Carson Weitnauer
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Here’s your seasonal reminder that Ravi Zacharias was an outspoken proponent of the Billy Graham Rule
December 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Here’s your seasonal reminder that Ravi Zacharias was an outspoken proponent of the Billy Graham Rule
If I were in the SBC, I would want everyone to know that all seminary professors are expected to model Christlikeness.
This would obviously mean that sexualizing a relationship with a student would be immediate grounds for dismissal and public rebuke for abusing their power and position
This would obviously mean that sexualizing a relationship with a student would be immediate grounds for dismissal and public rebuke for abusing their power and position
December 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
If I were in the SBC, I would want everyone to know that all seminary professors are expected to model Christlikeness.
This would obviously mean that sexualizing a relationship with a student would be immediate grounds for dismissal and public rebuke for abusing their power and position
This would obviously mean that sexualizing a relationship with a student would be immediate grounds for dismissal and public rebuke for abusing their power and position
Two things can be true at once:
1. Investigations must be rigorous, legal, and fair. Survivors deserve no less.
2. A professor sexualizing a student is an abuse of power. Period, the end, always.
1. Investigations must be rigorous, legal, and fair. Survivors deserve no less.
2. A professor sexualizing a student is an abuse of power. Period, the end, always.
December 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Two things can be true at once:
1. Investigations must be rigorous, legal, and fair. Survivors deserve no less.
2. A professor sexualizing a student is an abuse of power. Period, the end, always.
1. Investigations must be rigorous, legal, and fair. Survivors deserve no less.
2. A professor sexualizing a student is an abuse of power. Period, the end, always.
Billions are spent chasing a feeling—motivational words on wall art, “good vibes” in candles and crystals.
But before you buy what can’t save you… discover the Hope that already came.
https://uncommonpursuit.net/articles/hope-is-not-for-sale
But before you buy what can’t save you… discover the Hope that already came.
https://uncommonpursuit.net/articles/hope-is-not-for-sale
December 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Billions are spent chasing a feeling—motivational words on wall art, “good vibes” in candles and crystals.
But before you buy what can’t save you… discover the Hope that already came.
https://uncommonpursuit.net/articles/hope-is-not-for-sale
But before you buy what can’t save you… discover the Hope that already came.
https://uncommonpursuit.net/articles/hope-is-not-for-sale
Individualistic Christianity can only take us so far because God designed us to grow together.
Walk with others who share your hunger for spiritual depth.
https://academy.uncommonpursuit.net/
Walk with others who share your hunger for spiritual depth.
https://academy.uncommonpursuit.net/
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Individualistic Christianity can only take us so far because God designed us to grow together.
Walk with others who share your hunger for spiritual depth.
https://academy.uncommonpursuit.net/
Walk with others who share your hunger for spiritual depth.
https://academy.uncommonpursuit.net/
Music has a way of capturing memories, faith, and joy.
For me, O Holy Night is a song that always stirs something deep in my heart.
I’m curious... what’s your favorite Christmas song and why?
Join the discussion here:
https://up.uncommonpursuit.net/t/what-are-your-favorite-christmas-songs/3292
For me, O Holy Night is a song that always stirs something deep in my heart.
I’m curious... what’s your favorite Christmas song and why?
Join the discussion here:
https://up.uncommonpursuit.net/t/what-are-your-favorite-christmas-songs/3292
December 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Music has a way of capturing memories, faith, and joy.
For me, O Holy Night is a song that always stirs something deep in my heart.
I’m curious... what’s your favorite Christmas song and why?
Join the discussion here:
https://up.uncommonpursuit.net/t/what-are-your-favorite-christmas-songs/3292
For me, O Holy Night is a song that always stirs something deep in my heart.
I’m curious... what’s your favorite Christmas song and why?
Join the discussion here:
https://up.uncommonpursuit.net/t/what-are-your-favorite-christmas-songs/3292
Scientists are stunned by how perfectly the universe seems built for life.
Dr. Luke Barnes breaks down the evidence behind this fine-tuning and asks the big question: design or coincidence?
Watch now and decide.
https://youtu.be/XYx4K0NvpzI?si=LU4UbynUowEGC8rg
Dr. Luke Barnes breaks down the evidence behind this fine-tuning and asks the big question: design or coincidence?
