Christian bloggers want money.

They are fear mongering shills who all claim to be experts on every topic.

The examples I am referring to are on Substack.

They have a subscription service. I’m not completely opposed to that, but when it becomes a paywall to read their content, that’s when I have a problem.

I’m not sure why they do it. I’m not sure if they believe that what they have to say is unbelievably special that it’s worth the money.

And then I saw something disgusting. Knowing the writer, it was out of arrogance more than anything.

The writer is JD Hall, who writes Insight for Incite. The point of the name is he writes about stuff that’s supposed to incite people to rise up against the tyranny around us, a la John Knox. He believes Christians ought to resist oppressive governments.

As an aside, I can’t find any biblical support for resisting the government with a militia, in the New Testament. I can’t find it in the Old Testament either. In the Old Testament, there are times when servants kill an evil king, but are then killed themselves because they killed the previous king.

Anyway, back to my original point.

Insight to Incite has a special paywall called Top Shelf Reserve. I guess this the paywall where he puts his super special content, so special it needs a second paywall to hide behind. In his ad to lure subscribers, he brags about being ranked #3 in rising Christian Substack blogs. I guess that means we should listen to what he has to say, even pay extra to read the super special content?

He also sells a mentoring program so you can blog just like him.

So, in short, I have a problem with Christians who use their Christian faith to make money. Christian bloggers who pimp their writing because their write the best content.

The apostles didn’t ask for money in order for their audience to hear or read what they had to say. They offered it for free and depended on God for their support. They did ask for money, but not usually for them but for struggling churches in the early church era. But somehow, today, we should be paying them so we can read their deep thoughts?

The sad part is that most of these Christian bloggers mock the televangelists who whore themselves on TV for money, special blessings for a generous donation. I don’t see how a paywall to read special content is any different.

If a Christian blogger has something that the church should hear then don’t hide it behind a paywall.