Ever wonder why Christians are so weird? Maybe you are a Christian and you want to explore growth in that phase of your world. We'll talk about some of the unique flaws in our Christian subculture and explore some ideas about how we change some of the flaws we're accused of and guilty of. But we're going to talk like regular people, not preachers or other clergy. Those people are great, but this is for us regular people. A conversation among neighbors. Along with a variety of other topics pertaining to the Christian world view.
Grace Without Compromise - Part 2 with Micah Brandt
What does it actually look like to restore people without watering down truth?
In Part 2 with Micah Brandt, the conversation shifts into one of the hardest tensions in Christianity today: how do we show grace to people who are struggling… without compromising integrity or pretending sin doesn’t matter?
Too often Christians swing to extremes.
Either truth with no compassion.
Or compassion with no truth.
But Jesus never separated the two.
This episode dives into:
restoring people instead of discarding them
why integrity still matters
the danger of performative Christianity
accountability vs condemnation
what the Church gets wrong about grace
and why truth without love eventually crushes people
This one is honest, challenging, and deeply needed.
Because real discipleship doesn’t ignore failure.
It walks people through it without lying about what’s true.
Email: info@backyardtheology.com
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Sermon we mentioned:
https://youtu.be/6fz6Qy1Pt8Q?si=T-8zOcMULmYWm65O (https://youtu.be/6fz6Qy1Pt8Q?si=T-8zOcMULmYWm65O)
30 Apr 2026
The Middle Ground is Killing the Church with Micah Brandt
What happens when the Church teaches truth… but doesn’t actually live it?
In this episode, JD sits down with Gen Z voice Micah Brandt to wrestle with a tension a lot of Christians feel—but don’t say out loud: we’ve gotten really good at knowing the right things, and not nearly as good at doing them.
This isn’t about calling out “those Christians.”
This is about us.
We talk about the danger of spiritual complacency, the comfort of staying in the middle, and why a faith that never costs you anything might not be the faith Jesus called you to.
At the end, JD references a powerful breakdown of the church in Laodicea—a warning that still hits today. You can read that here:
https://backyardtheology.com/part-7-laodicea-the-tragedy-of-the-middle-ground (https://backyardtheology.com/part-7-laodicea-the-tragedy-of-the-middle-ground)
If you’ve ever felt the gap between what the Church says and what it lives… this conversation doesn’t ignore it. It goes straight at it.
23 Apr 2026
Making Space pt 2 with Jessica Peterson
We’re quick to fix.
Quick to advise.
Quick to move on.
But what if we’re skipping the very space where God does His best work?
In Part 2 with Jessica Peterson, we talk about why you should never discount a struggle—yours or someone else’s—and what it really looks like to make space for the Holy Spirit to move.
You don’t have to force change.
You don’t have to carry what isn’t yours.
Your role is simple: make space.
God does the rest.
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