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The world isn't just chaotic—it's increasingly beyond anyone's control. Mark maps the avalanche of forces reshaping human society and asks what faithful, hopeful Christianity looks like as people lose their sense of agency. The answer might be the oldest one in the book.➡️ For subscriber chats and resources, head to rebuilders.co
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Rebuilders
Red Church · Devotional & Spiritual · English
Rebuilders is an initiative started by Red Church to help churches, leaders, and believers grapple with the issues presented by an increasingly secular society. We firmly believe God is preparing to move and is rebuilding His Church with particular building blocks to enable her to flourish in a post
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New challenges. New leaders.
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The data centre next door
Data centres are popping up in backyards, town halls are erupting, and a new kind of populism may be quietly forming—one that cuts across left and right in ways we haven't seen since 2016. Mark, Liddy, and Daniel explore what the AI infrastructure boom actually looks like on the ground, why ordinary people are pushing back, and what the church's response to an increasingly extractive world might simply be: showing up, staying local, and getting on with it where you are.➡️ For subscriber chats and resources, head to rebuilders.co
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6 May 2026 · 41 min
People of hope in a time of declinism
Everything is in decline—or so the story goes. Mark unpacks why declinism has become the dominant lens of our age, where it came from, and how the gospel offers a radically different way of seeing time, the future, and the world we're called to rebuild. ➡️ For subscriber chats and resources, head to rebuilders.co
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Casino world. Casino church.
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