Posts by Kevin Schaal
Christian Refugee Advocates Criticize Biden’s Botched Evac…… | News & Reporting | Christianity Today
American personnel were evacuated from the US embassy in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, as Taliban insurgents broke through the city’s defensive line on August 15.As most Americans absorbed the shock of the Taliban’s full takeover of Afghanistan over the weekend, officials at Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service followed the rapidly deteriorating situation with resignation,…
Read MoreSocial Media’s Threat to Religious Freedom – WSJ
A theologian’s talk on the Christian view of sex was deemed a ‘content violation.’ Source: Social Media’s Threat to Religious Freedom – WSJ
Read MoreMoral Idealism vs a Christian World-View
Moral idealism and Christianity are not the same. In fact, in most instances, moral idealism produces thinking that runs contradictory to a biblical worldview. There are varying manifestations of moral idealism but there are some common characteristics. It tends to produce an “all or nothing” attitude regarding a given subject issue. Anything less than…
Read MoreThe World in the Hands of an Angry God
The world is in the Hands of an angry God right now. The Puritans are not that popular these days. People want very positive messages about a God that loves everyone. So, which is it? Is God the angry deity of Jonathan Edwards’ famous sermon, or the loving God of popular culture? He is certainly…
Read MoreThe Risk of Marriage
This week our family had the sweet privilege of witnessing the marriage of our youngest son to a wonderful Christian young woman. It was a joyful time for all of us. Marrying someone is taking a huge risk. Unfortunately, there are many who want all the benefits of marriage without marriage itself because they believe…
Read MoreAge, Widows, and Serving in the Local Church
1 Timothy 5:1-16 The local church is not an interest group, it is a family—a household. Families are intergenerational. In fact, the intergenerational relationships in families are what families are all about. However, there can be conflicts between the competing interests of the generations in the local church family, so Paul gives Timothy (1 Timothy…
Read MoreIs it the Courts or God to the Rescue?
So, shall they fear The name of the Lord from the west, And His glory from the rising of the sun; When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him (Isaiah 59:19). In the 1970s, the federal courts were the enemy of Christianity and traditional morality. Even recently, monumental…
Read MoreOn Basketball, Spiritual Disciplines, and Sanctification
I became a Phoenix Suns fan in the 1975-76 basketball season. That year the Suns made an unlikely trip to the finals behind the efforts of players like Paul Westphal, Gar Heard, Ricky Sober, Alvan Adams, and Dick Van Arsdale. The Suns are back in the finals now, and I am still a Suns fan,…
Read More“Sermongate” – Should I Preach Another Man’s Sermon? | Jeff Straub
Source: “Sermongate” – Should I Preach Another Man’s Sermon? | Jeff Straub
Read MoreOn Christianity and Patriotism
“God is not a Republican!” said the preacher. He was in the middle of a message in which he emphasized the greatness of God above human institutions. The statement was intended to shock his politically conservative audience. Then a voice rose up from the back of the room. “Well, he is CERTAINLY not a Democrat!”…
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