the reason TNE is so successful is you, Tim. There are legions of deconstruction podcasts out there, and many of them are very good, but it is your humility, genuine curiosity, and openness to hearing from other people that make your show great. Even though you have passionate opinions and strong values, your commitment to "non-dehumanization" makes you the kind of guy that we would all like to sit down with and share a cup of blueberry coffee. Congratulations on your success, and thank you so much for all you do from this NJ-born old lady in North Carolina. 😊
100% this!!
Congrats on your growth. God bless and be with you all in the new year!
Looking forward to 2025 honestly. There will be huge challenges but it seems like people are fired up to make change and I think overall it will be good
We’re completely behind you for everything you want to do. (Fundie Friday convert here)
I will be one of the first subscribers to your show w/ April. 💞
I love you Tim. -As a fellow human being, wandering in the wilderness of deconstruction. You’ve been more of a bright light than you could possibly understand.
You are not alone in the wilderness of deconstruction ♡. I'm glad TNE has brought us all together.
Thank you for the work you do! I appreciate TNE so much and I'm so looking forward to the new content and community focus that's coming!
That's awesome Tim! So looking forward to what you have to offer in 2025. So much gratitude to you for this space you've created! ❤🇦🇺
What you are doing is so important, and you do it so well!! Finding your channel was absolutely a high point of my year.
Please let us know ASAP how to pre-order your book
Tim, I am so happy for you and your channel. Your message really resonates and I am so thankful to have found TNE on YT.
Stay grounded. 💙
You’re a breath of fresh air. Thank you for being a light in this world. God bless you 🙏
God is good. So thankful you said yes to God.❤🎉😊😢 We need this type of love in the world.
I am so ready for this. Praying for impact.🙏*
I'm am incredibly thankful to have found TNE. As a former scared to death decomstructor to a new hopeful reconstructor ..this is the channel I needed.When Tim talked about not having a strong prayer life in his life right now in his talk with Paul and Morgan....WOW that honesty was so incredibly comforting to someone in the same situation. I am incredibly inspired by the unrelenting kindness of Tim. I am challenged and educated by guests of TNE. And I feel solidarity and comfort from watching Tim and April get mad, sad and wise against current day politics. I am able to tell conservative family members about TNE and how loving and Christ like liberal Christians like Tim can be. They may never agree with me but it helps me plant a seed of change and that gives me hope.
Thank you Tim!
Aww, I really feel the love in you. Thank you for sharing and creating a platform to help so many 💗
I wanted to say thank you for all your work this year. I can't remember if you came on my radar because of Fundie Fridays or if RUclips pushed one of the TNE videos into my feed with the right title to make me click. All I know is your unflinching examination of the harms of evangelical theology and commitment to humanity, dignity and respect gave me hope.
I am not a Christian anymore, but not because I don't like Jesus or the values that are in his actual gospels. I have a great respect for a faith tradition that is as deep and multifaceted as Christianity is. I was, however, constantly shamed and 'edified' about my natural expression of spirituality. I'm a pagan witch now. 🙂However, it brings me joy and hope to see you and April AJoy and the others you platform do the work of reclaiming Jesus for yourselves away from sexism, away from homophobia and racism and oppressive systems of control.
In the vein of your drive to amplify voices and explore more ways to foster community, I hope you will consider exploring how neurodivergence affects faith experience. As someone who is both autistic and ADHD, and has many friends who share a parallel experience, it seems quite evident to me that neurodiversity tends to accompany a way of engaging with faith that is unacceptable to traditional evangelicalism.
Thank you again for all the work you do. I'm very glad to hear that you are delegating and taking care of yourself, your loved ones and your IRL community. All the best for this year!
That's such a good point about neurodivergence. I have OCD and it has greatly affected my deconstruction and reconstruction of faith. That would be such and interesting topic to see explored.
Congratulations, Tim!
This is so exciting.
I hope you continue to network and grow at a sustainable pace.
Perhaps network with Jimmy Carter’s home church?
PS: I love the blueberry coffee count.
Platonic love from Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst NJ
Personal comment of Laura Botten: All of the stuff you added in 2024 is what let me find you! Thank you for all you do; I really enjoy the FB group too :) I'm in Canada what I love about this channel is how to recognize narratives that creep into Canadian thinking as Christian foundation. I've been frustrated with my local churches for a while and even the leaders don't seem fully aware of where this thinking comes from. They will condemn Trump while espousing the same theology that's elected him. I want to support my southern neighbours by ensuring that I'm not supporting those who are against you.
