You'll find a mixed bag of Jesus, theology, very okay satire, Christian apologetics, and cultural topics from a Christian perspective here on my channel.
Melissa Dougherty
ou'll find a mixed bag of Jesus, theology, very okay satire, Christian apologetics, and cultural topics from a Christian perspective here on my channel. I'm an ex-New Thoughter (with a little Ex New Ager sprinkled in) and a lot of my videos focus on topics related to this as well.
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2026
19 videos
37:41
Why God Allows Suffering and How He Redeems It|With Kirby Kelly
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16,487 views
13:47Popular Easter Myths Many Christians Still Believe.
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73,826 views
1:05:00Black Hebrew Israelites Explained by a Biblical Scholar
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60,291 views
9:03For those who think calling out poison is "division" and "infighting."
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40,699 views
6:12Oprah, Richard Rohr, Robert Downey Jr., and the Meaning of Easter
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28,200 views
13:57The Toxic Mind Virus Poisoning Many Christians and Conservatives.
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35,094 views
3:30If Progressives Reviewed a Children’s Book About Jesus Being THE Only Way.
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26,309 views
49:0210 Years After Gay Marriage: The Consequences No One Predicted
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224,541 views
59:28This is Bigger Than Shawn Bolz. Bethel Can't Reform Without Fixing This First
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112,374 views
3:31:00Masaru Emoto and The Problematic Experiment that Scammed Us All: A Deep Dive
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52,007 views
1:19:00The Book of Mormon Doesn't Teach What Mormons Believe. Here's Why.
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52,473 views
57:42Cult Specialist Shows the Surprising Connection Between Narcissism and Cover Up Culture: Prelest.
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155,810 views
5:54There's something I've been wanting to tell you.
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19,203 views
3:44:00I Did a Deep Dive on the Furry Fandom. Here's What I Found.
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99,042 views
1:21:00Did God Really Command Genocide? A Scholar Explains the Violence in Scripture
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49,700 views
1:08:00Brace Yourself, Parents: Questions Your Kids WILL Ask
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12,821 views
30:29The Biggest Mistakes People Make When Talking to Jehovah's Witnesses
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59,030 views
58:10Can Thoughts Change Reality? How Manifestation Influencers Get Science Wrong
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21,273 views
17:1210 Myths You (Might) Believe about Jesus That Are Completely Wrong
Melissa Dougherty
78,139 views
2025
53 videos
1:25:00The Hidden Heresy Behind "Justice."
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39,548 views
1:06:00I Was Addicted to Porn. Jesus Set Me Free|With Kirby Kelly
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72,376 views
3:26:00The Conspiracy Mind Virus That Explains Everything
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156,444 views
46:05If This ONE Teaching is False, the Entire Prosperity Gospel Collapses.
Melissa Dougherty
60,115 views
1:22:00Every 2 Hours a Christian Is Killed in Nigeria. Here’s Why No One Talks About It.
Melissa Dougherty
34,282 views
26:17Exposing the Sketchy Spiritual and Marketing Tactics of MLMs.
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60,016 views
1:06:00An Atheist, Hindu, & Christian Walk Into a Podcast to Debate Suffering and Karma.
Melissa Dougherty
36,573 views
1:15:00The Lie of Polygamy: Exposed Biblically, Logically & Ethically|with @InspiringPhilosophy
Melissa Dougherty
51,926 views
3:00How to Become the #1 Podcast in the WORLD. Candace Owens is the female version of Billy Carson. ☕
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21,779 views
3:48How to Become the #1 Most Listened to Podcast in the WORLD.
Melissa Dougherty
65,128 views
54:02Why Is So Much Political Violence Coming from the Left?
Melissa Dougherty
59,614 views
57:58Is There Real Evidence for the Supernatural?
Melissa Dougherty
83,293 views
1:25:00Gentle Parenting, The Instagram Lie, and the Real War for Your Home
Melissa Dougherty
18,143 views
25:51They Said This Was Unbiblical.
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138,311 views
58:18What Is Gnosticism? A Christian Scholar Explains
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74,036 views
39:15Leaked Cult Video Shows How they Mind Control Their Members
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315,143 views
1:16:00How We Built the Identity Crisis: How “Just Be Yourself” Broke Us
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112,549 views
1:29:00They Called Him a Fascist. But Do They Even Know What It Means?|With Dr. Bernard Mauser
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85,328 views
1:55:00Forgiveness Misunderstood: Is "Forgive and Forget" Biblical?
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90,740 views
1:11:00I Witnessed a Live Spirit Channeling. It Wasn't What I Expected.
