Rhett & Link Call Out Christians | Leaving Christianity One Year Later
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the fact they said "Werent you guys big christians?" and went on to describe a big christian as someone who wrote christian songs for kids that were on constant rotation seems to me to IMMEDIATELY be where the problem is.
"Professional Christians"
@@manofculture584 😂😂😂😂 something about that feels wrooooong
Works without faith
Yeah, that was a pretty wild thing to say
I was raised protestant and believe it or not it's very works based in many ways. Now it's not presented that way and a lot about where they may have been coming from was implied and often, unfortunately, from a place of fear in many churches. Looking back and trying to verbalize what was going through their minds after the fact can be difficult. It is implied in many churches that if you are a true believer the fruit of you faith will look a particular way and you will talk and walk a particular way and while we all have struggles, as the Bible says, it was implied that having struggles was a sign that you didn't have enough faith. Even the songs I remember from my childhood suggest that I should be happy, almost giddy, all the time because Jesus is in my heart. There are often many problems with how Christ is presented to others with salvation being presented almost as a transaction or legal proceedings rather than grace. I don't know them or their hearts then or now. Just felt the need to comment because all we can do is make assumptions about the how and the why.
"I lost my Faith." (Some famous person)
you losing your faith doesnt mean Christianity isnt true. Does your faith make Christianity true? No... The truth makes it true. If you dont have faith in gravity it doesnt mean you'll float away.
I think it's more the lack of logic and/or evidence surrounding the entire religion that points in the direction that it's not true. But, hey, if comparing it to something as obviously true as gravity helps you feel secure, you do you.
@@sdlatson which evidence are you talking about?
@@dakotawright2811 What? I said the lack of it...
@@sdlatson if there is a lack of it then why are their entire volumes of books filled with archaeological evidence and historical documentation
@@dakotawright2811 Do better research
Another thing to consider is that many churches strayed away from bible believing Christianity many years ago and now it's all about culture christian.
It’s more “progressive” (aka regressive) Christianity. I was scared to say I was a Christian as a little kid and now a teen. Now I’m born again and won’t ever deny Christ. Just because of what the mob thinks of me
@@orangeblossom9279 If you live in the west, then you definitely shouldn't hide/give up your beliefs. I live in south asia and here people blast worship songs of their gods as much as they can. They publicly proclaim whatever faith they believe in. I just came from the barbershop and worship music of their gods was playing over there on the speakers. They don't care if someone likes it or not. They're gonna worship their gods. Haters gonna hate. Christians are the only group here who try to suppress their beliefs to fit in with the world.
The west is mostly christian but from what I read on social media, christians are always scared of being judged by non believers. Well I think if they don't like western christian beliefs then they should pack up and return to whatever country they came from.
Absolutely! This is why I left churches altogether and focused on Christ and the Church (AKA the body of Christ).
@Christian tiktok churches nowadays preach about us serving ourselves, and we get very little time to actually fellowship with one another. To get what you are speaking of, we need to go back to home churches and Bible study groups :)
Oh yah isn't that the truth.....between the "extrabiblical" gnostic/occultist/neo mysticism/ self proclaimed "modern day apostles" and endless false prophesying/ madness of Bethel and affiliated types of false churches...and the rise of trendy "progressive" so called churches aka conforming to/pro feminists'/BLM/racial baiting madness/ LGBT nonsense/ etc etc.....between those two blatantly infiltrating subversive anti Christ extremes there are so so so many well meaning Christians and there children as well being duped into these false so called "churches" and the end result for them well the ones who dont or are unable to eventually discern the truth and break away from that to find a real church is sadly a " heads Satan wins tales you lose" kinda situation ya know.
I'm a Mexican American Christian in Texas, I've never experienced any racism from any of my brothers and sisters in Christ. That's an absurd thing for that guy to say.
Hey hey, Mexican Christian in Texas as well. Though I was born in Mexico. And I don't know if I'd call myself a Christian anymore. I used to identify with that, and it's still the closest to what I believe, but I'm not good enough to call myself a Christian.
@@NovusIgnis None of us are "good enough" to call ourselves Christian. We aren't good enough to identify ourselves with Chirst. It's all of grace brother. Just believe the Gospel, trust in Chirst, and following the Holy Spirit.
I also want to point out, I don't know if its the same poll or a different poll, but this poll labeled things racist that weren't racist, like if you answered "no" to "Is affirmative action good" you were labeled racist or no to reparations or not to some other left-wing political agenda, it was all labeled as racist.
Yeah the only racist “Christians” I’ve met are those who are cultural Christians. They grew up Christian but only go to church on Easter, and don’t ever talk about faith or anything.
Same here. The closest thing to racism I've seen in church was when a Latino preacher was talking about how we have too many white theologians lol
I am afraid to say that I nearly fell into this trap and at one point was on the edge of falling completely into becoming a bitter Atheist. But I thank God that the simple thought that "If I falter because of this, I'll spit on my father's memory". I very much believe that those words came to me from the Holy Spirit, because from there I was able to build my theology and faith and now I'm closer than I've ever been to beginning on the journey to where God has called me. The door hasn't opened yet, but I can feel in my spirit that it's just around the corner; and I pray that God prepares me enough to welcome the challenges that come with the next season of my life. At any rate, I just wanted to share that I get where Rhett and Link are coming from, but I'm sad that their faith didn't have a strong enough foundation that they fell. I will pray for them, that God leads them back to his loving arms.
God bless you. Very beautifully worded. ❤✝️
Hang on and keep running the race! Eyes on the prize! Jesus!
God calls us to himself my friend and if you have born again then HE has qualified you with the saints in light! Be encouraged that IF you are in Christ HE will keep you from falling away!
God bless you ❤️
AMEN
Using Rhett and Link's standard of love, they actually can't love their Christian friends because they don't fully accept Christians for who they are.
exactly and the Bible literally says that if you dont love christian brothers you are lost.
Idk if that's exactly how that works, because that means Christians can't really love our Muslim or Buddhist or lgbt brothers because we don't accept who they are, but we can not accept people's sin but accept them as a person right?