Thank you for all of your work! I often feel like a lone unicorn. I am still attending an evangelical church where there is a wide variety of beliefs. I know there are people like me, but we are afraid to speak up because of the right-wingers sitting next to us.
You are spot on.
i feel the same way/ thats why i dont visit church anymore
Fellow social unicorn here. I’ve always felt like I don’t fit in whenever my parents drag me to church, just because I’m neurodivergent. As much as they claim to welcome and accept the neurodivergent community, let’s be honest, do they really? I’m constantly feeling like I’m walking into a wave of verbal aggression when it comes to having a relationship with our lord and savior, and I don’t like it. But I feel blessed and more welcome here in TNE community and it’s spiritually refreshing and I feel like I’m finding the real answers to the many questions that churches refuse to answer because of their ignorance and blind faith. I’ve been seeking no BS answers, and receiving validation from real Christians like Tim are healing to me.
Good fruits from your labor, Happy New Year Tim.
You guys are great, so happy to have stumbled on your channel. I'm not a religious person at all, but trying to understand our political and information landscape has made me want to better understand what's being fed into the ecosystem in these religious circles. Love your conversations and topics, keep up the good work! I would love an episode or two about building a channel like yours, as I've been considering it myself. How did you go from idea to where you're at now, what all does it take to manage everything, what kind of staff, how much rime, etc. I'd live to do exactly what you guys are, but the secular version. Happy New Year!
Camden County resident here! Thank you for your thoughtfulness and honesty!
I tune into your Exquisite You Tube channel. You are an extraordinary man. You are God's gift to us. Thank you so much. This year for you and your channel will be Awesome. Tim, you are SO excellent and well-spoken. Your audience is so VERY blessed to listen to you and to April. I absolutely LOVE your channel and I love you and I love April Ajoy. She is such an inspirational, really whip smart authentic real mature Christian woman. God bless both of you in this new year. I can't say enough praise at how much information, how much edification I receive when I listen to you! Thank you from the very bottom of my heart for enlightening your audience, helping us cope, making sense of these horrifically dark times, and you do it with Love, the way that Christ teaches us to do. Thank you.
Thank you sooo much!!! Looking SO forward to avenues for connection with other like-minded individuals
congrats on your success. I love your show and your direction. It is soooo needed. Even where I am ....in Canada.
Just wanted to let you know that this channel, and simply knowing that there was a Cheistianity that was not about intolerance and ignorance, that sought to follow what Christ truly taught, was an important part of what led me to step back into a church as a congregant for the first time in probably 30+ years late last year. Thanks, and keep up the good work--we need to let the world know that Christianity is not what the nationalists peddle.
There is only one Christianity and this channel does not support or teach it.
Hi Tim. I’m a 68 yr old woman who has been searching for something like this for years. In my younger years I was very religious-a born again Christian you might say. But I’ve morphed into someone who is basically a spiritual person. I’ve seen the beauty of other “religions” and have found that all paths lead up to the same destination ….. love. May I make a suggestion. This is the first time I’m seeing you and went to check out your podcasts. I noticed many of your podcasts last an hour or more. It’s so much more appreciated if the podcasts are broken down to smaller segments. I’m much more likely to watch something that’s 30 minutes, than to watch something an hour+. I follow a lot of creators and if their videos are over 40 minutes I pass them by bc I simply don’t have the time and the attention span. I guess you know what I mean. I’ll be back and thanks for filling a need that has since been forgotten
If you're looking to collab more this year, I recommend Kristi Burke. I think y'all would have so much to talk about!
That's an awesome idea😃
Hey Tim I’m a 26 year old lesbian. I grew up as an atheist but I have a side gig as a paid singer at an Episcopal church. I love it there so much and your content has played a role in sparking my curiosity about the possibility of experiencing spirituality as a queer person, and what that might look like for me.
I love this show!!! it’s helped me be connected to a new Facebook community and giving me great resources to help my faith become more progressive instead of losing it entirely thanks so much!!!
So happy to join this growing family
Amen to this. Thanks for all your hard work Tim.
