Does prayer, offered by someone at a distance, help a sick person to get better? Can my talking with God on behalf of a friend in another place help heal that friend? Surprisingly, these questions ...

In a provocative essay entitled, “Randomized God,” internationally renowned psychiatrist David Healy lays out a blueprint for a clinical trial to test the healing power of prayer. Putting aside the ...

"It must be emphasized that, in the entire history of modern science, no claim of any type of supernatural phenomena has ever been replicated under strictly controlled conditions. The importance of ...

This past year, an 11 year old child died of treatable diabetic complications because her parents chose prayer over medical treatment. In Oregon, one family lost two daughters (15 and 16 months old) ...

Editor's Note: The Shircliff family announced Saturday, Jan. 18, that their beloved 8-year old son, Joe, has passed away. Please continue to keep their dear child and the entire Shircliff family in ...

Reverend Charles Martin II is pastor of Erin United Methodist Church in Erin, Tennessee. I agree with our good Governor that prayer and fasting are wonderful means of grace and powerful tools for ...

A pastor has described as inappropriate, the practice where some Christians resort solely to prayers for their health needs instead seeking medical attention from a hospital. Very Rev. Charles Aaron ...

NEW YORK - Does praying for a sick person's recovery do any good? In the largest scientific test of its kind, heart surgery patients showed no benefit when strangers prayed for their recovery. And ...