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158,522 views
56:56The 10 Most Illogical Arguments in Politics, Culture, and Religion
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66,289 views
1:23:00Is Burning Man More Than Just a Party?
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345,568 views
49:30This Twisted View of Jesus Is Exploding in Popularity
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91,212 views
1:00:00How to Find Peace in a World Falling Apart.
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23,828 views
1:00:00I’m Shocked by How Many Pastors Are Using This Deceptive Bible
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508,388 views
58:307 of the Most Commonly Misunderstood Bible Verses
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97,596 views
1:10:00The Surprising Hidden Spirituality in Progressive Christianity
Melissa Dougherty
76,291 views
3:39:00Robert Schuller and the Movement that Rebranded Church: A Deep Dive
Melissa Dougherty
131,376 views
1:08:00Is Critical Thinking Bad For Faith? This Is Why People Fall for Cults.
Melissa Dougherty
87,130 views
24:53The Truth About the Quran and Gospels That No One Told You
Melissa Dougherty
105,338 views
1:25:00Moral Failure in the Church: Why Christian Leaders Keep Falling
Melissa Dougherty
117,692 views
1:25:00She Investigated the Flat Earth for a Month. Here's What She Found
Melissa Dougherty
210,077 views
1:09:00The (Not So) Secret World of Freemasonry
Melissa Dougherty
291,597 views
6:08A Vegan Who Loves Meat and a Christian Who Denies Christianity Have a Conversation
Melissa Dougherty
76,400 views
22:09The Truth About ‘I AM’ Affirmations Nobody Talks About
Melissa Dougherty
93,639 views
58:22Can God Change? This Argument Says No... And It’s Powerful
Melissa Dougherty
20,652 views
21:39I Accidentally Stumbled Upon A Napoleon Hill Scam.
Melissa Dougherty
24,080 views
1:14:00Confronting Some of the Best Arguments FOR the Enneagram
Melissa Dougherty
49,515 views
1:36:00Christian Review of the #1 Best-Selling Self-Help Book of 2025
Melissa Dougherty
125,522 views
1:29:00The Controversial Origins of the Word of Faith Movement
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97,907 views
51:44She Thought Christianity Was a Joke—Until This Happened.
Melissa Dougherty
74,808 views
9:12The Shocking True Identity of Aliens|with @classicaltheology
Melissa Dougherty
53,466 views
1:09:00Bizarre Channeled Spirits, Jesus, & Truth—A Biblical Perspective on Aaron Abke's Teachings.
Melissa Dougherty
93,080 views
58:24Scientology: The Most Bizarre Cult in America
Melissa Dougherty
352,085 views
1:16:00The Bible, Jesus, and Mushroom George Janko Challenges Pete Holmes' Beliefs— My Thoughts
Melissa Dougherty
99,527 views
2:21:00Napoleon Hill Unmasked: Lies, Scams, Cults, and Occult Beliefs
Melissa Dougherty
240,251 views
1:09:00The Sneaky Spirituality That’s Duping Christians Today
Melissa Dougherty
129,442 views
57:34Living in a Culture that Hates You.
Melissa Dougherty
45,315 views
8:44The Affirmations Have a Mindset Meeting.
Melissa Dougherty
34,239 views
6:37The Deception That's Happening Right Under Your Nose: Call to Action
Melissa Dougherty
55,388 views
28:43Are You Trapped in the Toxic Cycle of People Pleasing?
Melissa Dougherty
39,620 views
11:07If Progressive Christians Had Call Centers.
Melissa Dougherty
34,852 views
1:02:00Out of Tarot, Spirits and the Occult... Into Jesus: With Jenn Nizza.
Melissa Dougherty
41,723 views
2024
57 videos
58:47My First Time at a Kenneth Copeland Conference.
Melissa Dougherty
895,781 views
33:39Drag Queens, Hypocrisy, and Fighting for Our Kids|With Kirk Cameron
Melissa Dougherty
40,534 views
54:30How to Disagree Without Destroying Relationships|With Dr. Sean McDowell
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31,012 views
28:22Netflix's Mary Movie is NOT What I Expected
Melissa Dougherty
213,554 views
42:44Gen Z is Obsessed with Manifesting Their Way to Riches and Romance
Melissa Dougherty
82,052 views
1:16:00The Dark Side of Power: How Bill Johnson's Teachings Ruined His Church
Melissa Dougherty
148,808 views
37:52I Was Wrong About This.