Good luck in your endeavors, ill be boosting you guys along the way
FWIW, I'm a full atheist (deconstructed Southern Baptist) and I watch your videos regularly. I have a lot of Christian friends who are either lost in their faith sauce bc of the horrible rhetoric out there, and a lot of Christian friends who seem to be losing their way bc of it. I always recommend your channel bc I think *healthy* Christian faith is a good thing, even tho it's not something I believe in. You're doing good work, even atheists can see that
Hii, I just felt the need to comment on your comment. I really appreciate your comment. My father was a Church of Christ preacher and all I heard all my life was "atheists are the biggest threat to Christianity" what BS. The biggest threat was & will always be people who claim to follow Jesus and use Jesus & the Bible as a weapon of hate & control. I started my deconstruction right around covid when I saw the total hate & hypocrisy for others by people who called themselves Christians. I sent my preacher an email and told him I would not be returning & all the reasons. Of course it was seen by them as my fault. I had been in that congregation for 20+ years, so it was a difficult thing to do, the church was all I knew. Some people say I left God but I never have, only the hate & hypocrisy. I now have many atheist friends and see them for what they have always been, wonderful ,caring humans whose morality is not tied to religion. Thanks again for your support!
I want to be there when you come to Chicago. I love your show and i support Rev. Moss. I would be over joyed to celebrate this moment with yall.
I’ve never cared for year-end or year-beginning videos but you, sir, and your work and that of your team has been such a blessing. I literally think the work y’all are doing can prevent a lot of harm from happening. I’m not just talking about mere Church hurt, although that is a real thing. I really believe that the ideas that you share combined with love and humility can literally save peoples lives. Keep going Tim.
Hi I just want to give a shout out to The Poor People’s Campaign and Revs Barber and Theoharis who’ve been out there for years connecting the dots between Christianity and all the issues, amplifying the voices of the poor, and in general making a ruckus!
Tim, you and April along with other podcasts by former Evangelicals like Straight White American Jesus, Full Mutuality, etc have been such a help to me, a former Catholic and now simply a struggling non-practicing Christian. Like you, my catharsis took place during 2020 seeing the selfish, hateful response of my fellow Catholics. Of course, everything with the CSA scandal in our church had severely weakened my beliefs. Esp when in 2018, we discovered our pastor had been credibly accused for acts with a minor back in the 80s and 90s. And how did our congregation react? They stood behind our pastor 💯 and called the victims "gold diggers". Given all of the response of the Catholic Church towards these criminal acts, I should've left long before 2020. However, when I finally left, I couldn't Find any content creators specifically with my background so I gravitated towards those deconstructing from the evangelical church. And all of you have been such a help and a blessing. So 1000 thanks to you for your knowledge and mostly, your joy! You've taught me that I can still find peace and joy in Christianity. Praying for your ministry to grow even more!
If you have any data science contract work, I would love to congribute to this team and your work! Thank you for this update video.
So excited to see your video I know I am going to face the hard truths of today’s world with decent folks looking to learn and grow while striving to live the good news for the oppressed and worn down folks. Thank you.
Happy New Year!
I wish all Christians, or probably even all people in general, were this wholesome 🙃
I think I was one of the first 5000. 🥰
I love your podcast and have learned so much about Christian Nationalism that explains how someone like Trump could rise to power. How about calling your new podcast "TNE Liberated" or "Liberation". Pastor Norman J Brown of J Jireh Ministries, in Columbus, OH would make a great guest. Perhaps you could reach out to him. My prayer is that the Holy Spirit will reveal new opportunities and possibilities for investing in the Kingdom of God in 2025. Abundant Blessings to you, your family, your staff and those who partner with you.
Thought I'd subscribed awhile back. Glad I found you again. All the best to you, to all who follow your channel and to our country in this upcoming era. 🙏
You should be proud of your accomplishments. I remember when you had about 13k subscribers. You have tripled your following to over 42k in a little over a year. Well done.
HAPPY NEW YEAR AND GOOD LUCK 2025!
I'm thrilled to hear how this organization has grown. I'd love to find people near me. However, Facebook won't work because my account got hacked.
No, thank you for being moved enough by the spirit to break away and question everything you knew to be true. That is faith.
Im so thankful for finding TNE its been very healing for me 🖤
I think you and Frank Schaeffer would have a fantastic conversation, and I would love to hear it if you do! Thanks for all you are doing - it is so vital. Blessings to you and everyone else behind the scenes - plus your families and loved ones.
Prepare for spiritual growth without religion or leaving practices will be on the rise in great numbers. Hopefully simple meditation practices will be sought by people really not knowing what to ask for in trying to quiet their mind. I'm only 6 months old spiritually at 60 and I'm excited about the new and soon exploding growth! The more numbers we have the stronger the vibrations of our prayers in Oneness will be answered quicker than we are or have been used to seeing. God is love and I believe charity/love is His Will. God bless!