@@MakhalanyaneMotaung we see people as people. all have sinned and lack the rightiousness that God requires. Thats why Jesus came to pay for out sins so we can become free and live holy.
@@ezassegai4793 yes of course, I agree with you there. More just thinking that the original commemt about Rhett and link not being able to really love their Christian neighbours isn't exactly correct
@@MakhalanyaneMotaung They dont love christians because they view them through a sjw/satanic lense rather than the objective. They think that evangelicals are racists and that they dont care for the poor but they sure can speak a lot with the amount of money they have and still I dont see them give their money. These 2 are full on hypocrites who justify their exit out of christianity by false moral claims.
My relationship with Jesus is more sacred to me than my ego. It’s so personal that no man’s words can change how I feel about Him. In the same way no man’s word can change my height. My heart. And my soul.
Thank you, Jesus. Thank you for loving all of us no matter what!
The Bible is one of God’s Love letters to us from Heaven.
I think there are things in churches that need to change though. I think, at least in my experience there are a lot of lazy Christians and lazy churches out there. There are also a lot of self-involved Christians who are more worried about what people think of them as opposed to what God thinks. And in that way churches do need to change. I agree churches should still preach the truth and hit those hard topics, but to say the church doesn't need to change is a big statement.
Agreed!
@@thebibleisaxiomatic8178 I've been a pastor the last 5 years, the last 2 of those 5 at my current church. I am trying to change it through actions and through preaching the truth. Are there some people doing it right absolutly, and I"m glad you're church is. But I've seen a lot of churches that like to write a check and move on.
Action yes has to happen but if we only focus on changing the people around us then we deny the power of Yahweh to change the lives of those around us. All we can do is preach the Gospel and pray for those in the body as well as the world to be awaken to Christ’s impact on our daily activities.
@@shelbysittig1047 thank you for that. That gave me clarity on how to handle some situations I am in currently. God bless you. ❤✝️
Agreed. There’s a lazy attitude towards explaining the meaning of love. People need to understand that Disney does not hold the true meaning of love.
Despite what they say, they don't strike me as being happier or more fulfilled.
Yeah, I've noticed that too. They seem to be more distressed now - especially Rhett.
People who don’t believe in God always seem more angry, hateful, and intolerant in my opinion.
They’ve definitely seemed more drained in recent years
@@ascendednightingale2456 they just don't want to feel guilty for the things they do since they don't believe in a hell or heaven
@@ascendednightingale2456 :/
At 17:00, Rhett makes a very true observation. The modern church has worried too much about offending people with difficult truths, and in doing so are misleading them by omission.
They keep saying because of white evangelicals that they left the faith but they generalize so much. I’m Mexican and was saved several years ago and I had so many racist misconceptions of white Christians and I was genuinely scared of them but my exposure to them when I started going to church showed me how wrong I was. My church members are so loving and have opened my eyes to what loving others despite their differences truly means. Of course our experiences shape our perspective and I know that there are racist people who claim to be Christians but I believe that a true follower of Christ doesn’t care who you are but will love you like Jesus loves. 1 John 4:19 says, “We love because he first loved us.”
We should never get confused about "Acceptance" and "Love", one is what a friend or some colleague would feel towards you, just putting a smile on her face while seeing you stumble around, they don't love you to tell you the truth so they will only watch in "tolerance" as you destroy yourself.
Love is beautiful but is honest, if you love someone you will warn them of their misdeed and their wrongdoings, just being quiet while seeing them tumble in life is not love is contempt. And that's why our society is failing, we forgot what "loving" truly is.
Agreed. Truth without love is mean while love without truth is deception. It is so sad to see Christians bend over backwards to play by the rules of society to accept everything as “my truth”
@@shelbysittig1047 and remember that my brother the truth is never something you would like to hear the first time. Like a teenager receiving a stern speech about how much your grades are bad and you should stop fooling around and study, we would much prefer not to hear that. But your parents are doing that for your own good.
However, if your father put the blame on the bad grades on the teacher you would love that, but that wouldn't be right nor loving. Your parents would lose an opportunity for teaching you what is right, for appeasing you, so you think they are cool parents.
The same happens all around, the truth is usually harsh but still is the truth and in the beginning, it can be difficult but the payoff is immeasurable, a lie is sweet and easy on the mind but still is a lie, and accepting it can mean your literal death.
Telling the truth is loving, cause you're risking that the person you are telling it hates you, but you love this person so much that you don't want her to waste her chance in finding Jesus and a correct way of life away for meaningless pleasures of the flesh.
@@fvardona Very well put. When we think of the love we have for our children, that is the deepest kind of love imaginable among people, and yet, we tell our children hard truths all the time-BECAUSE we love them. We should love others (even our enemies) to the same degree. Telling the truth of the Good News.
A lot of people seem to put the feeling of being accepted over being loving, and that is in deep contrast to what Christ taught us.
The “Love” of many will wax cold
@@NicholeWilliamsAmorvicitomnia indeed, more so when we don’t know what actual love is.
I've believed the whole "prosperity gospel" aspect of mental health in the church for YEARS, wow is it refreshing to have someone else talk about the fact that the church is failing big time in this area. THANK YOU!
Ok so I got to the point in the video where that issue came up.
The thing is all things are relative. When it comes to mental illness just as it comes to everything else, you do have to believe God more.
Some things can be dealt with immediately (this is easier for unbelievers because their faith isn't the thing that causes them to get healed it's the faith of the person helping them combined with the power of God), other things take time and a slow building of faith that comes from meditation of God's word.
The word of God is like medicine, sometimes you can take it once and be done, other times you can take it but then you need booster shots, and many times it's a perpetual dosage medicine that you take once, twice, three times, sometimes even 5 times a day for the rest of your life, because that causes a perpetual increasing of your faith.
The bible says that Abraham grew strong in faith giving glory to God. God promised Abraham that he would have a child when he was 75 years old, but it wasn't until he was 100 years old that he had Isaac, that means that for 25 years Abraham had to believe in God for his son.
