flare prayer
This falls more under the purview of
Raving Atheist, but I
got to it first:
Richard Yates, a professor at the Capitol Bible Seminary in Lanham, said ministers should not preach that God saves individuals simply because they ask him to spare their lives. It gives false hope and tells people what they want to hear, he said.
Instead, Yates did not continue, ministers should preach that God grants eternal life to individuals simply because they ask him to be their savior.