Hopefully the world is moving into a new Age Of Enlightenment, and we can all move beyond belief in the supernatural.
I don't like the separate channel idea, this is my least favorite trend on RUclips.
And I would point out that it goes against the first idea of creating a "one stop shop" so essentially what this announcement is is that the TNE social offerings are being consolidated into one site, while the RUclips offerings are being separated.
I like coming to this channel and getting a variety, and sometimes I don't remember whether the video where I heard something was interview or recap style and so I'll come to this one channel and search it. Easy to find the content I have want to relisten
It sounds like both channels will be on the TNE website. Hopefully, it'll be well-organized.
For politics, it would be cool to see you do a video with Luke Beasley (search on RUclips).
For psychology related collabs, it would be so cool to see you do a video on Brené Brown’s podcast “unlocking us”
haven't been a christian in 10 years, dedicated snarker, so grateful B Haney brought me to you! shoutout B shoutout you guys! can't wait to see what yall do this year.
Wonderful news. Praise the Lord. Remember, Jesus Christ is the real church now and forever. Even though men have hurt many believers in the past. Christ came out of love and to give us life.
TNE app sounds amazing!
Please invite Pat Kahnke, who has his own You Tube channel. He is an absolutely amazing authentic Christian, a really mature Christian who pastored a church in Minnesota for 20 years. He has written books, one of which is title: "A Christian Case against Donald Trump". He convicts Christians who support and even adore donald trump, warning them daily about the danger they are in. Please invite him as a guest on your channel. I love this man and consider him to be "my pastor". He is, like you, sent from God to help us, to guide us. He is really good. Thank you for reading my suggestion.
Tim, I think you are a beautiful person. I am approaching 72 and a loser in the eyes of our society (world) of the United States. You are building something that can continue to be very special. Since I'm a loser -- one of the biggest -- I'd also be an idiot if I tried to offer any advice. The last thing I'd want you to do is heed it.
But I do not believe that I'm a loser in the presence of my Creator. I accept that I can't serve two masters.
Church, no matter the denomination has become a cold institution with rigid rules and unattainable ideals...so unlike what Jesus and the followers of The Way were...
Thank you!
Another great video Tim. So happy for your great numbers this year. Just a thot....there are equal numbers + of people (like me) who are turned off by the word Evangelical. It's a harmful trigger. Perhaps getting your team together and come up with a better representation of your work. You're doing some good things. 🎉
19:05 yessss sooo many believe all religious people are the same and think everyone who is religious are In a cult when that's not true at all. Also we do not have all the same morals, beliefs or thoughts. Soo many of us, especially nowadays are progressive and don't have the beliefs like "anything but straight is a sin", "all lgbtq+ people are predators", "you should abstain from sex before marriage" etc
I never saw you before but the title of your channel "The New Evangélicals" caught my attention.
I was involved in church very much and graduated from a seminary but now I'm more in line with all the interviews presented in Myth Vision. In reality I started to change after 9/11 when I discovered that the history it's been shaped by powerful people and their economical interests and that History in all areas including Christianity it's been manipulated; now it's been confirmed by archeology, philology and a multitude of scholarly books on history from the first century before and after Christ it's overwhelming.
I just start watching you so I will make more comments as soon as I learn where are you standing on this issues.
I don't think must of the christianns are prepared for the changes that are coming in the evangelical church starting at the seminaries and Christian colleges.
20:13 To all who are interested in the evolution of Christian nationalism in America, have you read or listened to the book, The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory by Tim Alberta. It's a thoughtful and well written book that dig into the history to the present. I am getting a huge eye opener as a Christian who has recently left a church in FL.
Yes I would like to be concerned with other Christians who are not influenced by the conservative party and Christian nationalism.
Although I am not any type of deist. I appreciate your perspective
Love "Take the Words of Jesus Seriously" ~ feed the poor, heal the sick, ~ DO ACTS OF LOVE ~
A Wit and A Joy: A New Evangelicals Podcast
Tim: I watched your interview with Sean McDowell. I side with you when it comes to theology. ECT and Inerrancy are false dogmas which I gave up several years ago but have maintained the core ingredients of the gospel.....which is Jesus is the Son of God, He died and was raised so we might have eternal life and that He will return to judge the living and the dead.
