Why I Created SimpleTruths.us

There comes a moment for many people when they realize they’ve been standing still—waiting.

Waiting for direction.
Waiting for reassurance.
Waiting for permission from church leaders to think, study, or ask the next question.

That moment doesn’t come from rebellion.
It comes from hunger.

At some point, I realized I didn’t need to keep waiting. I could run to God directly—not through layers of authority or approved interpretations, but with an open Bible, an open mind, and an honest heart.

That decision changed everything.

Learning Became Joyful Again

After stepping away, I didn’t lose my desire to learn—I rediscovered it.

For the first time, I could:

  • Read Scripture without filters
  • Compare texts honestly
  • Study history without fear
  • Ask hard questions without guilt
  • Follow truth wherever it led

What surprised me most was how alive learning felt again. Scripture became rich. History mattered. Context clarified things I had been told were “mysteries.” And instead of weakening faith, truth strengthened it.

That journey is what led to the creation of simpletruths.us.

Why SimpleTruths.us Exists

SimpleTruths.us was built as a place to gather what I’ve learned—freely, openly, and without agenda.

It’s not a replacement for God.
It’s not a new authority.
It’s not a system.

It’s a resource.

A place where:

  • All the books are open
  • All the questions are allowed
  • Scripture is taken seriously
  • History is not hidden
  • Learning is encouraged, not feared

The goal has never been to tell people what to believe—but to help them learn how to learn again.

From Fear to Freedom

One of the biggest lies many of us were taught is that studying too deeply is dangerous.

In reality, what’s dangerous is being told not to look.

Truth doesn’t collapse under examination.
It becomes clearer.

SimpleTruths.us exists for people who are ready to stop waiting and start seeking—people who want to run toward God instead of standing still, hoping for direction that never comes.

If This Is You

If you’ve left—or are quietly questioning—
If you’ve felt that familiar pull toward truth but weren’t sure where to go next—
If you miss learning, reading, and discovering without fear—

Then SimpleTruths.us was built with you in mind.

What started as my own study has become something I’m grateful to share. And the journey has been—honestly—wonderful.

You don’t need permission to begin.

You only need the courage to seek.

A Call to Step Beyond What’s Comfortable

And Walk Toward What Is True

There comes a moment in every honest faith journey when comfort and truth no longer walk together.

Institutions are comfortable.
Familiar answers are comfortable.
Letting others tell us what to think is comfortable.

But comfort is not the goal of faith.

The apostle Paul writes:

“When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.”
— 1 Corinthians 13:11–13

Paul is not condemning faith—he is calling for maturity.

Growing up spiritually means:

  • Moving beyond borrowed beliefs
  • Letting go of what once felt safe
  • Accepting that clarity sometimes follows courage
  • Choosing truth over certainty

This is not a call to abandon God.
It is a call to stop outsourcing Him.

You were never meant to rely on men as the final source of truth.
You were never meant to confuse loyalty with faith.
You were never meant to stop seeking once you were told you had arrived.

Scripture invites you to ask God directly, to test everything, to grow, to mature, to love truth more than tradition.

So here is the invitation:

Step outside what is familiar.
Look beyond what you were handed.
Open the Scriptures without filters.
Ask God for wisdom—and trust Him to give it.

You don’t have to burn bridges.
You don’t have to rush conclusions.
You don’t have to replace one institution with another.

But you do have to be willing to grow.

Because faith that never leaves its comfort zone never becomes faith of its own.

And the God who calls you to seek Him is faithful to meet you—
not in the safety of what you’ve always known,
but in the truth He has always been.