Watch now and decide.
https://youtu.be/XYx4K0NvpzI?si=LU4UbynUowEGC8rg
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Scientists are stunned by how perfectly the universe seems built for life.
Dr. Luke Barnes breaks down the evidence behind this fine-tuning and asks the big question: design or coincidence?
Watch now and decide.
https://youtu.be/XYx4K0NvpzI?si=LU4UbynUowEGC8rg
Dr. Luke Barnes breaks down the evidence behind this fine-tuning and asks the big question: design or coincidence?
Watch now and decide.
https://youtu.be/XYx4K0NvpzI?si=LU4UbynUowEGC8rg
Rediscover meaning that lasts forever.
Journey with your friends or small group with Bible studies for friends to follow Jesus together.
https://uncommonpursuit.net/
Journey with your friends or small group with Bible studies for friends to follow Jesus together.
https://uncommonpursuit.net/
December 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Rediscover meaning that lasts forever.
Journey with your friends or small group with Bible studies for friends to follow Jesus together.
https://uncommonpursuit.net/
Journey with your friends or small group with Bible studies for friends to follow Jesus together.
https://uncommonpursuit.net/
What happened to the small, vibrant mom-and-pop churches?
Watch the full video here:
https://youtu.be/n0OhC3vaQqQ?si=7Y06YeHEsuS16mAn
Watch the full video here:
https://youtu.be/n0OhC3vaQqQ?si=7Y06YeHEsuS16mAn
December 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
What happened to the small, vibrant mom-and-pop churches?
Watch the full video here:
https://youtu.be/n0OhC3vaQqQ?si=7Y06YeHEsuS16mAn
Watch the full video here:
https://youtu.be/n0OhC3vaQqQ?si=7Y06YeHEsuS16mAn
Transformation is the real testimony.
Find the full article here: https://uncommonpursuit.net/articles/toxic-grace
Find the full article here: https://uncommonpursuit.net/articles/toxic-grace
November 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Transformation is the real testimony.
Find the full article here: https://uncommonpursuit.net/articles/toxic-grace
Find the full article here: https://uncommonpursuit.net/articles/toxic-grace
And the Savior we need is the one who has walked through suffering himself—Jesus.
Watch the full video here:
https://youtu.be/0vOjoOSXa0A?si=2TianS3bGX1iPpc9
Watch the full video here:
https://youtu.be/0vOjoOSXa0A?si=2TianS3bGX1iPpc9
November 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
And the Savior we need is the one who has walked through suffering himself—Jesus.
Watch the full video here:
https://youtu.be/0vOjoOSXa0A?si=2TianS3bGX1iPpc9
Watch the full video here:
https://youtu.be/0vOjoOSXa0A?si=2TianS3bGX1iPpc9
Authentic discipleship isn’t about checking boxes. It’s about walking closely with Jesus, growing with others, and living out your faith in real life.
Access all the Bible Studies here: https://academy.uncommonpursuit.net/offers/6J5H2QFq/checkout
Access all the Bible Studies here: https://academy.uncommonpursuit.net/offers/6J5H2QFq/checkout
November 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Authentic discipleship isn’t about checking boxes. It’s about walking closely with Jesus, growing with others, and living out your faith in real life.
Access all the Bible Studies here: https://academy.uncommonpursuit.net/offers/6J5H2QFq/checkout
Access all the Bible Studies here: https://academy.uncommonpursuit.net/offers/6J5H2QFq/checkout
God gave us minds to explore, science to discover, philosophy to question, and Scripture to guide. Not everything has to fit inside the Bible.
Watch the full video here:
https://youtu.be/yFpeI6ipqbM?si=03-0iFLSgEW2hLZ5
Watch the full video here:
https://youtu.be/yFpeI6ipqbM?si=03-0iFLSgEW2hLZ5
November 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
God gave us minds to explore, science to discover, philosophy to question, and Scripture to guide. Not everything has to fit inside the Bible.
Watch the full video here:
https://youtu.be/yFpeI6ipqbM?si=03-0iFLSgEW2hLZ5
Watch the full video here:
https://youtu.be/yFpeI6ipqbM?si=03-0iFLSgEW2hLZ5
We start and end each week with gratitude, both for the rest God gives us and the work he enables us to do.
https://academy.uncommonpursuit.net/
https://academy.uncommonpursuit.net/
November 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
We start and end each week with gratitude, both for the rest God gives us and the work he enables us to do.
https://academy.uncommonpursuit.net/
https://academy.uncommonpursuit.net/
Vulnerability builds intimacy and that’s where real transformation begins.
