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Dear God, Thank You For This Food, In Jesus’ Name, Amen
Most Evangelicals are taught that they should pray over their meals. The Bible commands Christians to thank God for everything, and that includes their food. I spent much of my life bowing my head and...
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Begging God to Save Unsaved Family, Friends, and Africans
According to most Evangelicals, God is in the soul-saving business. He really, really, really wants to save sinners from their sins. 2 Peter 3:9 says: The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as...
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I Think God is Busy
I watched The Iceman — a film detailing the life of notorious hitman Richard Kuklinski. Kuklinski, played by Michael Shannon, is suspected to have killed over two hundred people between 1946 and 1986....
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Hearing the “Voice of God”
Spend enough time around Evangelicals and you will learn that not only do they talk to God, but they also “hear” God talk to them. In any other setting, “hearing” voices will land you in the hospital...
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With God, All Things Are Possible
The state motto for Ohio is “With God, All Things Are Possible.” Is this theological statement really true? First, “God” in this statement is not just any old deity, it’s the Christian God. And as far...
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Evangelical NFL Analyst Dan Orlovsky’s Prayer for Damar Hamlin Should Be...
Last Monday, the Cincinnati Bengals played the Buffalo Bills in a game with playoff implications for not only the Bengals and Bills, but other teams in the league. Everyone expected a fast-paced,...
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Prayer: Explaining the Unexplainable
Over the course of 50 years in the Christian church, I prayed many prayers — tens of thousands of prayers, to be exact. I publicly testified before fellow Christians that God had answered my prayers....
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You Better Pray for Your Food or God Will Choke You!
Cartoon by Mark Lynch I grew up in a dysfunctional Evangelical home. We attended church every time the doors were open, read our Bibles, invited our friends and neighbors to church, and practiced the...
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Prayer: Asking and Receiving
Evangelicals believe the words printed in red in the New Testament were uttered by Jesus himself. Thus, in John 14:13, Jesus says to his followers: whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do,...
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Does the Christian God Really Care About Me or You?
One of the reasons given by atheists/agnostics for leaving Christianity is the belief that the Christian God doesn’t give a shit about those who devote their lives to following Jesus Christ. No matter...
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Is Prayer in Schools the Answer to All America’s Ills?
Guest Post by Matilda Recently, Matt Gaetz has said he wants a law to make prayer mandatory in schools. He’s just the latest in a long line of fundy lawmakers, pastors, and leaders to want the same,...
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Curt Schilling Thinks Obeying God More Important Than Respecting Dying...
Curt Schilling, a former pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Philadephia Phillies, Boston Red Sox and two other teams, finds himself in hot water over his recent announcement that former Red Sox...
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Short Stories: My First and Last All-Night Prayer Meeting
Singing Group Trinity Baptist Church, Findlay, Ohio. Bruce Gerencser is the last person on the right, age 15. As a fifteen-year-old boy at Trinity Baptist Church in Findlay, Ohio, I attended my first...
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Dear Evangelical, Why Don’t We See Any Miracles in Your Church?
Cartoon by Ryan Kramer One of the thorniest verses in the Bible for Evangelicals is John 14:12: Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and...
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I Owe It ALL to Jesus! Does Anyone Have God-Given Talent?
Originally posted in 2020. Edited, updated, and revised. A boy dreams of being a major league baseball player someday. His parents were both athletes in their younger years, having had some success at...
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