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Last night was a horrible night. What happened? It all started as I prayed to God as usual, telling him his standards for conduct are too radical. God wants me to be perfect, otherwise he won’t get rid of the demons who are attached to my body and wrecking my life. For years now I have begged...

Maybe some of you have heard about purity rings. It’s a strange practice among some socially conservative Christians where parents pressure their daughters to take vows of abstinence from sex until marriage. Teens who make the commitment wear sterling rings to show their chastity. Studies on...

A marathon is a long-distance race where people run for about 26 miles. It’s also an Olympic sport. The concept originated when a Greek messenger ran all the way from Marathon to Athens without stopping to tell the Athenians about their victory over the Persian Empire. The messenger’s name was...

I decided to quit drinking alcohol today. I had been going through extreme hardships in life, so I consumed all sorts of drinks that made me inebriated: Wine, beer, whiskey, and occasionally a small bottle of Japanese saké for something different. The buzz from alcohol made me happy, mellow, and...

On my abortion views, I had previously been in favor with it. Many of the women who terminate their pregnancies live in poor areas and can’t afford to bring up children without a father, which might produce future delinquency and result in social deterioration in subsequent generations. For this...

Everyone has heard of the word coerce before. It means to persuade an unwilling person to do something by using force or threats. Nobody likes being coerced; it is a disingenuous act that makes victims feel deeply violated. Yet something terrible happened to me last night: God coerced me into...

Being without the care, guidance, and protection of God is a bad thing. In fact, I would take it a step further and say it is dangerous: Whoever doesn’t have God and his mercy puts both their lives and salvation in peril. The story of Noah in the Book of Genesis best exemplifies what happens to...

Recently I got a new job. It’s easy entry-level work, and it pays $900 a week. Having been unemployed for quite some time now, it’s truly a great accomplishment to get back in the labor force. I’m also nearly out of cash except for my cryptocurrency investments (which I refuse to sell for at...

The church denomination I attend weekly is United Methodist. They are generally progressive with their views and theology. I can tell by how they speak on various political subjects like social justice: Last week, our pastor made sure to denounce racism and call it antithetical to Christian...

Sometimes I engage in self-deprecating humor about my weight. I’ll be with friends and make a joke about being too fat to go to the swimming pool, since I would have to wear a swim suit and be without a shirt. They laugh and say I’m not fat. And generally speaking, people don’t seem to think I’m...

Would an atheist convert to Christianity for $1,000,000? Perhaps $2,000,000? Would he repent of his sins and profess Christ for a Bentley or Rolls Royce car? Or how about a Rolex or Breitling watch? Or would an atheists become a faithful adherent of God for his own private island in the...

God has been judging me for many years now, and I’m so sick and tired of it. I have to suffer greatly if I’m the slightest bit imperfect, and God blames me for it because I couldn’t live up to his impossibly high standards! The Bible is pretty clear-cut about redemption for believers. When...

People who support abortion like to couch their views in deceptive language. Instead of calling themselves pro-abortion, they euphemistically call themselves pro-choice. They think having an abortion is a choice like choosing which neighborhood to live in or what kind of car to drive—but it...

Nobody likes to be judged for their private conduct, especially when there isn't any victim and the activity in question doesn't concern anyone else. I like to have a drink of wine here and there. Pretty tame stuff, right? And come to think of it, the Bible approves of drinking in moderation...