Reading Time: 3 minutes Here’s the selfish side of praise and worship: tell God how fabulous he is, and you get gifts in return.
Christian Prayer
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How Christians reframe prayer to sound exciting and effective
Reading Time: 7 minutes If there’s one universal complaint I’ve heard from Christians, one monolithic sore spot that seems to affect almost all of them, it is their inability to establish prayer habits. Even the most fervent and gung-ho of them willingly admit that their prayer lives are lacking. But instead of stressing the real-world good of cultivating such […]
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Mississippi Democrat files ‘trigger’ bill to bring prayer back to public schools
Reading Time: 4 minutes Lawmakers in Mississippi are proposing a bill that would reinstate prayer in schools if the Supreme Court were to overturn a 1962 decision banning such an act. It’s essentially a “trigger law” meant to go into effect as soon as the conservative justices do away with that vital brick in the wall between church and […]
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Christian defense of praise and worship: finding analogies in human relationships
Reading Time: 4 minutes We understand how relationships work. We have varied relationships with lots of people. But is a God relationship with praise and worship like any healthy human relationship?
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How to salvage claims of God’s capabilities? Change the definitions!
Reading Time: 5 minutes Don’t you hate it when an everyday English word doesn’t mean what you’d like it to mean? Just change it! Take a look at a Christian approach to redefining “prayer.”
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If prayer doesn’t work the way Jesus promised, make it more complicated
Reading Time: 4 minutes To Jesus, prayer was a simple affair—ask and receive. Why then all the complications? Why get others to hear your prayer, pray to a saint, light a candle?
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LEAKED: Curriculum for Kanye West’s private Christian school
Reading Time: < 1 minute In an exclusive for OnlySky, our reporters have managed to obtain details of the notoriously secretive private school, Donda, founded by music mogul Kanye West. Some of the information summarized below has been shocking to say the least: Every class begins with a Christian prayer. All references to Jesus are replaced by “Yeezus” Civics 101 […]
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In stunning reversal, TX judge can continue his coercive courtroom prayers
Reading Time: 7 minutes Yesterday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 in favor of Wayne Mack, a Texas judge who opens each courtroom session with coercive Christian prayers, reversing an earlier decision against him. It’s the latest example of a conservative court further eroding church/state separation in favor of performative Christianity. This isn’t even a complicated case. […]
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The Ease of Fake Sincerity in Christianity
Reading Time: 9 minutes Christians can’t discern real sincerity from the many people choosing to fake it, and that’s a serious dealbreaker for me.
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The Three Stages of Christians’ COVID Prayers
Reading Time: 5 minutes Christians always go through a distinct progression of prayers in times of stress and sickness, and indeed they must. And today, I’ll show you the three stages of prayers Christians offer — and more importantly, why these stages exist.