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Discovering a Faith without Fear

Dec 6, 2025 • Vance Brown

For Parents

Holy Saturday: Why Duke's Cayden Boozer Impacted Me as a Parent

What an 18-year-old reminded me about failure, pressure, and the path to resurrection

Apr 4 • Vance Brown

“He Did His Best” — A Eulogy for the Rest of Us

What Legacy Do Want?

Mar 12 • Vance Brown

When Faith Costs You Your Child - "No Contact" Culture

Hostility Leading to Estrangement

Feb 5 • Vance Brown

When Your Child Questions Their Faith

What Not to Say

Jan 22 • Vance Brown

Recover Christianity

Recover Christianity

Recover Christianity exists for anyone asking honest questions about the Christian faith, and especially for parents who want to stay in real conversation with their children through those questions.

Links to Other Sites

Recover Christianity Website

Reconstructing Faith Around the Life and Love of Jesus

YouTube Channel

Video Conversations with my Son

From Atheist to Believer: A Father, A Son, and the Road Back to Christian Faith

How my son's Christian deconstruction became the most important journey of both our lives

Feb 26 • Vance Brown

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Deconstruction and Reconstruction: A Conversation with my Son - Part 4

The Resurrection Journey

Jan 20 • Vance Brown

28:19

Deconstruction and Reconstruction: A Conversation with my Son - Part 3

A Damascus Road Experience

Jan 13 • Vance Brown

33:17

Deconstruction & Reconstruction: A Conversation With My Son - Part 2

Becoming an Atheist

Jan 6 • Vance Brown

28:38

Deconstruction & Reconstruction: A Conversation With My Son - Part 1

Part 1 - The Good Foundations

Dec 30, 2025 • Vance Brown

Is God a God of Wrath?

Is God a God of Wrath? (Part 6 - Jesus Preached Against Penal Substitutionary Atonement)

Vengeance is Mine, says the Lord?

Jan 15 • Vance Brown

Is God a God of Wrath? (Part 5 - Atonement History and C.S. Lewis' Perspective)

Why Did Jesus Die?

Jan 8 • Vance Brown

Is God a God of Wrath? (Part 4 - Sacrifice or Mercy?)

"I Desire Mercy, Not Sacrifice"

Jan 1 • Vance Brown

Is God a God of Wrath? (Part 3 - HELL)

Is God an Eternal Torturer? - HELL?

Dec 26, 2025 • Vance Brown

Is God a God of Wrath? (Part 2 - Death the Last Chance?)

Is Death the Last Chance?

Dec 20, 2025 • Vance Brown

Is God a God of Wrath? (Part 1 - What Is The Character of God?)

What is the Character of God?

Dec 14, 2025 • Vance Brown

Are We Inherently Good or Bad?

Are We Inherently Good or Bad? (Part 4 - When Good People Participate in Evil Things)

The Powers and Principalities

Mar 5 • Vance Brown

Are We Inherently Good or Bad? (Part 3 - Scapegoating and the Renewal of Your Mind)

Rewiring the Brain

Feb 28 • Vance Brown

Are We Inherently Good or Bad? (Part 2 - Shadow Work)

Why Do Good People Still Do Harm?

Feb 18 • Vance Brown

Are We Inherently Good or Bad? (Part 1 - Original Sin? With C.S. Lewis Perspective)

The Question Beneath the Question - Do We Belong?

Jan 29 • Vance Brown

Is Jesus the Only Way?

Is Jesus the Only Way? (Part 6 - The Perennial Tradition: If It Is True, It Is True Everywhere)

Ancient Wisdom, One Source, Every Tradition

Apr 23 • Vance Brown

Is Jesus the Only Way? (Part 5 - The Divine Dance: Union by Participation in the Trinity)

If the problem is separation, what does being ‘ONE’ actually look like?

Apr 16 • Vance Brown

Is Jesus the Only Way? (Part 4 - "That All of Them May Be One..." at-ONE-ment)

Four Ways We Live Divided, and the Love That Heals Them

Apr 9 • Vance Brown

Is Jesus the Only Way? (Part 3 - The Incarnation, The Way, The Paschal Mystery)

The Way of The Christ Really Is the Only Way

Mar 31 • Vance Brown

Is Jesus the Only Way? (Part 2 - C.S. Lewis Perspective)

More Generous Than We Were Taught

Mar 24 • Vance Brown

Is Jesus the Only Way? (Part 1 - One Verse in All the Gospels)

John 14:6 - The "Line in the Sand" Verse for Many Christians

Mar 19 • Vance Brown

How Should We Read the Bible?

How Should We Read the Bible? (Post 4 - What is the Authority for What We Believe?)

Scripture, Experience, and Tradition as the Three Scales of Spiritual Authority

May 21 • Vance Brown

How Should We Read the Bible? (Part 3 - Reading the Bible the Way Jesus Did)

How the Greatest Teacher Read the Greatest Book

May 12 • Vance Brown

How Should We Read the Bible? (Post 2 - What Kind of Book Is This, Anyway?)

What Opens Up When We Stop Reading Everything the Same Way

May 5 • Vance Brown

How Should We Read the Bible? (Part 1 - The Book We Love But Struggle With )

The Questions About the Bible We're Afraid to Ask

Apr 30 • Vance Brown

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