Posts by Kevin Schaal
Thousands Of Churches To Defy Lockdown Orders. It’s About Time.
On Friday, President Trump said churches and houses of worship are “essential” and called on governors nationwide to allow them to open this weekend. If they don’t, Trump said he would “override” governors, citing forthcoming guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.In remarks Thursday, the president criticized some governors who have “deemed liquor…
Read MoreTrump rules churches ‘essential,’ says they can reopen this weekend | Fox Business
President Trump announced Friday he’s deemed churches, synagogues, mosques and other houses of worship to be “essential places that provide essential services” that can reopen this weekend.Trump said during a brief news conference he had directed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue guidance for faith communities to safely reopen from the coronavirus pandemic.“These…
Read MoreChristians Beheaded for Christmas, The West Goes Back to Sleep
How much bigger and more extended must this war on Christians become before the West considers it a “genocide” and acts to prevent it? The day after Christians were beheaded in Nigeria, Pope Francis admonished Western society. About beheaded Christians? Source: Christians Beheaded for Christmas, The West Goes Back to Sleep
Read MoreGathering Again is a Serious Choice
Churches are starting to meet again. Some began last Sunday, for us it is this weekend, and others in the coming weeks. Courts have ruled that worship cannot be limited. So now it’s a wisdom matter, not a legal matter. However, it is a very serious wisdom matter and no pastor or church should make…
Read MoreThank God for First Generation Believers
I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience, as my forefathers did, as without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day, greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of your tears, that I may be filled with joy, when I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you,…
Read MoreIsaiah’s Message of Hope for the Eunuchs (and Broken People Everywhere)
Regretting transgenders, victims of abuse, PTDS sufferers, anyone feeling damaged in mind and body—this passage of scripture is for you. It’s Isaiah’s message of hope to the eunuchs of the captivity (Isaiah 56:4-5). The practice of the Babylonians was to take the best and brightest from the countries they conquered and use their talents and…
Read MoreWhat’s Next for North Korea’s Christians? | RealClearReligion
When mysterious reports surfaced last week that the health of North Korea’s young dictator Kim Jong Un was in question following cardiovascular surgery, media outlets were quick to speculate about the future of the regime. If Kim were to die—particularly without a successor—the implications would be significant. In such a scenario, what would become of…
Read MoreChristians, Stop Apologizing for God!
In an article in Christianity Today this last week, Jim Denison made the claim that Covid-19 is NOT the judgment of God. He made the claim based upon two arbitrary standards for the judgment of God. He said it cannot be God’s judgment because it is not miraculous and because it does not target a…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Is Not God’s Judgment | Christianity Today
This article was published in Christianity Today. I reference it here because others will read it. I have a term for it. It’s baloney. The two reasons the author gives for Covid-19 not being God’s judgement are arbitrary, illogical, and not supported by scripture. The judgement of God does not have to be miraculous in…
Read MoreRoger Stone: Praying for a Pardon With ‘Full Faith in Jesus’ | RealClearPolitics
Roger Stone: I had been raised a Roman Catholic and received all my sacraments in that church. I always had a fundamental belief in God, although it is certainly fair to say that I lived a pretty wild lifestyle and strayed from His path.There were no thunderbolts from Heaven or sudden revelatory moments until one…
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