I can survive with this reputation probably because I live in the Northeast. If I were in the Bible Belt I might be looking at a different set of circumstances.
There are vast differences in the culture of the North and what is found in Texas. I say this to say that you and I are at different ends of the political spectrum. Christian nationalism is such a small part of the overall picture that I cannot see how you can attribute Trumps success in the election because of this group. A vote for Trump was a vote against Kamala because of who she is when it came to exercising her duties under the constitution. She was the Czar of the Border and never visited it to get a handle on what was going on. How can any one vote for a liar and one who shirked her duties.
I don't like Trump either and all of the Christian men that I know don't like him either, but they voted for the platform which is on the conservative side which Trump represented. So you are saying you would have voted for Kamala or did vote for her.
Politics is not an area where I want to spend all my time. I am an American citizen and will vote for the party that continues to make America a safe and prosperous place so that we have enough left over to take care of our own. I believe you are extremely naive. I was in the service and Biden left American people in Afghanistan when Americans deployed out. No real American would have done that. Biden was incompetent during his 4 year tenure and the democratic leaders hid his condition from all of us. And that is the party you voted for because it represented the best of Christianity displayed? Where pray tell are you coming from?
So you want to welcome the Illegal Aliens and give them help, benefits, and other perks more than our own destitute citizens.
Bottom line is that I have given up the worst accretions to Christianity. You have given up on America for the worst of a few narrow ignorant evangelicals. It scares me to see those who have shed some of the bad accretions of Christianity and then immediately go to the other political side because they feel that there is such a strong connection between Christian fundamentalism and Conservative values in finance and societal mores.
I would like to say a lot more, but I hate being a bore.
I made a mistake saying you tripled your numbers from 13 k to 42k on RUclips. That was when i started watching😂
Life revolves around the stories we tell each other and ourselves. What is the actual truth? Does it matter?
Great news, guys.
And what about "The News Evangelicals" as a name?
Just don’t tell us you’re going to build a crystal cathedral and guilt us into tithing 1/10 of our social security to fund it. But seriously, a caution. Big dreams are fine but big dreams take time. Prioritize your expansive ideas. The way you were talking it sounded like five year plan material, not one year. I like the way you did your videos in 2024 and am not sure I’d feel the same if you get too far away from that. It’s your authenticity that is attractive. Blessings.
Can I suggest you employ someone who has library classification experience? If you are looking to make sure everything is easy to find classification is key.
I’m all here for the anti-daily wire.
It would be interesting if you could bring on people like Hasan Piker to discuss the intersection of faith and politics as he has a large respect for religion and also critiques the right and their Christian nationalism.
Another group to reach out to if interested would be the boys in The deprogram podcast. Explicitly Marxist, but would very much entertain the conversation. JT from that group has an entire episode actually on his channel about Christian nationalism.
I think leftists are more than willing to have the dialogue with you about how religion plays a role because it all traces back to class consciousness.
Love what you do Tim and co!
After becoming widowed at a relatively young age with children to raise (and deeply entrenched in the church), I experienced an overall lack of acceptance and compassion from the church. This lack of empathy seems to have invaded much of the church. Please address:-)
We have to help Democrats win elections. The 2026 midterms is where we make our stand. Because the election winners of the majority party make the laws, set the tax brackets, and shape the judiciary. And the US Constitution created our secular government.
Don't cry for me Argentina. 🤪
Great idea about the TNE (not TBN!) umbrella. Brutus might need to get The Cornycast going again, that is, his podcast. Jah meen?
JAGR!
"How does this line up with 'the Way of Jesus' jumped out at me, as I think this thought quite often when listening to some people talk about their political beliefs. (Long story short... most of the time, it doesn't line up)
It's 2025 and the video is 25 minutes. Coincidence?
As for an online community, to my ears it sounds like you are describing discord. you could also do group chats and interviews etc there.
You should invite some of those progressive influencers like Harry Sisson or Jack Cocchiarella
The hypocritical evangelical preachers the politicians they tout, the hateful rhetoric the so called Christians preach. Its makes people turn away.I should say decent people. But you make it understanding to us that Jesus was love and Christianity should follow that path.
John Pavlovitz would be a TNE ally!
Great. Now up your game. What can be closer to you, more intimate, more proximate to you than the food you eat?
Ponder the bread of life discourse.John chaper 6. Then with humility I'll see you in the Catholic Church.