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Loathe Thy Neighbor: A Conversation With Former Fundamentalist Pastor Brian Recker

One of the problems with afterlife-focused spirituality is that it overlooks issues of oppression and injustice, and typically takes a transactional, formulaic approach to spirituality. But I don’t think spirituality is about getting in on the good part of the next life. It’s about the way we live this life. Many of us learned a version of Christianity that was about gaining rewards in heaven and avoiding punishment in hell. This is fear-based religion, and was not the message of Jesus. Comment

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Brian Recker is a former Marine Officer, the son of a Baptist preacher, and an alum of the fundamentalist Bob Jones University. Brian spent eight years as an evangelical pastor before deconstructing his faith to find a more inclusive spirituality. He now speaks about following Jesus without fear of hell on his popular Instagram account and his Substack, Beloved. His book 'Hell Bent' comes out September 30th from Tarcher. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, and has four children and a rescue pup

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Jesus never condemned other religions, but he did condemn the way that his own religion was used and abused by the powerful, to exclude people and gate-keep god. If Christian proclamation looks like division, othering, and cultural superiority, you can be sure that it is not the gospel being proclaimed. I’m not sure what this pastors ethnic background is, but he is preaching a gospel of whiteness. A vision for the world that not only centers European norms but believes that they should dominate,

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Hell Bent - Spirituality Adventures feat. Brian Recker

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The test of any law, even biblical laws, is whether it brings life and flourishing or death and destruction. So no, overturning gay marriage is not what God would do, and christians who say otherwise may be attempting to represent a handful of bible verses, but they’re not representing Jesus. 💖💖💖 | Brian Recker

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I’ll never understand how you can be the most hateful, cruel, dehumanizing person, but as long as you look down on queer people Christians will say God is on your side. 🙄 I long for our country to repent and turn to the love of God. Unfortunately, the loudest voices talking about our country’s need for repentance are rarely describing the same concerns as Jesus. This pastor thinks repentance looks like dehumanizing queer people and immigrants, but that will only compound God’s judgment on us. M

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Letting Go of a Punitive God with Brian Recker

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Indebtedness was a major problem in Jesus’s world as well. Life was precarious for the peasant class, and they were often just one crisis away from having to sell themselves into slavery due to debt. Many scholars believe Jesus has these material conditions in mind when he taught us to pray: forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 🙏 💗 . . #exvangelical #deconstruction #capitalism #debt #debtforgiveness | Brian Recker

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Brian Recker on Instagram: "Hey quick question; does your church reinforce the idea that white men are most fit to lead, teach, and speak for God? Or does it do what Jesus did, and tear those hierarchical assumptions and supremacist systems down? Such a treat hearing @britbarron at @churchonmorgan today 💖"

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@jamestalarico is so real for this, and I will take his version of Christianity over Marks‘s every day of the week. The evangelical overemphasis on individual sins at the expense of institutional sins has everything to do with hell and the afterlife. Evangelicals will encourage individuals to repent so that they can go to heaven when they die. They shame people about their individual sins, which they believe will send them to hell, meanwhile they ignore the real-world hells being created right n

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The Pastor’s Kid Secretly Terrified of God | ‪@berecker‬

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Hey Brian Recker, you deconstructed...Why are you still a Christian?

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Is FEAR the Foundation? Rethinking Religious Indoctrination in Childhood with Brian Recker

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Brian Recker on Instagram: "Thankful to be a part of a church that is not actively radicalizing people but instead is calling us deeper into love, especially towards those that society overlooks. Yknow, like Jesus. 🥰🥰❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 . . . #deconstruction #exvangelical #christiannationalism #jesus #spirituality #feminism #womenpastors"

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The stronger the persecution complex gets the more they are projecting. The louder Christian Nationalists say that they are being targeted or that libs want to make the Bible illegal, or that they are being forced out of public life, the more they are actually attempting to push their views on everyone and force other views out of public life. Nobody is attempting to make their homophobic beliefs illegal, but they are attempting to make gay marriage illegal. Nobody is attempting to ban the Bible

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Brian Recker on Instagram: "God doesn’t side with the Bible, God sides with people- specifically, the people that society and religious culture leaves out. I defy you to show me one example of God telling people to follow a specific proof text rather than fully accept a person. Meanwhile, again and again, scriptures are set aside for the sake of love. Once I saw this pattern, I saw it so frequently that I am convinced it is one of the main themes of the New Testament. The core of Paul’s gospel i

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I hate that we have to talk about this guy, but unfortunately he is becoming more influential, especially among young men. Your kids may already know who he is. As a Christian, it is very sad to me that pastors teach parents how to push gender roles on their kids, but don’t teach them how to talk about misogyny and violence against women. Talk to your boys about consent. Talk to them about misogyny. Talk to them about their feelings. The women of the world will thank you. 💖 | Brian Recker

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Leaving Fundamentalism: Brian Recker’s Story — unCOMFORTABLE Podcast 277

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Questioning Hell Can Get a Pastor Fired

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The Gospels Vs. Project 2025 - Interview with Brian Recker - Marianne Williamson

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Spirit Outspoken on Instagram: "What if the Bible isn’t perfect in every word—and that’s okay? In this clip, former evangelical pastor, Brian Recker challenges the idea of Biblical inerrancy. If you’ve ever wrestled with faith deconstruction, questioned literal interpretations, or wondered how to approach scripture with both reverence and honesty, this will resonate. Hear the full conversation: Episode 41: Deconstructing Evangelicalism with Brian Recker — streaming now on all podcast platforms.

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🎙️ 20. Brian Recker (Ex-Evangelical Pastor) – Hell Bent on Reclaiming Love

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Brian Recker | Ironically, I actually do wish our country would get back to core biblical principles- like care for the poor, concern for the stranger and... | Instagram

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Ex-Evangelical Pastor Reveals Why Fear-Based Religion Conditions Members for Authoritarianism

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Is Hell Even Biblical? Brian Recker on Queer-Affirming, Fear-Free Faith

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Preacher Boys Podcast on Instagram: "Grab a copy of Brian's book, Hell Bent, here: https://amzn.to/4nnwOAY Brian Recker highlights the cost of deconstructing faith at the top of the church hierarchy. He points to Carlton Pearson, a Black Pentecostal bishop and protege of T.D. Jakes, who was on George W. Bush’s advisory council. Pearson realized, after witnessing the devastation in Rwanda, that hell isn’t a distant place—it’s happening here on Earth. He shifted his preaching toward a gospel focus

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Brian Recker on Instagram: "For many of us who actually thought through the implications of punitive theology, it’s difficult to imagine unwinding fear from faith. Although my book is not specifically about the rapture, it is about rescuing our spirituality from punitive, fear-based religion. If that sounds helpful, I hope you’ll check it out— comment “hell bent” below and I’ll DM you the info 💖💖"

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Why this Pastor Left His Church | The New Evangelicals

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