Melissa Dougherty
32,617 views
1:04:00Christians and Race: The Tough Conversation We Can’t Ignore
Melissa Dougherty
13,371 views
1:03:00What Made Her Leave the Prosperity Gospel Behind
Melissa Dougherty
58,968 views
14:57How Did "Gender" End up on a Spectrum?
Melissa Dougherty
57,128 views
1:52:00Christian Vs. Oprah: What You Didn’t See in This Controversial Clip.
Melissa Dougherty
855,695 views
15:11Hearing God's Voice: This Changed my Perspective of the Holy Spirit.
Melissa Dougherty
59,281 views
1:10:00Coming Out of LGBTQ+ & Cultural Christianity Into Faith in Jesus
Melissa Dougherty
45,715 views
26:55How Affirmations (And Declarations) Are Ruining Your Prayer Life.
Melissa Dougherty
121,129 views
1:02:00Is the Shroud of Turin Real? Here's the BEST Evidence.
Melissa Dougherty
221,009 views
43:40The Mystery of The Gospel of Mark
Melissa Dougherty
74,963 views
27:18How a Christian Can Unknowingly Have Unbiblical (or Occultic) Beliefs.
Melissa Dougherty
599,266 views
58:36Starting Christian College, Leaving in Spiritual Deconstruction?
Melissa Dougherty
43,279 views
1:46:00Re-Examining my Conversation with a Muslim|With David Wood
Melissa Dougherty
94,677 views
1:56:00Oprah is NOT a New Ager: A Deep Dive.
Melissa Dougherty
817,019 views
12:42I Have an Important Announcement.
Melissa Dougherty
158,348 views
21:53Christianity Isn't Just About Signs and Wonders.
Melissa Dougherty
46,778 views
13:12Conversation with a Muslim about the Bible, LGBTQ and Salvation.
Melissa Dougherty
34,613 views
1:08:00Exposing Genuine and Fake Spiritual Encounters
Melissa Dougherty
120,243 views
15:20A heartfelt plea to leaders who call themselves "prophets."
Melissa Dougherty
78,694 views
7:20The Controversial Truth About Baptism's Role in Salvation
Melissa Dougherty
24,560 views
11:34Does This Bible Verse Teach Hate?
Melissa Dougherty
14,265 views
1:17:00Five Myths About The Bible (And How We Got it.)
Melissa Dougherty
326,070 views
5:59The Hidden Irony in this Bible Verse.
Melissa Dougherty
16,932 views
36:37Is Music Therapy New Age? Should I Leave My Calvinist Church? How to Interpret the Bible? |Q&A 10
Melissa Dougherty
34,975 views
5:57What to do When a Friend is in the Occult.
Melissa Dougherty
13,563 views
17:55The Top 5 Reasons Why People Join Cults
Melissa Dougherty
29,787 views
18:41Progressive Christianity's Goal isn't About Finding Truth.
Melissa Dougherty
55,341 views
24:12All the PROOF You Need: How the Bible Was Compiled at the Council of Nicaea.
Melissa Dougherty
43,676 views
1:37:00Former MLM Leaders Share Why They Left it All.
Melissa Dougherty
67,181 views
1:54:00The Controversial World of MLM's... And What Nobody is Talking About.
Melissa Dougherty
263,218 views
14:00People think they're good... until they realize this.
Melissa Dougherty
51,009 views
16:43Why are There So Many Bible Translations, and Which One is Best?
Melissa Dougherty
100,148 views
5:04Does this Bible verse say God can punish you for other people's sin?
Melissa Dougherty
20,689 views
8:01Does The Bible Teach Reincarnation?
Melissa Dougherty
15,493 views
16:13Pastors: Please Stop Using This Popular (and Unbiblical) Analogy.
Melissa Dougherty
222,860 views
5:07Explaining 2024 to My Past Self.
Melissa Dougherty
37,078 views
15:49The Best Parenting Advice I've Ever Received.
Melissa Dougherty
29,435 views
8:11Christian vs Atheist: If There is No God, Morality is Just Your Opinion.
Melissa Dougherty
111,094 views
37:56A Former Skeptic Responds to the Toughest Objections to Christianity.
Melissa Dougherty
27,500 views
18:41Jehovah's Witnesses Don't Want You to Know This.
Melissa Dougherty
60,496 views
28:42Apostle Kathryn Krick, Prosperity Preachers, and The Harmful Movement Driving Their Message.
Melissa Dougherty
280,251 views
15:33The Time I Went to a Jehovah's Witness Convention.
Melissa Dougherty
122,537 views
8:11Things Satan Would (Probably) Say.