Another reason why kids may be leaving the church, parents try to control their child’s choice and them! and kids resent that. As a parent we have to trust that God will do the work! We need to be the example of how God loves us for our children too. Having open dialog, communicating, teaching how the enemy works, teaching the way Christianity is attacked, and finding a good biblical church helps so much build that truth filled foundation.
The prosperity gospel of mental health definitely needs to be spoken out against. I have felt many times over the years that because of myself not being 100% on par mentally that I am a bad Christian. I am surprised, but I am also glad that you actually used that phrase.
You’re not a bad Christian for your struggle! You are loved just as you are! Mental health is an issue that affects many of us and it is a result of sin in a broken world and it should be addressed accordingly.
Fortunately, Christianity isn’t about going from bad to good. It’s about going from death to life
Thank you so much for touching on the point about mental Illness. As someone who has lived with depression for most of my life, I had to learn that God loves me even during my moments of brokeness. When we tell people that more faith is the answer to depression, it invites greater shame, which comes easily to people with mental illnesses and that serves to make them feel like they cannot come to God in that brokeness.
Cry out to God in your brokeness. Praise Him in your emptiness. Cling on to Him when you feel like you have no reason to carry on living. This has honestly been a wondrous saving Grace and I thank God that He is working and He is good even in our suffering.
"My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart
you, God, will not despise." psalm51: 17
They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us. But they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
1 John 2:19
Amen
When Rhett said that he didn't WANT to believe that Hell exists or that non-believers would go there it really threw me off. 8:13 I think it helps to understand that it's not so much a punishment as it is the result of being separated from God. And you made that choice to continue to be separated from Him when you decided not to be reconciled with Him. It makes perfect sense to me. The only reason why someone would not want to accept it is because they just want to do whatever they want and live by their own rules. I totally get that, and I also struggle to submit to God sometimes. But don't try to justify your rebellion by painting it like He is being unfair or unjust when it's really YOU who doesn't want to submit.
Please look up conditional immortality. Chris date discussed it. It makes so much sense. Final punishment is not eternal. Check it out. After a couple of years I have slowly switched my thought on ECT
YES!!!
I was told that when you commit a bad crime, you get a harsher punishment than someone who committed a small crime. And not believing in your creator and/or worshipping him is a huge crime so of course the punishment is going to be harsh. And we aren't God so we can't comprehend how huge this crime is
Actually it is a punishment. God is a God of mercy and grace but also a God of wrath who will punish all sins one day. He's a judge and there will be a day of judgement. But yes, it is the result of people choosing not to follow God and that leading to separation between them and God.
It's not about "live by your own rules" as you suggest. It's about deciding for yourself what is right and wrong and not just listening to someone from thousands of years ago. It's about a choice, the Bible says we have a choice and we have free will, but do we? If we can't decide on our own without the threat of eternal damnation, is it really freewill? It's like someone holding a gun to my head and telling me to do something and if I don't do what they tell me then they'll shoot me, but its still my choice! The Bible has some horrible rules and some flat out stupid ones. Those rules where clearly created to control people, it's so obvious. But submit yourself and keep donating your hard earned money to the church while inflation is rising and your pay is stalling.
I was taught the definition of love (agape) is “wanting the best for someone and setting out to accomplish that best”
I think an even better definition is loving someone even when it is hard to love them. Wanting the best for them even when they make it hard to want anything good for them at all.
It's easy to love because of any good qualities present. It's hard to love in spite of the bad qualities present.
God love is agape not basic love agape love is hard to fathom as humans
Rhett is stereotyping southern Christians. As a Evangelical Christian from the South (Florida) I find this very offensive. I’m not racist nobody in my family is racist, and I have never met a racist. It is said Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was a Christian so yes Christians have done racist things.
Im from the south and am a Christian but sadly have not only met but have family who are/were racist in some compasity. I'm not talking about the micro aggression stuff but that whites especially women shouldn't marry black people.
I’m from Florida too! God bless 💕 I live in Colorado now. There are a few good baptist communities still. And a “holy” mountain!
@@kamiliajohnson7430 Well im not sure that's so much racism as it is a culture shift.
I have a feeling if a nice christian black guy like the dude from " What do you meme" wouldnt get any objections, where as the alternative would have a relationship that can potentially compromise your faith ( essentially anyone not putting Christ at the center of all)
And even God was wanting the Israelites and hebrews to just marry within the nation. It wasnt because God was racist. He just knew that these other cultures would come into Israel and compromise it's integrity from within.
@@redpilledtrooper7523 This was nothing to do with religion. It was a black woman was stepping up if she married a white man and a white woman was lowering herself if she married a black man. It was completely based on skin color.
Also Moses was married to an Ethiopian.
@@kamiliajohnson7430 well. Only those individuals and God know their hearts and can speak for what was said.
If what you said was true beyond the shadow of a doubt, then it sounds like an isolated case of racism. But once again, dont know the situation and taking a strangers word for it.
As for Moses and Zipporah, she was actually a Midianite. Not an ethiopian ( Ethiopia was known as Cush and without looking it up I think also Sheba back then)
And the people of Midian were levantine, or essentially Canaanite.
And later Gideon the judge had to go to war against them as the Midianite people were not faithful to Yahweh and were attacking the Israelites when they first settled in Canaan after the exodus.
God constantly references the fact that people groups that are culturally wicked, and living against a lifestyle that images God.. Well basically he says the land vomits them out of the area.
Which is why certain people groups were not to intermingle with Israel, but then you still see isolated cases like Zipporah or Ruth.
It depends on the person's heart.
That is how I judge character. Is there people that live a lifestyle that promotes a specific ethnic and cultural lifestyle that goes against Yahweh and Christ Jesus? Absolutely. And if one of these individuals were to attempt to have an intimate relationship with my metaphorical children, then I would likely be against it.
But if there was a person of color that is a bible believing christian that was interested in building a life with one of my metaphorical children that honors God, they would have my blessing.
All context.
