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How “Thirsting” for God Led to Dehydration and Almost Killed Me
I grew up in churches that believed Christians were to give their hearts, souls, and minds to God. Followers of Christ were implored to lay their lives on the altar and give everything to Jesus. The...
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Dear Jesus, I Want a Refund
Dear Jesus, I was five-years-old when I remembered praying to you for the first time. My mother expressed to me the importance of praying every night before I went to bed, and for the next forty-five...
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Bruce, If God Isn’t Real, Who is to Blame for Your Life as a Pastor?
My recent post titled Dear Jesus, I Want a Refund has really made a mark and is getting a lot of attention. As I pondered what I had written, I thought about what questions people might ask me. This...
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Why It’s Hard for Evangelicals to Change Their Beliefs
Have you ever wondered why so few Evangelicals walk away from the faith? Have you ever wondered why many Evangelicals leave one toxic, harmful church, only to join another pestiferous church that...
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Christians Say the Darnedest Things: Fundamentalist Man Lets Bruce Gerencser...
What follows is a comment received today on the post Why I Hate Jesus. The man who left this comment read the following posts before he began his rant against me. These posts are listed in the order...
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Questions: Bruce, If You Had It to Do All Over Again, Is There Anything You...
I recently asked readers to submit questions to me they would like me to answer. If you would like to submit a question, please follow the instructions listed here. Tony asked, “When looking back at...
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Questions: Bruce, How Do You Handle Fear of God’s Wrath and Hell?
I recently asked readers to submit questions to me they would like me to answer. If you would like to submit a question, please follow the instructions listed here. Mary asked, “Bruce, How Do You...
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Is Your Husband a Pastor?
My wife and I live in the rural Northwest Ohio community of Ney. Anyone driving US Highway 15 from Bryan to Defiance passes through the village of Ney. I am sure these passers-through are as irritated...
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It’s My Story and I’m Going to Tell It
It is not uncommon for Evangelicals to question my motivations for blogging. I have the audacity to share club secrets; to point to where the bodies are buried. Worse yet, I call into question club...
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More Email and Comments From the Evangelical Peanut Gallery
Email From the Peanut Gallery Rarely does a day go by that an Evangelical zealot doesn’t either send me an email or leave a comment on one or more posts. Yesterday, Steve Ransom (a fake name, I...
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Evangelical Man Doubts I Was a “True” Christian
Email from the Peanut Gallery I recently received the following email from an Evangelical man named Jeff. I read the seven articles associated with “My Journey” and “Dear Evangelical” on your web...
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Bruce, Did You Choose to Become an Evangelical?
The Gerencser Family Headed for Church, Circa 1961-1962. I am the sharply dressed boy with a massive comb-over. I was born in June 1957. My parents had me baptized in a mainline Protestant church...
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Questions: Bruce, What Was Your View on the King James Bible?
I recently asked readers to submit questions to me they would like me to answer. If you would like to submit a question, please follow the instructions listed here. Richard asked: During your time in...
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Questions: Bruce, Do You Miss Being A Preacher?
I recently asked readers to submit questions to me they would like me to answer. If you would like to submit a question, please follow the instructions listed here. Victor asked: Do you miss being a...
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Is My Life Noticeably Better or Worse Now That I’m Not a Christian?
Guest post by John I don’t remember the exact date when I decided that I would not label myself as a Christian anymore. It’s probably been a couple of years — a gradual process, not a one-time event....
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Why Am I Different From My College Classmates?
Bruce Gerencser, 2002 During the 1970s, I attended Midwestern Baptist College in Pontiac, Michigan. It was there that I met my wife, Polly. Started in the 1950s by Tom Malone, Midwestern was a school...
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“Normal” is a Just a Setting on a Washing Machine
I have always had a contentious relationship with my wife’s mother. She never wanted me to marry her daughter, and she went to great lengths to frustrate our dating relationship. It was not until...
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Why I Don’t Tell People I Was a Pastor
Somerset Baptist Church, Mt Perry, Ohio, Bruce and Polly Gerencser and kids, 1985 I have worked many different jobs over the years; everything from selling vacuüm cleaners and life insurance to...
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I Thought Jesus Would Take Care of Me When I Got Old
I started preaching at age fifteen, enrolled at Midwestern Baptist College to study for the ministry at nineteen, married my wife at age twenty-one, and took my first church job a few months before I...
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Grandpa, You Were a Pastor?
Bruce Gerencser, Somerset Baptist Church, Early 1990’s As many readers know, my wife, Polly, and I have six children. Our oldest child will turn forty in May, and our youngest will be twenty-six. We...
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