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...
View ArticleDear 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...
View ArticleShort 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...
View ArticleCurt 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...
View ArticleIs 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,...
View ArticleDoes 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...
View ArticlePrayer: 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,...
View ArticleYou 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...
View ArticlePrayer: 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....
View ArticleEvangelical 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,...
View ArticleWith 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...
View ArticleHearing 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...
View ArticleI 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....
View ArticleBegging 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...
View ArticleDear 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...
View ArticleWhere Did God Come From?
One of the questions most asked by children has to do with the existence of God. Children quickly learn that things require a maker/creator. When they sit at the dining table for dinner, they see food...
View ArticleGary, God Didn’t Send You to This Site, Google Did
Several years ago, Gary Jackson, pastor of Friendship Baptist Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, did a Google search for Faith Baptist Church in Ottawa, Ohio, and ended up on this site. The Life and Times of...
View ArticleEvangelical Man Messages My Wife on Facebook
Last week, an Evangelical man named Danny Kluver left an innocuous comment on one of my posts. Afterward, he contacted my wife on Facebook. Evidently, Kluver thought doing so was appropriate. Perhaps...
View ArticleSongs of Sacrilege: Bruised and Bloodied by Seether
This is the latest installment in the Songs of Sacrilege series. This is a series that I would like readers to help me with. If you know of a song that is irreverent towards religion, makes fun of...
View ArticlePraying — For What?
Guest post by MJ Lisbeth I am praying for Derek Chauvin. I overheard that pronouncement yesterday. Had I been inclined to butt into the conversation of the person who made it, I would have asked,...
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