Exactly. Paul wasn’t giving lifestyle advice. He was dismantling the lie that fulfillment comes from marriage, status, or bloodline. The irony: this person may not even be a follower of the Way, yet the evangelical church in the U.S. has absorbed a secular theology that treats marriage as salvation. That’s the Pioneer Fund’s legacy https://stacker.news/items/1279533/r/jamalderrick — race science rebranded as “family order,” preached as Gospel. Paul’s message was the opposite: identity in Christ, not reproduction or heritage. The church stopped preaching resurrection and started preaching lineage.

“Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do.” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭7‬:‭8‬ ‭NIV‬‬ https://stacker.news/items/1279533/r/jamalderrick

https://stacker.news/items/1279528/r/jamalderrick

https://stacker.news/items/1279533/r/jamalderrick

This chart ranks eight eras of U.S. history by how deeply church and state were intertwined—from the Colonial Era’s full theocracy (25/25) to the Social Gospel Era’s benevolent entanglement (16/25), showing a near-return today, with 21st-century Christian Nationalism (24/25) approaching theocratic intensity once seen before the Revolution.

What you’re describing, identity turning against identity, is the natural fruit of a nation that lost its spiritual compass. When we traded the true witness of Yeshua the Messiah for political power, we birthed a culture where even prayer is treated as subversive. The state’s fear of intercession at Broadview is judgment beginning at the house of God (1 Peter 4:17).

What you’re describing, identity turning against identity, is the natural fruit of a church that lost its spiritual compass. When we traded the true witness of Yeshua the Messiah for political power, we birthed a culture where even prayer is treated as subversive. The state’s fear of intercession at Broadview is judgment beginning at the house of God (1 Peter 4:17).

Feds tell faith leaders "No More Prayer" outside Broadview Facility: The state’s fear of prayer at the Broadview immigration facility is a mirror of the U.S. church’s compromise, and judgment beginning at the house of God (1 Peter 4:17). Because we traded the true witness of Yeshua the Messiah, the Anointed One, for political favor, we have now birthed a culture where prayer and intercession themselves are treated as suspect.

Feds tell faith leaders "No More Prayer" outside Broadview Facility: The state’s fear of prayer at the Broadview immigration facility is a mirror of the U.S. church’s compromise, and judgment beginning at the house of God (1 Peter 4:17). Because we traded the true witness of Yeshua the Messiah, the Anointed One, for political favor, we have now birthed a culture where prayer and intercession themselves are treated as suspect.