This was beautiful and well spoken. Keep it up! God is happy with what your doing and I truly feel like this is your calling right now! Just some encouragement for a brother in Christ! Love you man
I think you actually brought up one of the problems with our churches that needs changing. It's getting harder and harder to find a church that isn't all about flashing lights and music and just wants to disseminate the word of God.
Try orthodox
orthodoxy man
catholic church
My reform Baptist church is super biblical.
Look up the Discipleship Making Movement, it's about spreading the Bible and having a small house church.
I think you might've misunderstood the comment about, "don't change your kids, change your church." It seemed to me that he was making the point that many, many American churches actually don't teach the gospel. You mentioned flashy, self-help churches, and I think he's just as critical as you are about them. He implies the youth are hungry for truth and justice, and they don't see it in the American church, and I tend to agree. But also their sense of truth and justice is skewed, so they may not see it even if it was in the American church.
Actually the point he's making is that the Church is teaching things that are contrary to the world, he outright says that the reason is that what they learn in the Church doesn't match what they learn in school.
And the analogy that Link used is that the Church teaches that homosexuality is sin and the schools teach that homosexuality is ok.
Rett is suggesting that the Church compromise and conform to the world, he said that the main reason that kids are leaving the Church is because the Church have taught them justice and love, and that the bible teaches something else.
He said it pretty straight. You go to Church and everyone wants to preach like Jesus but no one wants to act like Him. No one Loves the sinner. Judgment is passed. Enemies aren’t forgiven. Bigger walls and stronger gates are built. Horde your treasures on earth. Have them stolen or burned or lost to time. Everyone wants Salvation, but no one wants to put in the work. Thank God, for His sacrifice, you don’t have to. Through faith in baptism alone, you too can enjoy the giant kick in the ass when you make it Heaven, meet The Maker, and beg for forgiveness realizing how wrong we all are. Including myself.
I really love this video. I've watched a lot of your videos over the last two weeks or so and I really enjoy your character and the way you approach topics. This particular video really feels like a total summary of why I enjoy you as a creator so much.
Especially when you comment on mental health, something I struggle with, and guilt, something that has caused me to in a sense "leave the church". I still believe all the things I've believed my whole life but whenever I practice my faith since my mental illness began it leaves me much worse than I began.
But your videos really are soothing to me in some way. You combine truth and love so well. Thank you.
As a Christian born and raised in Texas I’ve been to several churches and haven’t heard any preaching or been in an atmosphere where racism was tolerated or accepted!! This is just old school and divisive thinking!! If the church is biblically based then it’s plain and simple…we are all brothers and sisters in Christ!!!
It breaks my heart that they turned their backs on Jesus. That was so hard to hear him deny Jesus resurrection. I pray God keeps all of our children in Him and He in them. It is a challenging time to raise children in today's society. Now more than ever us parents must intentionally pour into our children. Not of our own strength and knowledge, but by the Word of God and the Holy Spirit. We must first, ourselves, be a pleasant place for the Holy Spirit to dwell so He can flow through us and pour into our children. We must pray diligently and live by the Word of God. Our kids belong to Jesus and we must ask him to allow us to be a vessel to raise His children to His glory and worship.
“And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience” Ephesians 2:1-2
Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6
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It must have been difficult to make a video like this; good on you for seeing it through and posting it.
As a southern evangelical myself I never hear anything racist from other Christians. I know it's an anecdote but in my personal experience it's true.
Same. As a black southern Christian who’s gone to almost entirely white churches I can’t say that I’ve ever met racist Christians (unless I have and they were just really good at hiding it)
I was thinking the same as a Christian from the south. I think we face a major issue with cultural Christianity and many people (who may be racist) likely just claim to be Christian based off how they were raised. I haven't seen racism in those whom I know or have met and who seem to genuinely be saved.
I’m not that southern but between north and south. My state is historically southern. (Maryland)
Also most of the time true Christians are not racist. And should never be. Lukewarm definitely can be.
@@orangeblossom9279 If you acknowledge Gal 3:28 and deny it I struggle to call you "Christian".
Your stuff is so wonderful and truth-filled man. Keep up the great work! It's clear the Lord is working through you.
I was an intellectual believer all my life. I KNEW something was wrong because I had no fruit. My love was dead and my selfishness eas drowning me. Also, I did not have a full knowledge of the truth.
Yeah I said "the prayer"lots of times. It's not a choice, it's not the prayer, it's not how much you mean it. Salvayion is entirely of the Lord.
He called me in the middle of the night and I awoke desiring to know Him and THEN I began to truly seek.
Also if they went from us, it means they were never of us. Christ is the author and finisher of our faith, and the good work He started, He will complete. All whom the Father draws WILL come.
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I actually have almost the same arch in my life as Rhett and Link. I was heavily involved in youth groups and church in general until I completely left Christendom in college and became and atheist. Big difference though, a few years ago I came to the end of myself and turned to Christ for what I believe was the first time. The misconceptions I had about God and what it means to abide in His grace became very apparent. Since then, I have been overwhelmed by the work of God in my life and the work of the Spirit in my life has been an incredible blessing. Pray for Rhett and Link that that God will bring an understanding of who we are apart from God to their hearts and that they will turn to Him in real humility and faith.
I am not someone who believes all churches are good. I had a very unique upbringing where multiple members of my family were in a Christian cult for most of their lives. When I was an infant, most of them left the cult and joined more typical types of churches. But still, a few people in my family remain in that cult to this day.
Because of that, I grew up from a young age knowing that not all churches are the same and that some churches can be very damaging.
To me, hearing what Rhett and Link said, it sounds like they may potentially have grown up in one of those damaging churches.
Based on my experiences, I've come to the conclusion that the churches which cause damage to people and their faith are the ones which 1) use fear to manipulate people and 2) turn morality into a competition.
We aren't called to shame people or terrify people or show off our supposed moral superiority to people. We are called to go to Jesus for our worries. We are called to trust in Him. We are called to live our lives as close to how Jesus wants as we can
Focusing on other people's misbehavior is an easy distraction which allows us not to think as much about our own flaws. And focusing on other people's wrongdoings also shows a lack of trust in Christ.
