Faith outside the church: rediscovering God's good story.
What is TOV?
TOV means “good”.
In Hebrew it’s written ט֖וֹב (ṭō·wḇ), and sounds like “stove” without the s. In English, we spell it T-O-V.
But “good” here is more than a simple description; it’s a declaration that all is as it should be. It’s the stamp of approval, a sign that things are right, whole, and in harmony.
This is God’s heart for us that we would find TOV, that we would bring TOV, and that the world itself could experience TOV.
Writings
ARTICLES ABOUT THE GOODNESS OF GOD AND THE THEOLOGY THAT SHAPES US.
Barstool Theology is a conversation, not a sermon. Every other week, Stories of TOV pulls up a few stools at a local pub or public space and talks about faith, God, and what any of this means. Doubts are welcome. So are the weird questions and the ones you were never allowed to ask in Sunday school. No one's keeping score and no one's getting judged. Just honest people having a real conversation.
Why? Because God isn't afraid of your questions. We aren't either.
Pull up a stool. We saved you a seat.
Whiskey and the Writings.
Whiskey and the Writings is a YouTube series where we read the Bible slowly, one passage at a time, in its historical context. Good whiskey isn’t meant to be rushed, and neither is a good conversation about the Bible.
Each episode we ask who wrote the passage, who they were writing to, and what it meant to the people who heard it first. The Bible wasn’t written to you, but it was written for you. Read it that way and it gets a lot more interesting (and more beautiful than you were told).
If you’re deconstructing your faith, rethinking what you were taught growing up, or looking for faith outside the church, you’re welcome here. This is for the skeptic, the seeker, and those who still believe, but maybe just not like they used to.
We're here to help you see God's story with fresh eyes, and discover it's more beautiful than you were told.
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