Confessions of a Recovering Pharisee

  [Smoking Gun] Matthew Lincoln was attending an evening service at his nondenominational Tennessee church when he approached the altar where a visiting minister was offering individual prayers for parishioners. Assigned "catchers" were present on the altar in case congregants fainted, fell, or otherwise lost control. When the minister, Robert Lavala, slightly touched his forehead, the Knoxville-area man "received the spirit and fell backwards." Except nobody was there to catch him, Lincoln charges in a $2.5 million lawsuit filed yesterday against Lakewind Church and ... Read More

[Tampa Bay's 10]   Land 'O Lakes, Florida -- The stories in the news about inappropriate relationships between teachers and students have been overwhelming.  There was even a substitute teacher in New Port Richey who got in trouble after investigators say she had a relationship with an underage student. Well, another Pasco County substitute teacher's job is on the line, but this time it's because of a magic trick. The charge from the school district — Wizardry! Substitute teacher Jim Piculas does a 30-second magic trick where ... Read More

[Denver Post] The instructions are simple: Read the Prayer ... / Drink the Water ... / Believe in God! / Believe in Yourself! Spiritual Water, the faith-inspired venture of two Sunrise, Fla., businessmen, offers its drinkers clearer focus, positive thinking and connection to a higher power. The 11 bottles in the company's collection bear prayers and impressively detailed images of Jesus Christ, St. Michael and the Virgin Mary. Spiritual Water joins a broad slice of feel-good products — Testamint, Bible Gum and other bottled holy waters ... Read More

[World Net Daily] A controversial new documentary, following in the footsteps of the popular, if heretical, "The Da Vinci Code," asks the brazen question: "What if the greatest story ever told was a lie?" Coming to theaters later this month, "Bloodline" seeks to prove the conspiracy tale that Jesus married Mary Magdalene and had a child whose bloodline continues today. Ben Hammott, an English adventurer, claims to have discovered in southwest France a remote tomb and relics from Jerusalem, dated back to the first century. The discovery provides the ... Read More

[WKYC]A bullet tore through a Geauga County home here Sunday night while a young family was inside. A deer slug came through the east side of the home, traveled through several walls and came to a stop after striking a Bible in a bedroom closet.Read about it here. [From me]Talk about the Shield of faith?  Read More