Posts by Kevin Schaal
Be Anxious for Nothing? Really?
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7 “Oh, be quiet. Go away!” Those were the words I heard recently when…
Read MoreIt’s Not Politics: Fatherhood Decline Causing Rise of Religious Nones | RealClearReligion
But, in the years since we met this couple in the early 2000s, some sociologists, pundits, Christian thinkers, and church leaders have been persuaded by the idea that politics – particularly socially conservative politics – is playing a major role in driving the societal-wide decline in church participation. But the evidence doesn’t bear this out.…
Read MoreChristian Nationalism vs. the Social Gospel
John Blake wrote an article published by CNN on Monday, November 13, 2023, regarding the Social Gospel as a rising movement in the US. This is a theology most biblical fundamentalists learn about in seminary as part of the history of the modernist movement in the early part of the 20th Century. They do not…
Read MoreFree Speech Victory for Finnish Politician and Bishop Who …… | News & Reporting | Christianity Today
A Finnish court ruled in favor of the free speech of a member of Parliament and a Lutheran bishop on Tuesday morning, affirming they have the legal right to say that homosexual acts are sin and marriage should be between a man and a woman. The ruling was unanimous, upholding a lower court decision for…
Read MoreThe Social Gospel movement is changing our politics and reshaping our perspectives | CNN
If the Social Gospel was, and is, such a profound movement, why isn’t it better known today? And how does it differ from the most scrutinized form of Christianity in contemporary America: White Christian nationalism?The second question is a tricky one, because it’s inaccurate to say that White evangelical Christians don’t have a tradition of…
Read MoreWhy I am now a Christian – UnHerd
In 2002, I discovered a 1927 lecture by Bertrand Russell entitled “Why I am Not a Christian”. It did not cross my mind, as I read it, that one day, nearly a century after he delivered it to the South London branch of the National Secular Society, I would be compelled to write an essay…
Read MoreThe David Question
2 Samuel 11-12 Christians are often shocked when spiritual leaders fail morally. It should not happen, but it does. It should not be shocking when it happens. We are all sinners capable of any sin known to mankind because we still retain the vestiges of the sinful nature within us. The Bible gives examples of…
Read MoreNashville school shooter’s manifesto leaked; motivation revealed | U.S. News
The trans-identified shooter who killed six people, including three children, at Nashville’s Covenant School sought to kill “cr*ckers” with “white privileges,” according to leaked pages of her manifesto that documented the plans to commit mass murder.On Monday, “Louder with Crowder” host Steven Crowder released pages allegedly from the manifesto on X, formerly known as Twitter.…
Read MoreHow Did This Happen? – Crisis Magazine
On Halloween, a music video dropped by the pop star Sabrina Carpenter, another Miley Cyrus in that she is also a Disney children’s entertainer turned hyper-sexualized singer. The video features Carpenter in various provocative states of dress (if you can call that “dressed”) being ogled by men, culminating in their violent, bloody deaths and her…
Read MoreWorldly Wisdom vs. Biblical Wisdom
Most definitions of wisdom are wrong. Wikipedia defines wisdom as “sapience, or sagacity is the ability to contemplate and act productively using knowledge, experience, understanding, common sense, and insight.” I know that Wikipedia is not the most respected source of knowledge, but this definition is common. There is a vast difference between worldly wisdom and…
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