If you are worried about your friend's misbehavior, it's fine to make your feelings heard, but then stop after that and leave the rest to God. It is your friend's choice of whether he will continue to sin or not. It's between him and God. Your role, at that point, is simply to set a good example, to NOT be an enabler, to offer support if he asks for it, and to generally treat him with kindness. To do anything else is to try to play God, with usually quite unfortunate results.
If you know anyone who has an addiction, you should understand this fact about human beings--you can't force someone to change their life for the better. Only they can make that choice for themselves. To try and force them will only drive them away from you, and potentially embitter them to the positive changes they need.
"Christian cult"? I would refrain from calling that Christian.
you can love without acceptance. you be friendly with someone and not agree with what they believe. it called being nice.
That's funny people talk about wanting true Christianity yet people like Rhett can't handle the truth about Hell 🤷♂️
Can’t handle the truth? Did you listen to what they talked about?
Hell is a fabrication created by Dante Allegheri and plagiarized by the Catholic Church to fear monger parishioners into more tithing and the revolutionary introductions of indulgences.
There is Heaven or Reincarnation. Flesh born of the flesh. Spirit born of the Spirit.
Yeah, just cause he doesn't want to believe something doesn't make it untrue. Including the harsh reality about hell.
@@elliottberkley
If you are Christian, baptized, and have faith in that baptism in Jesus’ name, your ticket is signed. You want to see hell? Look around long enough. You’ll find pain, suffering, turmoil, and sin. More than you could discover in your whole lifetime. If “hell” is real, then we are already there and one of the only way out is through faith in Christ’s sacrifice. If you have that, you’ll break these chains. Have faith in that.
It’s crazy how your video on this topic last year is actually how I found you, now I’ve followed you ever since.
Also their story and specially Link's sounded like a lot of legalism, as if trying to attain some sort of perfection to please God, but that's not at all what Grace is about, we can never attain that perfection, it's such a huge burden to bear, anyone can crumble under that kind of pressure. Grace is the free gift of God, it doesn't depend on our righteousness and 'good works'. But that doesn't mean we should not strive to lead a holy life. Living a holy life should be the overflow of the transformed heart and fruit of the Spirit and yes we will fall at times, that's why it's a journey of repentance and belief. Running a race as we grow spiritually mature.
Thank you, i often struggle to remind myself i am not perfect, as much as i try to be. I cannot be perfect because God alone is perfect. I have been reconciled to God through Christ and His atonement. My works will never add to my faith. Though works without faith is dead, works do not equal faith. I cannot have one without the other. Now the Lord Christ Jesus is helping me unlearn legalism. Thank you for listening to a stranger ramble when you didn't ask for my imput lol. God bless you and God add all the more grace to your life 💕🙏
@@bluejaywaylennon6715 ya we are called to strive for perfection and excellence but through the strength of the Spirit. It's a daily battle between flesh and Spirit but the good news is the Spirit sanctifies and helps us to grow more mature in our spiritual journey until we meet Jesus, that's when we will be perfect and fully sanctified with glorious resurrected bodies. But again, there will be times we fall but God has freely given us grace and forgiven us. I think sometimes we are too stubborn to accept that grace and try to work our way to somehow earn it which is impossible because we can never attain salvation through works of the law and it also makes sacrifice of Jesus pointless.
@WolvesTeeth I haven't come across a Bible verse which says 'if you're born again, you will thirst for righteousness' specifically, however it is true in a sense that when we are born again, God pours out His Spirit and puts a new heart in us as a result of which we will have new new desires led by the Holy Spirit in us. That being said, we are still in the flesh and if we are not careful, we might have a tendency to give in to the sinful desires of the flesh, hence denying yourself and being led by the Spirit is vital to Christian walk. Jesus said 'Deny yourself, carry your cross and follow me'. We should be deliberate and intentional in our Christian walk. Matthew 5:6 says - Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be filled - in my view, pursuing righteousness is a deliberate act as naturally we are more aligned to the desires of our flesh but the Spirit constantly strengthens us to walk in Holiness as a part of our daily sanctification process.
@WolvesTeeth I certainly don't have all the answers but what I said about being careful was application of scriptures and not a Bible verse. Sin continues to dwell in us as long as we are in the flesh - Read Romans 8:18 - 20. But Holy Spirit helps in our sanctification journey to transform us daily into the image of Jesus. Hope this explanation helps 🙏🏾
Amen!
I do agree with him with the church. The church is a shell of what Christ wanted in the Bible. He also brought up ( in a later podcast I think) that until the church stops worrying about teaching traditions and start teaching the Bible is when kids will maybe stay
if that were true, why is the orthodox growing the most in numbers of youth to this day, while being one of the most tradition focused denominations of christianity?
The church just needs to proclaim the gospel for what it is. No sugar coating. Just the truth.
@@violetreichert6470 I’m non denominational so that’s confusing. Most yong Christians seem to be Born Again, non denominational, and more apostolic leaning Christians. Now younger Christians talk about spiritual warfare where all denominations other than Pentecostal dont
@@violetreichert6470 I don’t do religious tradition. Tradition isn’t even Christian. It’s just man made stuff added to it If it’s not in the NT
@@orangeblossom9279 both the NT and OT highlight the importance of biblical tradition. "So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letter."
"Now I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I delivered them to you."
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Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us."
the only time tradition is viewed negatively is when it is worldly and usually is specified towards the Pharisees valuing tradition over Christ. Do not be misguided though, tradition is heavily valued amongst God.
From ya tik tok! God bless!!!!
I like watching your channel bc it gives me answers that I can draw from later. Some of the clips that you played from Rhett and Link, I was thinking "oh crap, that's something I don't think I know the answer to!" And if confronted with some questions like those in person, I might freeze up. But your channel reminds of verses, and Biblical facts that I can then draw on and have real answer for later. Good job 👍☺️
Very well put together video. This helped me answer many questions I had regarding my faith
rhett's white knighting is the most disingenuous thing ever. he needs to stop mixing liberal politics with faith.
