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The Church’s Neurodivergent Canary: Collapse of Fellowship in the American Church

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Neurodivergent Christians are the canaries. They are dropping out of church attendance. They are isolated, marginalized, and sitting on the fringes — when they show up at all. Most churches simply mark them off as the “weird quiet ones” and move on. What the church doesn’t know is that most of them never self-identify. They’ve learned that doing so is not safe. Their absence goes unexamined, their struggles go unnamed, and the church loses members it doesn’t even know it’s losing.

Delimiting: Theocracy & Sacralism

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Illustrative fantasy artwork of a medieval church and castle violently fused together in an unholy amalgamation, swirling chaos and debris exploding from the merger, stormy sky and foggy graveyard foreground, symbolic of improper church-state fusion.

To “rule by God” is the implication of theocracy — sacralism extends that rule to the state by mutual usurpation: the state claiming the church’s keys, the church claiming the state’s sword. Together, these two concepts have shaped the last two millennia of Christian civic and political discourse — and are among the most misunderstood today.

Marriage, Murder, & Mahler

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Digital illustration of a wedding bouquet crushed by a stone before a judgment seat under a dark, cloudy sky.

The problem is not only offensive rhetoric. Mahler is advocating for the state to execute innocent people in God’s name. By invoking “Christian Nationalism”, Mahler is implicitly invoking God’s law. In doing so, Mahler attributes to God a law He hasn’t given, and in doing so profanes God’s name. God’s law exists to restrain evil, not to promote it; protect good, not abuse it (Rom 13:1-7).

The City Gates Begin At Home

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We would be wise to realize we’re called to be local influencers, not global influencers. Yet many of us mask delusions of grandeur and fame in verbiage like “the city gates” when the borders we’ve outlined for that city stretch far beyond our actual community. This is a folly to which both men and women fall victim when they grow unsatisfied with the obligations God has entrusted to them.

Trouble with Calvinism: Why Many Struggle with Reformed Theology

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If Based On Scripture, Why Doesn’t Everyone See it? As with many of my articles, this one started out as a reply to a question on Facebook. The Reformed Sage asked: If Reformed Theology is so scripturally rooted, why do you think so many struggle to accept its doctrines? What are your thoughts? While I … Read more

Muslims Don’t Lack Love—They Lack the Gospel

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Many Muslims are trained from a young age and often understand their own doctrine better than many Christians. If you tell them what they believe, rather than asking and listening, they will tune you out. That’s not evangelism—it’s pride.

Let them speak for themselves. Engage honestly. Don’t straw man. Be patient, even if your role is only to plant. Another may water. Another may reap. And some will never believe—yet God is still glorified. Your job is not to win. It’s to be faithful.