Joseph Bayly

Joseph Bayly is the founding pastor of Christ Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, and acquisitions editor for Warhorn books.

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Encryption is more important than the Second Amendment

I understand the desire to protect the Second Amendment from further erosion, but the real purpose of the Second Amendment is not guns. Those who lose track of that fact are being short-sighted indeed.

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Why aren’t our podcasts on Spotify?

It seems like Apple and Spotify are basically the same. So why do our podcasts show up in Apple’s podcast directory, but not on Spotify?

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How should churches think about reopening?

Here in Ohio, the recent public health stay-at-home orders explicitly exempt churches. Still, for a variety of reasons, here on the east side of Cincinnati, Christ Church has not been meeting in person. One of those reasons is that the school we meet in will not allow... read more

Who’s really (in)sane?

The World says you’re insane. Christians say you’re insane. You’re not insane.

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In defense of judging motives

How have we gotten to the point that doing what Jesus did in order to fight Phariseeism gets you accused of being a Pharisee?

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Ellos Son Mis Hijos

por Joseph Bayly | 15 de septiembre de 2015 | Out of Our Minds | “¿El negro?” Me reí. Estaba en el medio de la selva etíope. Aparte del misionero que me había llevado hasta allí, era probabemente la única persona blanca en cien kilómetros. Indudablemente,... read more

No more friends, no more walks, no more happiness

Ah, friendship! A couple of years ago, Christians began talking about the necessity of allowing two men with homosexual desire to be best friends, rely on one another, spend time alone with one another, live with each other, even make life-long covenants with one... read more

Subordination in the Trinity: The original position of non-Arians

There is a long history of godly theologians rejecting Arianism while acknowledging subordination in the Trinity.

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If we follow faithless spies, our children will become prey

First they passed laws forbidding us from calling transgender teens to repentance. Then they started taking kids away from faithful parents. Why is this shocking to us? What did we expect?

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Was Jesus tempted homosexually?

On The World We Made, and again in The Grace of Shame, we made the claim that avoiding homosexual acts is not “enough.” Homosexual desire itself is sinful and needs to be repented of. It’s an unpopular position. In fact, some of those who claim to... read more

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