Grow deeper in faith together with your friends, small group, or colleagues.
https://academy.uncommonpursuit.net/
Grow deeper in faith together with your friends, small group, or colleagues.
https://academy.uncommonpursuit.net/
November 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Vulnerability builds intimacy and that’s where real transformation begins.
Grow deeper in faith together with your friends, small group, or colleagues.
https://academy.uncommonpursuit.net/
Grow deeper in faith together with your friends, small group, or colleagues.
https://academy.uncommonpursuit.net/
What keeps you steady when life feels uncertain?
Advent reminds us that hope isn’t tied to what we see but with the confident assurance that God’s promises will never fail.
Get your small group a copy of The Gift of Advent today.
https://amzn.to/4namqwn
Advent reminds us that hope isn’t tied to what we see but with the confident assurance that God’s promises will never fail.
Get your small group a copy of The Gift of Advent today.
https://amzn.to/4namqwn
November 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
What keeps you steady when life feels uncertain?
Advent reminds us that hope isn’t tied to what we see but with the confident assurance that God’s promises will never fail.
Get your small group a copy of The Gift of Advent today.
https://amzn.to/4namqwn
Advent reminds us that hope isn’t tied to what we see but with the confident assurance that God’s promises will never fail.
Get your small group a copy of The Gift of Advent today.
https://amzn.to/4namqwn
Rejecting God feels easier but it costs more.
So, why do you think people still reject God even when they know the consequences?
Join the discussion here:
https://up.uncommonpursuit.net/t/the-consequences-of-rejecting-god/4259
So, why do you think people still reject God even when they know the consequences?
Join the discussion here:
https://up.uncommonpursuit.net/t/the-consequences-of-rejecting-god/4259
November 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Rejecting God feels easier but it costs more.
So, why do you think people still reject God even when they know the consequences?
Join the discussion here:
https://up.uncommonpursuit.net/t/the-consequences-of-rejecting-god/4259
So, why do you think people still reject God even when they know the consequences?
Join the discussion here:
https://up.uncommonpursuit.net/t/the-consequences-of-rejecting-god/4259
What small choices could make a big impact in caring for God’s creation?
Watch the full video here:
https://youtu.be/S4XaprEd4oA?si=yu5hZnl6IRFjsbuj
Watch the full video here:
https://youtu.be/S4XaprEd4oA?si=yu5hZnl6IRFjsbuj
November 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
What small choices could make a big impact in caring for God’s creation?
Watch the full video here:
https://youtu.be/S4XaprEd4oA?si=yu5hZnl6IRFjsbuj
Watch the full video here:
https://youtu.be/S4XaprEd4oA?si=yu5hZnl6IRFjsbuj
Are you living in the fullness of God’s love?
Jesus offers so much more: He calls us beloved, fills us with His Spirit, empowers us to love, draws us into His mission, and secures us with His eternal love.
Get your small group a copy of The Gift of Advent today.
https://amzn.to/4namqwn
Jesus offers so much more: He calls us beloved, fills us with His Spirit, empowers us to love, draws us into His mission, and secures us with His eternal love.
Get your small group a copy of The Gift of Advent today.
https://amzn.to/4namqwn
November 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Are you living in the fullness of God’s love?
Jesus offers so much more: He calls us beloved, fills us with His Spirit, empowers us to love, draws us into His mission, and secures us with His eternal love.
Get your small group a copy of The Gift of Advent today.
https://amzn.to/4namqwn
Jesus offers so much more: He calls us beloved, fills us with His Spirit, empowers us to love, draws us into His mission, and secures us with His eternal love.
Get your small group a copy of The Gift of Advent today.
https://amzn.to/4namqwn
Does swearing risk your eternity?
Watch now on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/jaDlbvZNBkA?si=pMr1yjL9DRvkpiY6
Watch now on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/jaDlbvZNBkA?si=pMr1yjL9DRvkpiY6
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Does swearing risk your eternity?