Melissa Dougherty
37,714 views
1:03:00The War on Race, Gender, and Identity: What You Need to Know.
Melissa Dougherty
42,531 views
23:49He Gets Us... But Do We Get Him?
Melissa Dougherty
186,646 views
30:53When You're Not Sure What to Believe Anymore|With @SeanMcDowell
Melissa Dougherty
19,121 views
28:05The Dark Secrets of Mind Control Techniques...That Are All Around Us.
Melissa Dougherty
233,836 views
12:45The Gender Ideology Mania...and How it's Coming for the Kids.
Melissa Dougherty
22,414 views
8:04How Can God Allow Innocent Beings to Suffer so Much?
Melissa Dougherty
20,928 views
12:47The Bible Verse That Spiritually Throat-Punched Me.
Melissa Dougherty
309,270 views
13:24An Unexpected Tool Society Uses to Manipulate and Control You.
Melissa Dougherty
54,060 views
2023
58 videos
59:08The Disturbing Movement You Need to Know About | With Tim Barnett and Alisa Childers
Melissa Dougherty
195,054 views
30:19What You Need to Know About the Holy Spirit|With Costi Hinn
Melissa Dougherty
51,757 views
4:09If Lukewarm Christians Had a "Bible Study"
Melissa Dougherty
84,370 views
5:59Should Christian Parents Prevent Their Kids From Watching Disney? My Thoughts.
Melissa Dougherty
28,187 views
14:24Challenging Unitarian Universalists Beliefs about Jesus and the Bible.
Melissa Dougherty
90,120 views
9:08The Occultic Connections to Alien Abductions|With @classicaltheology
Melissa Dougherty
22,276 views
20:22The Tough Truth About Legalism | Q&A Part 9
Melissa Dougherty
37,073 views
7:40Wimpy, Weak, and Woke | Talking with John Cooper
Melissa Dougherty
15,193 views
7:22Try This When Your Christian Friend Embraces Unbiblical Beliefs.
Melissa Dougherty
86,910 views
47:52The Dark Side of The Law of Attraction|With @JonClash
Melissa Dougherty
40,215 views
14:13The #1 Misused Verse by New Agers.
Melissa Dougherty
254,879 views
7:22Can This Dark Force Actually Access Your Thoughts?
Melissa Dougherty
25,719 views
43:286 Myths about Heaven and Thoughts on Near Death Experiences|With Dr. Clay Jones
Melissa Dougherty
63,187 views
9:17He Was Surprised I Asked Him This Simple Question | Street Interviews
Melissa Dougherty
50,406 views
8:20How do we discern a false teacher by their fruits?
Melissa Dougherty
38,273 views
6:28Pastor Recommends a New Age Technique to Get Closer to God?
Melissa Dougherty
53,529 views
52:51Effortlessly Maneuver The Most Challenging Conversations.
Melissa Dougherty
17,407 views
8:40Asking Christians on the Spot Questions.
Melissa Dougherty
292,654 views
48:38Pronouns, the Gender Spectrum, and Truth|With Dr. Doug Groothius
Melissa Dougherty
24,028 views
9:58The Shocking Reasons Why The Passion Translation is Reliable and Trustworthy.
Melissa Dougherty
50,012 views
6:21If God knew that Satan and the other angels would rebel, why did He create them?
Melissa Dougherty
110,014 views
9:14The Best Response I've Heard About Using "Preferred Pronouns."
Melissa Dougherty
440,057 views
28:35Those Who've Never Heard of Jesus, Damage of Seeker-Friendly Church Models & Church Hurt |Q&A Part 8
Melissa Dougherty
36,251 views
15:30The Hard Lesson About -This- Book in the Bible.
Melissa Dougherty
48,962 views
45:47Correct, Not Politically Correct and With Frank Turek
Melissa Dougherty
76,835 views
23:18Christian Discusses Faith with a Muslim and Former Satanist... (I did not expect this.)
Melissa Dougherty
94,733 views
1:32:00Christians React to Duggar Docuseries, Shiny Happy People|With @TheCultishShow
Melissa Dougherty
35,479 views
24:16How to "Test the Spirits," Weak Preaching, and a Bible Passage Condoning Abuse?|Q&A Part 7
Melissa Dougherty
48,403 views
33:38The shocking rise of Gen Z seeking psychics for mental health
Melissa Dougherty
64,086 views
6:21The Problem with Conspiracy Theories.
