Ray Comfort

Ray Comfort

Op-ed contributor

I didn’t want to speak in this church

I had been asked to preach at three services in a church in Southern California. I had spoken in many churches but this one made me nervous.

I didn’t want to speak in this church

Was Saint Francis a sissy?

I heard that Saint Francis said “Preach the Gospel at all times. Where necessary, use words.” That statement upset me beyond words because it was a philosophy that I knew sounded deeply spiritual . . . to those who were spiritually shallow.

Was Saint Francis a sissy?

Sexual sin: Mankind's greatest weakness

Jesus was tempted in the same ways we are tempted. So it wouldn’t be unbiblical to say that He was tempted to commit sexual sin, but He never did — not even in thought.

Sexual sin: Mankind's greatest weakness

The evolution of jerks

Most of us are unconsciously becoming jerks. We are becoming impatient, graceless, annoying jerks. But when someone comes to genuine faith in Jesus, there is a positive spinoff.

The evolution of jerks

Another ‘Christian’ becomes an atheist

Atheism is the “far country” of the prodigal son. He just wants to get away from God and His moral accountability. He wants to roll in the pigsty. 

Another ‘Christian’ becomes an atheist