Watch now on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/jaDlbvZNBkA?si=pMr1yjL9DRvkpiY6
Watch now on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/jaDlbvZNBkA?si=pMr1yjL9DRvkpiY6
Wealth is as fleeting as a wildflower—it can’t give lasting security.
But when we root our lives in God’s Kingdom, we build something that endures.
The Uncommon Pursuit Academy helps you and your community grow in a faith that’s anchored, not shaken.
https://academy.uncommonpursuit.net/
But when we root our lives in God’s Kingdom, we build something that endures.
The Uncommon Pursuit Academy helps you and your community grow in a faith that’s anchored, not shaken.
https://academy.uncommonpursuit.net/
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Wealth is as fleeting as a wildflower—it can’t give lasting security.
But when we root our lives in God’s Kingdom, we build something that endures.
The Uncommon Pursuit Academy helps you and your community grow in a faith that’s anchored, not shaken.
https://academy.uncommonpursuit.net/
But when we root our lives in God’s Kingdom, we build something that endures.
The Uncommon Pursuit Academy helps you and your community grow in a faith that’s anchored, not shaken.
https://academy.uncommonpursuit.net/
When leaders cause harm, two predictable paths emerge.
Protect the platform:
• Control the narrative (the leader and his defenders decide what's true)
• Believe the abuser's framing ("she flung herself at him")
• Excuse the minimization ("his disorder explains the casual language")
Protect the platform:
• Control the narrative (the leader and his defenders decide what's true)
• Believe the abuser's framing ("she flung herself at him")
• Excuse the minimization ("his disorder explains the casual language")
November 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
When leaders cause harm, two predictable paths emerge.
Protect the platform:
• Control the narrative (the leader and his defenders decide what's true)
• Believe the abuser's framing ("she flung herself at him")
• Excuse the minimization ("his disorder explains the casual language")
Protect the platform:
• Control the narrative (the leader and his defenders decide what's true)
• Believe the abuser's framing ("she flung herself at him")
• Excuse the minimization ("his disorder explains the casual language")
Have you ever longed for forgiveness, love, and belongingness?
Advent reminds us that we are forgiven, clothed in His love, and joined to the Body of Christ.
Get yourself and even your small group a copy of The Gift of Advent today.
https://amzn.to/4namqwn
Advent reminds us that we are forgiven, clothed in His love, and joined to the Body of Christ.
Get yourself and even your small group a copy of The Gift of Advent today.
https://amzn.to/4namqwn
November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Have you ever longed for forgiveness, love, and belongingness?
Advent reminds us that we are forgiven, clothed in His love, and joined to the Body of Christ.
Get yourself and even your small group a copy of The Gift of Advent today.
https://amzn.to/4namqwn
Advent reminds us that we are forgiven, clothed in His love, and joined to the Body of Christ.
Get yourself and even your small group a copy of The Gift of Advent today.
https://amzn.to/4namqwn
Your Thanksgiving dinner might be missing the most important ingredient.
It’s not turkey, gravy, or even pecan pie. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 13 that without this one thing, even the best feast amounts to nothing.
https://uncommonpursuit.net/articles/the-missing-ingredient-in-your-thanksgiving
It’s not turkey, gravy, or even pecan pie. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 13 that without this one thing, even the best feast amounts to nothing.
https://uncommonpursuit.net/articles/the-missing-ingredient-in-your-thanksgiving
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Your Thanksgiving dinner might be missing the most important ingredient.
It’s not turkey, gravy, or even pecan pie. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 13 that without this one thing, even the best feast amounts to nothing.
https://uncommonpursuit.net/articles/the-missing-ingredient-in-your-thanksgiving
It’s not turkey, gravy, or even pecan pie. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 13 that without this one thing, even the best feast amounts to nothing.
https://uncommonpursuit.net/articles/the-missing-ingredient-in-your-thanksgiving
Since when did church growth become a formula instead of faithfulness?
Watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/n0OhC3vaQqQ?si=7Y06YeHEsuS16mAn
Watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/n0OhC3vaQqQ?si=7Y06YeHEsuS16mAn
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Since when did church growth become a formula instead of faithfulness?
Watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/n0OhC3vaQqQ?si=7Y06YeHEsuS16mAn
Watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/n0OhC3vaQqQ?si=7Y06YeHEsuS16mAn