Posts by Kevin Schaal
On Christians and Vaccines
Writing about vaccines is going somewhere that angels fear to tread. Last year’s mask controversies pale in comparison to the vaccine discussions going on now. It is a mistake to see this as a Christian vs. secular controversy, or even as a politically conservative vs. progressive issue. After all, it’s Trump’s vaccine that we are…
Read MoreComparing 9-11 and the Destruction of Commercial Babylon
I had the great privilege of fellowshipping with the wonderful people of Heritage Baptist Church in Manhattan on this 20th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks. One of the church’s ministries is a live radio broadcast on Sunday evening. The subject of our on-air discussion last night was the destruction of Commercial Babylon in Revelation 18…
Read MoreGetting Your Identity Settled
I identify as a . . . who? In a fascinating article entitled Freedom from Blackness posted Thursday, Jason Hill, a professor of ethics at DePaul University in Chicago made this provocative statement, The fabricated black race should never have been born. It was confected out of false biological taxonomies by Europeans to justify a…
Read More10 Simple Habits for a Better Christian Marriage
Sometimes relationship problems are not nearly as deep as we would imagine. We just have developed habits that sabotage our marriages, or we have not developed the habits to make them better. The following are nine simple habits that my wife and I have learned over time (and sometimes after too much time) are very…
Read MoreChristian Schools Vastly Outperforming Public Schools During COVID-19, According to New Survey of Parents | RealClearEducation
A public education system that failed to do right by our children has kept union bosses empowered and politicians cowed. Thankfully, our country offers an alternative—one that proved its mettle this past year. In a recent survey of public school and Christian school parents, the Herzog Foundation found that parents of children who attended a…
Read MoreHarvard’s New Chief Chaplain Is an Atheist
You just cannot make this stuff up! What a world we live in. (KSchaal) In best-selling book Good Without God, Greg Epstein argues that belief in a higher being is not a mandatory requirement for leading a good, moral life. It’s also not a requirement for becoming chief chaplain at Harvard. Epstein, the university’s…
Read MoreThe World Is Catechizing Us Whether We Realize It or Not–Kevin DeYoung
I love the Olympics. I got up early and stayed up late to watch whatever I could in real time. As a family, we figured out the various NBC platforms and turned on something from the Olympics almost all the time for two weeks. I’d put our knowledge of Olympic swimming and (especially) track and…
Read MoreToday is the Birthday of the Man Who Abolished the Slave Trade – HillFaith Story
Today is the birthday of William Wilberforce. Abraham Lincoln once said Wilberforce’s name is one that every schoolboy should know. Yet I suspect it is a name that many of you will not recognize.Wilberforce was a member of the British Parliament for nearly three decades in the late 1700’s and early 1800’s. Over his long career in Parliament…
Read MoreSix Ways Social Media Toxicity Is Hurting Pastors | Church Answers
“There is a group of former church members in my community,” the pastor said, “that is causing me great pain. They are regularly posting negative and divisive words on Facebook about my church, my family, and me. I have engaged them twice, and it only got worse. When you wrestle with a dirty pig, you…
Read MoreWhen Christians are Suffering for Their Faith
Another holocaust is taking place and it is Christians (among others) who are dying. If you would like a more detailed account of what it is like to be a Christian in Afghanistan right now you may read it here. Don’t look away! It would be disobedience to the direct command of God to do so.…
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