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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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Bruce, Would You Pray if Asked To?
Andre asked: Suppose you were at a dinner party and the host puts you on the spot to pray for the meal in front of 10-20 guests. Do you be a good sport and make up a prayer or politely decline,...
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The Similarity Between Answered Prayer and the Gifts Santa Brings
A guest post by Richard. He blogs at RichardMarlowe236. I grew up as a fundamentalist Christian. A church three times a week, the Bible is the inspired inerrant word of God, evolution is a lie type...
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A Catholic Calls on Me to Take Down This Blog and Quit Spreading Evil Disease
Comic by Dan Piraro Here is an email I received from a Catholic upset over the content of this blog. Philokalia3 wrote: Take your blogs down, why spread your evil disease of lack of faith to others;...
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Seven Things Evangelicals Say to Atheists and Why They Shouldn’t Say Them
Seven years ago, I walked out the doors of the Ney United Methodist Church, never to return. While I still had a modicum of believe in the existence of a God, I was done with organized,...
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Does the Christian God Really Care About Me?
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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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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IFB Pastor B.J. VanAman Has Prayer Cut Off By Ohio House Speaker Cliff...
Pastor B.J. VanAman B.J. VanAman is the pastor of the Pickerington Baptist Temple in Pickerington, Ohio. He is a graduate of Crown College of the Bible, an unaccredited, King James Only, Independent...
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How to Evangelize Atheists Through Prayer
Last Saturday, Polly and I traveled to Newark, Ohio to spend the day with Polly’s parents. Physically, the trip was brutal. Three hours down, three hours back, and more potholes than I could count,...
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Evangelicals and Their Hocus Pocus Magic Book
Evangelicals believe that the Bible is the inspired, inerrant, infallible Word of God. It is, in every way, a supernatural book written by a supernatural God. Its pages purportedly contain words that...
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Arizona Republican House Legislators Offended over Juan Mendez’s Secular Prayer
Arizona House Democrat Juan Mendez. Representative Mendez is an atheist. What follows is a video of Arizona House Democrat Representative Juan Mendez offering a secular prayer at the start of the...
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Facebook Prayer Requests
Every day on Facebook the following takes place: Some Evangelical posts a status update that says: Please pray for me. I need ___________ or I am going through __________ or I have an unspoken...
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Your God is Not Here
Last night I watched the movie Dark Places. Based on Gillian Flynn’s novel with the same name, Dark Places tells the story of girl who survived the murder of her mother and sisters. After the...
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Evangelicals and Their Public Displays of Religion
My maternal grandfather, John, was a big believer in public praying. Every time we went out to eat with him, everyone within earshot knew we were Christians. John meant for his prayers to some sort of...
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Christians Say the Darnedest Things: Danger! Will Robinson, Hillary is...
Words in [words] belong to Dr. Snarkapus It’s hard to believe what is happening [liberals, communists, socialists, atheists, secularists, and humanists taking over America] in our nation, isn’t it?...
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Christians Say the Darnedest Things: Don’t Call 911, PRAY! by Adalis...
After I had my daughter Camila everything changed. I was overjoyed, overwhelmed and very scared. I was almost certain I would screw something up so I welcomed the Mommy Fear with open arms. My...
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Did Prayers to the Evangelical God Deliver the Presidency to Donald Trump?
Shortly after Donald Trump was named the winner of the 2016 presidential election, scores of Evangelicals came to this site looking for Jeremiah Johnson’s prophecy about Trump, one that stated that he...
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Thanksgiving: Giving Credit to Whom Credit is Due
Comic by SMBC This is the time of year when Evangelicals spend significant amounts of time fawning and prostrating themselves before their God, thanking him for all that is good in their life. They go...
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Quote of the Day: Nothing Fails Like Prayer by Valerie Tarico
Arguing that an invisible god works inexplicable magic producing undetectable effects is the theological equivalent of a desperate child saying that the Tooth Fairy ate her homework. No parent or...
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Pray for Bruce Gerencser and the Salvation of His Hell Bound Soul
Heaven and Hell Warning! Lots of snark ahead! You’ve been warned! Yesterday I posted an excerpt from the Spiritual Minefield website. My post was titled Christians Say the Darnedest Things: How to...
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