As an ex liberal. Liberal politics and liberals are VERY anti Christian, anti God and anti Christianity. I’ve become more conservative (but based on biblical morality) because of what I’ve noticed about liberalism.
@@orangeblossom9279 do you think it has something to do with a misunderstanding about the meaning of love?
@@TheStrangerSpeaks10 "Love" simply a justification. Many liberals are highly intelligent and/or wealthy, and thus very arrogant. Their pride won't allow them to submit to a higher power. So they deconstruct the faith or reject it all together to worship their true god. THEMSELVES.
@@leonrobinson8180 maybe, but to make that assertion we must assume motives. I was hoping to get an explanation from someone with personal experience, who came out of that mindset. Were you liberal? Was that your experience?
@@TheStrangerSpeaks10 I believe it does. I grew up in a Christian home, but once I went to college, I strayed from God in favor of the liberal teachings of my college (though I never stopped believing in His existence, heaven or hell). During that time, I became feminist, pro-choice and pro-LGBT. I remember justifying to myself that abortion wasnt murder because we didn't know at what point a soul entered the body. I remember thinking to myself that if it wasn't against God's Word, I'd have no problem with homosexual marriage because I saw nothing wrong with it and it was just 2 people loving each other. I'd say the liberal definition of love is tolerating everyone and accepting them for who they are, except of course if they're Christians. There seems to be a specific set of morality codes with liberals, which is why many of them spout the same rhetoric such as "my body, my choice", "love wins" etc. In liberal spaces, you basically become indoctrinated to believe certain things are morally right and true, and anyone going against the grain is automatically labelled a bigot, homophobic, sexist, ableist, xenophobic etc. Also,what I've learned is that most of them have this "do whatever you wanna do, do what makes you happy unless its hurting someone else" philosophy. Again, christianity rarely gets that same leeway because our morals according to the Word of God will always counter liberals' beliefs (our objections to abortion, homosexuality, divorce, drunkenness etc. are "harming" persons in those groups, therefore we don't get to do or believe what we want). I hope that answers your question.
You make a really good point about children being raised with a misconception about what love is. We can fully love our family members, for example, even though they commit sinful acts. We tell the truth to them. We don't agree with the sin they commit, and we pray they come to repentance, but we DO love them. Fully.
this was articulated really well, thank you !!!
I really appreciate this video. I'm trying to be transparent with my children, and I agree with all of your points. Thank you so much for this🙏❤️
They said, we don't have testimonies, and then wonder why people doubt that they were ever Christian?
Because they were raised christian? Who is raised in it and has a testimony?
Thank you for talking about this especially the mental health aspect. This has been a huge struggle with me as my mom is extremely religious and bc of those beliefs told me my mental health struggles and struggle with a chronic illness are due to unforgiveness or not having a strong enough belief in God and it was just not true. She’s a little better about it now but I can’t tell you how hurtful it was to hear her basically saying it’s my fault that I’m sick. Ugh literally the worst thing you can hear when your trying everything in your power to overcome an illness and I was praying everyday for healing esp in the beginning. I was a very strong Christian early on but I’m actually thankful in some ways bc it allowed me to see a lot of the harmful beliefs in the Christian communities and churches. I strive for more of a relationship with Christ not religion. But the reason I left the church was the blame and shame put onto people who don’t deserve it. Some Christians forget Jesus was all about love that was th emotional powerful thing about him. We are not the ones to judge others we are here to love others and I think many get that backwards.
Great video btw, you do a great job. God has worked in ur life truly and want to give God the glory for what your doing
“The idea of transformation, not information”.
Love it dude. New subscriber!
If any of your loved one is straying away from God and if you're worried about it, know that God is always in control, just pray for that person tirelessly, even if they accept Jesus at the time of death, they will be saved 🙏 praise be to God always
Wow. Thank you for sharing this! Very helpful words, I needed to read this. God bless you. ❤✝️
On the flip side- there are churches who preach the Bible- as well as administer to the needy and to travelers who bring the word of God to foreigners. The Assemblies of God are pretty good at doing that.
Just because you don’t believe in Hell and sin- does not mean it’s not real and it won’t happen.
i love that every time i look at your channel, the sub count goes up!
Love your videos. Keep doing the good work.
27:38 There where it says "Feelings don't always correlate with reality" that in my opinion is what a lot of people miss in the world we live in today.
Have you ever considered the possibility that someone who has been saved can choose to walk away from that salvation?
Thanks for addressing this - you make a lot of great points. It really resonated with me when you said, "God is inviting us into this place of healing." I hope Rhett and Link will watch this video.
I really appreciate hearing two sides of this. I also love your point about how people aren’t your enemies.
Man... I love these kind of videos from you. You've probably think of it already, but I would love a Daily Disciple Podcast. I usually play these long videos on the bg while I'm doing something else and want to feed my spirit with Christ-related content. Keep it up, man! God bless you and your ministry.
I grew up on the west coast and just moved to the South.... as someone with fresh eyes who grew up around liberals... southern churches aren't racist from what I"ve witnessed in Tennessee
In all honestly I’ve been everywhere in the south and I personally think it’s less racist than most northern areas
How do you like tennessee
How can you say that when you’re not a person of colour?
Then you're blind lmao; I grew up here in TN and let me tell you, the churches here as well as people in general are VERY racist. Maybe not directly most of the time, but there are SO many microaggressions that people believe in around here. And those are still racist.
@@Perennial1997 i mean i assume that if white people were racist they would feel comfortable mentioning that to me because i too am white… not to mention Rhett’s statistic on evangelical racists is bogus. We don’t even know HOW that stat was made. What did they ask evangelicals that confirmed their racism? Did they ask them “do you think black people are less valuable than white people?” Or did they ask “do you support BLM?” Because BLM is a terrorist organization that burned down cities and destroyed black owned businesses, then stole their donation money to buy mansions for their group leaders. So of course people don’t support them. And WHY oh WHY would someone confess “yes I hate black people” and WHY would the majority of people confess that? No the truth is that the majority of people (90% of people) are not racist, but because they dont support affirmative action, or anti-voting id laws, or blm, suddenly they are labeled racist. Meanwhile they don’t support that stuff because they believe black people are just as smart as white people so they don’t need affirmative action, or that black people are just as able to get an id as white people so stopping voter id laws for black people exclusively is patronizing.
the video we've been needing!!! its crazy how I would get this funny little feeling that they were Christians
Thank you for making this video.