Melissa Dougherty
44,385 views
10:01Top 5 Most Misunderstood Bible Verses
Melissa Dougherty
74,120 views
4:40Advice to those who struggle with same-sex attraction|with @BecketCook
Melissa Dougherty
47,507 views
34:44Shocking Lies Believed by Many Christians
Melissa Dougherty
214,618 views
34:06Unraveling the Connections between Aliens, Demons, and Christianity|With Dr. Brian Huffling
Melissa Dougherty
212,364 views
7:25Is THIS Bible Passage Fake?
Melissa Dougherty
50,222 views
24:18The Time a Christian Visited a Mormon Church.
Melissa Dougherty
507,328 views
20:09Q&A! God's Judgment is Love? Catholicism? God Creates Sinners? |Part 6
Melissa Dougherty
33,562 views
10:11The Bible is clear about homosexual behavior|With @BecketCook
Melissa Dougherty
676,000 views
11:56Emotions: Control Them or They'll Control You.
Melissa Dougherty
24,702 views
59:57Uncovering the Evidence for the Soul: The Logical and Biblical Arguments That May Change Everything
Melissa Dougherty
18,139 views
29:40Baptism for Salvation, Christians and the Occult, and Too High Standards for a Spouse|Q&A Part 5
Melissa Dougherty
31,408 views
35:36JP Sears Changed His Mind About God and Christianity @AwakenWithJP
Melissa Dougherty
265,543 views
42:31Bill Gothard's Surprising Connections to the New Age and Prosperity Teachings.
Melissa Dougherty
172,474 views
13:14The time when I "accidentally" went to a prosperity preaching church.
Melissa Dougherty
145,053 views
15:08Consequences of Woke "Social Justice" and "White Culture" in America
Melissa Dougherty
20,412 views
42:49A Child Dying for Someone Else's Sin? Why Do We Suffer? Being Good Without God? | Q&A Part 4
Melissa Dougherty
35,714 views
6:03Satan gives advice on how to be a better Christian
Melissa Dougherty
65,914 views
11:58"Homosexual" in the Bible is a verb, not a noun | With @BecketCook
Melissa Dougherty
159,123 views
34:58Theonomy, Humanism and the Moral Law| with Dr. Frank Turek
Melissa Dougherty
16,489 views
13:53What is Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit? Have You Committed it?!
Melissa Dougherty
99,784 views
12:40Deepak Chopra Meets Greg Koukl: THIS is How You Defend Christianity
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31:54Healing Frequencies? Is the Bible About Us? Men in Leadership? | Q&A Part 3
Melissa Dougherty
58,684 views
9:20This represents our culture, and it's not good. Here's why.
Melissa Dougherty
43,946 views
35:50Jehovah's Witnesses beliefs, what they have WRONG, and how to reach them. (effectively.)
Melissa Dougherty
104,552 views
10:39Talking About Harmful Teachings in the Christian Church| With @RuslanKD
Melissa Dougherty
110,963 views
27:51Deconstructing Faith? Mormons? Telling Someone They're Wrong?! Favorite Teachers? | Q&A Part 2
Melissa Dougherty
30,313 views
1:05:00The Warning Christians Critically Need: Bethel, New Age, and the New Apostolic Reformation.
Melissa Dougherty
199,753 views
26:59My First Q&A in a Long Time! Part 1- The Rapture? Disney? Testing Fruit? Marriage Advice?
Melissa Dougherty
142,365 views
2022
10 videos
39:11The Time When I Looked for Kids Books About Puberty Blockers
Melissa Dougherty
26,694 views
58:54Sharing the Biblical Jesus with Mormons with Truth and Grace.
Melissa Dougherty
42,237 views
10:21This isn't what you think it means.
Melissa Dougherty
54,750 views
57:05Hell: Unfair and Barbaric or Just and Deserved?
Melissa Dougherty
79,147 views
10:58Is it Harmful to Not Affirm Someone's Chosen Identity?
Melissa Dougherty
77,388 views
3:46Brave Christian Faithfully Follows Jesus Until He Becomes Unpopular.
Melissa Dougherty
42,002 views
1:16:00A Change in Identity: Lost in LGBTQ... Found in Christ.
Melissa Dougherty
287,542 views
13:51The Ten Most Sketchy Things I Used to Believe as a New Ager in the Occult.
Melissa Dougherty
75,630 views
51:09Archaeological Evidence for Jesus and the Gospels:Shroud of Turin, Jesus' "Wife", Miracles and More.
Melissa Dougherty
73,809 views
5:21If Modern Vegans Acted Like Progressive Christians.
Melissa Dougherty
71,565 views
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