Comments on: What happened to the Wells Hall preacher?

By: Spartan Grad

Spartan Grad — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:46:56 +0000

He used to go by Mike. Knew him back in his college days. Michael was gay, no doubt about it. Eye witnesses saw him holding hands in front of the Taco Bell with another big time gay.

By: Mara

Mara — Sun, 17 May 2009 02:44:17 +0000

I was once Mike Venya’s girlfriend when we were both in college. I think I was his last girlfriend (or was in the last group of women he dated at the same time) before he found religion. He used to be an amazing guitar player in an alternative band and he wrote beautiful poetry. I still have the poem he gave me for my birthday about our incredible physical encounters. He drank and smoked and did other recreational drugs. I am sad to hear that he has gone so far off the spectrum of normalcy–but not surprised. He was always an egotistical, self delusional, child of a man. He once told me, “I’m jealous of you, because you’ve been allowed to spend time with me.”

By: Daniel Arnold

Daniel Arnold — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:35:31 +0000

Here’s Biblical ammo to fight against the Michael Venyah show:

http://parablesoftoday.wordpress.com/2007/08/30/misconceptions-of-the-wells-hall-preachers/

By: Don

Don — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:53:54 +0000

I actually got to know Michael Venyah civilly, and he eventually invited me to his house for dinner! I’m not religious by any means, if anything I’m agnostic, but I realized his intention when “spewing hate” as he actually opted to save people in a way he thought appropriate. I think he told me his rationale for his methods of saving people was to leave an impact and a memory of his words, due to the harshness of them, so if and when people had a revelation and submitted themselves to God, they would thus know how to live righteously under God. He’s a very nice and civil person if you get to know him personally, but his fundamental interpretation of the bible has left him deluded, yet I can’t deny that maybe he’s right!

By: Wes Holing

Wes Holing — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 06:26:04 +0000

I think what makes Venyah such an interesting subject to people are his practices. He has a way of getting people to notice his message through hyperbole. What do you think?

By: Coop

Coop — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:06:04 +0000

I think the street preachers are hilarious. I wish they’d come back. Really, how can I take offense to something as ridiculous as these men, who claim to be sinless (the bible tells us that jesus was the only one without sin… that’s why he was the lamb who was sacrificed and whose blood was the only blood clean enough to cover our sins, immunitizing us from the wrath of god(ha), and which is why we need him). If Mr. Venyah is actually sinless, why don’t we make him our new savior of the millenium?
Really people, turn away from the ridiculous books written by men like you and me and turn into yourself and find your own salvation.

By: Wes Holing

Wes Holing — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:04:08 +0000

Thanks for the comments, Lawrence. Abortion is definitely one of Venyah’s core issues, and I think this thread so far demonstrates the reason people find him to be an interesting subject.

By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 04:25:24 +0000

And whoever posted the distaste for guys with pictures of the chopped-up babies we’re all responsible for killing—well, it’s murder on our hands.

If you don’t think we’ll all eventually have to face the crimes we’ve committed, the world is so illogical that you shouldn’t exist. But you do. And so do murdered Americans -50 million and counting. And that’s the honest truth about what “freedom” our lusts are granting us -the license to kill thousands every day and then coldly look the other way.

By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 04:20:46 +0000

I never heard this particular fellow on campus, but I’ve heard ones like him.

I have mixed feelings about these guys for whole lot of reasons. Basically, however, I think that it’s a mercy from God that he sends them to give warning to all the outrageous sinners on this campus.

You-all may be fine to defy even nature itself now, but when this country goes down in flames, don’t think it’s you against that guy or you against God. Unlike this particular fellow, I believe we all have lots of problems with sins and we need eachother’s help and love to turn to Christ and live a right life.

That and 3 words: The Catholic Church. And 4 more: But not St. John’s.