10:58 Not calling names here but... I think the "racist" question is mostly cultural. In Europe racism has absolutely no correlation to being white and Christian. The church I go to has a variety of ethnicities.
Also, do they have any idea how persecuted Christians are around the world?
Western MSM never ever accurately represents how bad Christian persecution is in other parts of the world.
I left my church because I had an argument with the worship pastor. I had been on the team for 2 years at the point. I’m from a very musical family and so often I would do harmonies and once in awhile have a solo. One week I had high school finals and declined the invite to do worship that weekend. He told me that I should be ashamed of myself and that it was my fault I was busy and that there was no point in being in the worship team unless I was able to go to youth group/church. I honestly thought he was joking at first with his overt statement since it was over text but I realized he was serious. I ranted an entire paragraph about how he didn’t take a loving approach, not even asking how I was doing spiritually and just made assumptions as to why I didn’t show up. I totally respected him saying that I should show up to church and youth group to show a spiritual dedication but I felt like in a sense, that it was a show. The band was super tight, the sound felt studio quality, everything was great for me as a musician, but I just felt like he viewed me as an asset and not a person with struggles. I viewed him as a father figure and it definitely strained my relationship with him. He eventually apologized and I forgave him but I took it as a sign to go in a different direction. Finishing my 3rd year of college now, I have definitely fallen in a secular direction but my mind is still curious about the character of Jesus and really wanting to view the walk differently than I have in the past. I felt like the youth group culture I grew up in was a very emotionally driven experience and not one founded in real ambition to follow Him. The people I went to my Christian HS with were completely different people at school than they were at camp, being apathetic and just went with the motions and it made me so angry all the time. I made it my mission to be passionate all the time. My idea of Christianity was one of adventure and not boring lol, that every moment of living would be made special and with lots of introspection. I felt like I was never being fed spiritually and so I fell away. I love your videos and it’s so nice seeing someone close to my age, that’s spiritually passionate sharing the gospel on TH-cam, live in the same country as me😊😊
Awesome video! Thank you 🙌
This is very terrifying. Two men who were once grounded in faith who gave their faith up for temporary fame. This is how dangerous fame is, there are mega church pastors who are very clearly false teachers. Fame is a dangerous dangerous thing.
rhett and link and veggietales seems surprisingly fitting. it makes me curious, "what could've been"
Rhett and Link DID work with Phil Vischer on his project "What's in the Bible?". They sang a song on every one of the 13 videos as "The Bentley Brothers." I only know because my BIL - who watched Good Mythical Morning came in once as my kids were watching "What's in the Bible?" And gasped, saying, "oh my - is THAT Rhett and Link?!?"
Thank you for your channel.
Awesome message man!!!
A key missing part that all false converts always ignore on becoming a Christian is that repenting and coming to Christ is also a permanent change of heart attitude towards sin. When you go back into the world, it clearly demonstrates that you weren't transformed by the Holy Spirit.
yup, exactly
But why is the question
@@TheElixirProductions why what exactly?
@@wengel_eth Why is it that they didn't have a supernatural encounter with the H-ly Spirit? If they were truly touched by G-d, they wouldn't have such weak faith.
In my own theory, some so called Christians that can't experience the touch of G-d may have blasphemed the H-ly Spirit and have not consciously even realized it. So it will be impossible for them to ever be spiritually transformed or to be born again.
Apostasy is real, don't be foolish
I love how you, instead of condemning people who aren't believers or people who left the faith, pray for them and have grace towards them just like God would. It's very refreshing, and something that I honestly have rarely seen if at all. It inspires me to have more hope because that's essentially what God is about. He's a god of hope. The really awesome part about it is that I can truly sense that you genuinely care about these people and their pending salvation. Keep it up. You're preaching God's heart.
This was a really great video 🙏🏾🐣
I love what you are doing keep it up brother.
I believe they knew doctrine and fooled themselves to believe they were Christians; they knew of Jesus, but they didn't have a true relationship with Him.
A lot of people think that way, too. They know of Jesus but don't follow him. There's a big difference.
In that case, no one is a Christian.
Correction, they fooled others into thinking they were Christians. These guys seem pretty obviously fake.
@@Daniel-ty2ke Look at you judging others' faith... how christian of you.
@@Daniel-ty2ke So their years of personal diary entries to God and Jesus, and all of the very personal ancedotes they share showing important moments of faith for them are all lies? It’s possible for someone to be sincerely religious and lose faith, I don’t understand you.
Imagine having a friend that struggles with obesity. It would be very easy to shame them or put judgments upon their personal character due to their struggle in an effort to correct their behavior. Of course that's wrong, yet at the same time it's not loving to encourage them to continue that lifestyle either. Love cannot simply be affirmation.
I felt a burden lifted when I stopped being hard on myself and when I let go of a CULTURE. Walking with God is not about being someone else or about doing more.
I have OCD and I don't know if being a Christian made it harder maybe because I would obsess over lying which is frowned upon in Christianity but it was not Christianity that was my problem it was the fact that my parents were going against Christianity and causing lots of trauma in our family which exacerbated my anxiety and ocd. When I got closer and closer to Jesus and true followers of him and the truth in the Bible and got away from my sinful parents I was set free for my anxiety and OCD at least the crippling parts of it. I still have it and I always rely on Jesus
They had to avoid their Christian past in order to become famous, sad to see.
No. They became famous while being christian. This makes no sense.
@roachdogg jr honestly what does christianity have to do with “mythical” morning & trying weird food or smells all the time get a grip dude lol
I have news for Rhett & Link. By all appearances, they epitomize the very caricature of the males in every single evangelical church I attended since giving my life to Christ several years ago. It's the reason we no longer attend a church & do home & online worship. I just assumed they were those type of Christians. Tbh, they are.
