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Christian fiction: Pay God and grow rich!
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Your pastor is not God ….. and therefore not above sexual misconduct!
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Christian fiction: “Just pray your illness away!”
The prosperity gospel as applied to health I recently heard a story about a woman...
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3 ways in which people misuse the Bible
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He kissed dating goodbye, and she has found other sources of joy
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Healing through medicine is no less divine!
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When the prosperity gospel meets purity culture
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Fabricated illness and fake healing – Why are we so gullible?
A pastor falsely claims to have cancer Author’s note: Shortly before publication of this essay,...
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“Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me”
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You may be sleeping a third of your life away, and that’s OK!
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July 05, 2023
Is every promise in the Book really mine when it comes to adult children?
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“Sometimes you have to fight when you’re a man” – Kenny Rogers’ lesson for today’s church
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God’s umbrella is big enough!
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“Just because I’m a woman”
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Shiny and Happy, but only on TV?
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Abuse is not the same as persecution!
I recently read an essay that outlined the reasons why women don’t report sexual harassment...
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Toxic masculinity and victim blaming perpetrate sexual abuse in the church
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