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What is The Backyard Church?
And why do we exist
Apr 1, 2023
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STORY OF THE WEEK: What Jesus Actually Asked of People Who Wanted to Follow Him
Why Readiness to Die Is Not the Same as Learning to Love
Jan 16
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Dan Foster
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STORY OF THE WEEK: Here’s Everything Jesus Ever Said About Sex
What the Gospels Say, and Do Not Say, About Human Sexuality
Jan 9
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STORY OF THE WEEK: Did God Really Need to Kill Jesus to Forgive You?
The Assumption at the Heart of the Gospel We Never Question
Jan 1
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A Christmas Thankyou
From My Family to Yours
Dec 25, 2025
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Dan Foster
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STORY OF THE WEEK: Why Batman Explains Jesus Better Than Most Sermons
What We Miss When We Reduce Christianity to Being “Good”
Dec 18, 2025
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Dan Foster
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STORY OF THE WEEK: Why Smart People Stop Growing (and How to Start Again)
The surprising science behind wisdom, curiosity, and spiritual growth
Dec 11, 2025
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Dan Foster
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STORY OF THE WEEK: I Found a Story in the Bible That Feels Like It Was Written for Now
What a Forgotten Old Testament Story Can Teach Us About Power Today
Dec 4, 2025
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Dan Foster
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STORY OF THE WEEK: Christianity’s Addiction to Shame Is Its Real Original Sin
A Historical Autopsy of Faith, Fear, and the Making of Moral Control
Nov 28, 2025
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Dan Foster
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STORY OF THE WEEK: The Seven Stages of Faith (And Why No One Told Us About Them)
A Map for When You’re Not Sure What You Believe Anymore
Nov 20, 2025
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Dan Foster
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STORY OF THE WEEK: The Bible Wasn’t Written for You
That’s Why You Keep Getting It Wrong
Nov 13, 2025
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Dan Foster
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STORY OF THE WEEK: A Muslim Mayor, A Christian Panic and the Jesus We Forgot
Rediscovering Jesus in an age of suspicion, outrage, and religious anxiety
Nov 6, 2025
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Dan Foster
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STORY OF THE WEEK: Today, I Went To Church for the First Time in Five Years
Here’s why and here’s what happened.
Oct 31, 2025
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Dan Foster
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STORY OF THE WEEK: The Rise of the Christian Influencer and the Death of the Pastor
Faith, Algorithms, and the New Economy of Spiritual Influence
Oct 23, 2025
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Dan Foster
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