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June 2013

Pet Charity

The last few years during the Great Recession have been difficult for all ministries. It has been especially difficult for us. Because of our message of deliverance, we receive little support from traditional churches. Ostracized would be a kind way to put it. I’m at peace with that for three reasons. First, when Jesus cast …

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Myopic Christianity

The evangelical church in America has become myopic. Success in building large, seemingly successful churches has resulted in an insular, know-it-all attitude among many Christian leaders. They understand little of the wider work of the Holy Spirit internationally and are obsessed with theological hair-splitting.  American Christianity is too often near-sighted and assumes the luxury of …

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Nineteen Eighty-Four

Relax, over the weekend President Obama addressed the mass surveillance of U.S citizens that we learned of last week and assured us, “Nobody is listening in on your phone calls.” He should have added, “Not yet.” I won’t retell what very media outlet revealed all week. The government has been harassing Christian and conservative organizations …

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Night Stalker

The 40+ crowd remembers him well, the serial killer that terrorized California in the mid-80s – Richard Ramirez, the so-called “night stalker.” (The name came from a Rolling Stones’ song that described a nighttime marauder, much like Ramirez.) He started by murdering a pair of sisters in the San Gabriel Valley area. Those who survived …

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Atheist Hot Line

Yesterday I reported on the Clergy Project, a web site dedicated to pastors who are phonies in the pulpit, preaching the gospel but privately acting as atheists. The march toward greater visibility for unbelief in our society has taken another step with the plan to establish a 1-800 hotline for those questioning their faith. It’s …

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Atheist Prayers

For more than 200 years it has been standard fare for Congress and various state legislatures to begin their sessions with an opening prayer. Invoking the guidance of God in affairs of government is an idea fostered by our founding fathers. In recent years we’ve seen that tradition muddied by in the inclusion of non-Judeo-Christian …

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The Clergy Project

On the Clergy Project web site one atheist on the pastoral staff of an evangelical church says, “I live out my life as if there is no God.” Teresa MacBain, raised Southern Baptist by a preacher father and herself a former Methodist minister, declares that she still “ministers” to people because she “cares about them. …

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What is an Exorcism?

 What exactly is an exorcism? That question needs answering, since Father Gabrielle Amorth, top exorcist in the Catholic Church, recently claimed to have cast out over 160,000 demons while performing more than 80,000 exorcisms. When I’ve been asked by the press how many exorcisms I’ve done, my answer is “nearly 20,000 documented cases.” Obviously, Fr. …

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