I don't understand people who have a problem with the wrath of God, to the point where they stop believing. I find it more difficult to believe that God would forgive us, after seeing the world for what it is.
One thing I want to mention is that the church isn't the building but it is who worship inside, no matter how small. I've been in several strange situations in my life that's lead me to be my own church and read my own Bible but because of the internet I can find videos for other interpretations and teachings to help me understand more or at the very least get me to think. But you'll never make it if you give up. Don't loose your church, no matter how small.
I think if you conceptualize the ideal worldview, it should constantly challenge or 'threaten' you. If your worldview maintains that you are perfect the way you are, what motivation do you have to progress, and how can you even define progress without something you're aiming at or moving towards?
That's the thing I find most funny about progressive Christians. Somehow, each of them happened to choose a religion to believe and that religion magically believes and supports everything that they believe and support. The religion happens to perfectly fit both Jesus and themselves, so does that mean they're somehow on par with Jesus Christ? Ridiculous.
They never struck me as Christians, I always thought they were atheists since I started watching them years ago
Great episode - may not agree w/everything but you did make some great points - i liked the “survival of the fittest” line
The irony is they say they were real Christians but they must have forgotten about the farmer and the seeds parable. It's obvious what seeds they were.
I believe in the “Golden Rule” Jesus spoke. “Treat others as how you, yourself, would want to be treated.” I’m willing to treat virtually any sinner with love. But, I can’t love their decisions. I can be there to help keep them on the right path, but in the end it’s their choice as to whether or not they want a relationship with God
Rhett and Link began worshipping the god mammon.
Welp, I will not be following them anymore. I'm newish to Christianity and it's stuff like this that made me stay away from God's true message for so long. Because it emotionally felt good.
This is why you should know about your faith so questions won’t become stumbling blocks. Learn the history of your faith. Study the etymology on words if you can, what did the early followers believe and why…don’t be afraid of questions but learn. prayers for them and their followers.
It’s funny because I grew up watching GMM and this past year where I actually got saved and started to further my relationship with Jesus my discernment made me slowly stop watching them. I noticed a lot of liberal qualities and demonic “jokes” they would put on their was a red flag for me. Also they call their fans Mythical Beasts!? C’mon now! I will pray for them though. What I think is hardest for non believers or people who have backslid is that supernatural experience with the Holy Spirit which is the biggest confirmation you can have as a believer. And to experience that you must surrender yourself and have faith.
I’m going to choose to believe that you’re baiting angry comments and actually aren’t this stupid.
@@DaRoachDoggJrr no one replied with an angry comment. Ask for the Holy Spirit for discernment because you have none right now and will fall for anything.
I think that there is room for discussion for changing a church since even in the Bible that was something that was being discussed in the New Testament with the ones that strayed from the central message.
That's a church by church basis though, and it has to be done in a way where they change towards a more Bible centric view rather than the man-made extremes of legalism or whatever the new age movement is since both stray from what's actually in the Bible.
I'm not really sure about the whole racism thing honestly. The Baptist churches I've been in were nice (Louisiana and Texas), even with me being the only Asian there. To be fair though I didn't really hang out with folks generally in or out of the Church, so I tend to ignore social and group pressures naturally :P Anecdotal yes. Not saying this is some kind of debunking of whatever study they are citing. Just my experience similar to how they were speaking about it.
It's always fun hearing peoples thoughts on Christianity though. I don't know if much could be accomplished if a discussion were to stay strictly digital and distant, but it's fun regardless.
whew!!!!!!!!!!!!! 7:30 ! PREACH BROTHER! I LOVE THIS GUY!
Love you bro! I'm 23 and I'm right on track with you.
My parents work for Campus Crusade for Christ, or Cru. It’s sad to see Rhett and Link leave their faith behind, especially because my parents knew them
I feel like it's pretty obvious these guys are classic narsacist who faked stuff to be trendy (most likely initially trying to get in the pants of a girl who went to it). They moved to LA to be celebs and documented themselves becoming far left atheists I'm unison. Sounds like a long con planned out to get accolades and praise in Hollywood.
They were likely raised in church, were popular in their youth groups, and wore Christ like a cool jacket. As soon as it wasn't cool any more they cast Him aside.
Nope. If you paid attention, you would’ve heard their actual reasons. Thanks for assuming things about them like they said you would.
Yep.
It’s true. They are the perfect example of “been there done that”. But never had a heart change. Which can only be done through the working of the Holy Spirit. They story is literally the same of millions of people who have left the church and now openly hate God.
@@markchavez738 Oh piss off. Some people just open their eyes and realize they have no legitimate reason to believe an invisible wizard is actually watching them jerk off.
"Thats not what I want" .... wow glad the truth of the universe is built on what you one human in all of history wants...
13:00 AMEN. Great job exposing that particular nonsense
Person in severe need of mental help: Hey, man, I'm gonna jump off of this roof, because (place reason here)
Rhett and Link: Aight, welp! We need to be fully loving, so you do you!😊👍
Their "love" is really APATHY and COWARDICE. They're too cowardly to rebuke someone and too selfish to risk becoming unpopular in the process.
Love you’re smile 👌🐡
We absolutely need to let our kids ask questions. It’s so important. If you truly believe in Jesus and all that God has done for our world and our own lives... you also have to believe that He is perfectly capable of giving truth to our children. You have to be a safe space for your kids to ask scary and tough questions. “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”
Jeremiah 29:13
“They will receive blessing from the Lord and vindication from God their Savior. Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek your face, God of Jacob.”
Psalms 24:5-6
““Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.”
Matthew 7:7 NIV
We have to believe even when our kids question, if they are seeking the true God, He will reveal Himself to them.
I'd like to know where I can find these "big christian" songs and videos pre-youtube fame. Because I know Veggietales like a gardener know his plants, but I only saw Rhett and Link's music videos (my first experience was the T-shirt War) and then after a while, GMM. So to hear that they actually spoke with Phil Vischer blew my mind a little.
I love your videos, but the sigh around 36:40 is my new favorite thing 😅