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# Be Different
- URL: https://www.belonging.house/be-different/
- Published: 2025-02-21T11:00:32.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-24T23:51:31.000Z
- Author: Christ John Otto
- Tags: Newsletter, #Migrated-1784937001272, #Import 2026-07-24 23:50

Thank you for your prayers.

When you create a culture  
that **means you are doing something different.**

Sadly,  
we have come through a time in history  
where being different has been squashed.  
**Cultural institutions** 
**have been highjacked** 
**to disciple the nations** 
**in a school of lies.**

We are called to do something different,  
and that means being different.

I get a lot of emails from people  
saying that my Bible teaching is **different**.  
The stew of my teaching  
isn't "made from a mix."  
**It is artisan stew.**  
I tell them  
I had eight years  
of excellent training  
in Bible,  
ancient languages,  
good theology,  
brilliant pastoral care and liturgical training,  
nearly thirty years of practical experience,  
a side hustle as a professional artist and musician,  
and a bit of Jewish DNA.

I pray often.  
I listen to God.  
I am in my Bible all the time.  
All that goes into my artisan stew,  
and **that's why it tastes so good.**

Belonging House is different  
because we pray in the spirit every day for fifteen minutes.  
Our core group reads the daily Gospel  
and knows the sound of the voice of Jesus.  
We bless the new moon every month.  
We gather to receive Holy Communion.  
We forgive and keep our accounts short.  
We have many people who pray for Belonging House daily.  
And we encourage people to be well-grounded and professional,  
not just be prophetic  
and arty,

A professional gets up every morning,  
regardless of feelings  
**and shows up** 
**and does the work.**  
And hopefully,  
if you are a Christian,  
you work unto the Lord--  
in other words, you do good work.  
That's the point.

We aren't going to lead a spiritual awakening in the arts  
if we are sloppy and lazy.  
We aren't going to lead a cultural revolution  
if we are as naïve and uninformed as our tired overlords.  
You have to know your Bible,  
and how to rightly understand it,  
and know your craft.

Like I said,  
**we let unbelievers disciple the nations** 
**for a generation**  
and we went along.  
A number of Christian leaders in the arts  
bought into this scam  
so that they could get credentials,  
grant money,  
and book deals.  
It's been a disaster.

Are you ready to join a real army of wide awake  
artists and creative people  
who are different?

Are you ready to be a bold disciple  
in the arts and creative world  
for Jesus?

We are recruiting.

He Never Fails,

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