Posts by Kevin Schaal
Chinese Government Destroys Church Building – During Worship!
[Funan County, China] The continued crackdown on Christianity continues in China with the levelling of a megachurch during a worship service. This was followed by the arrest of the two senior pastors, Geng Yimin and Sun Yongyao, on what seem to be made-up charges called “suspected gathering of people to disturb social order.” According to sources,…
Read MoreWhat We Can Learn from the John MacArthur Beth Moore Battle
I was hunting Saturday—sitting under a tree near a water hole waiting for an elk to wander in–when I began getting texts from pastor friends about John MacArthur telling Beth Moore to “Go home.” I got a chance to do a little elk blind thinking. This is the best kind of thinking. Do not worry,…
Read MoreWhat Does Your Church Hold Dear?
In a recent debate, Democratic candidate Beto O’Rourke was asked about whether churches, colleges, and religious institutions should lose their tax-exempt status for opposing same-sex marriage. The following is his answer. “Yes,” O’Rourke said to applause. “There can be no reward, no benefit, no tax break for anyone or any institution, any organization in…
Read MoreThe Catholic Case to the Supreme Court on Gender Confusion–RCR
Franciscan University of Steubenville, of which I am the president, has joined a friend of the court (amicus) brief to help the high court understand how a new interpretation of the word “sex” in non-discrimination law will violate religious freedom and put women at risk. Which—make no mistake—it will do. If “sex” is conflated with…
Read MoreThe Christian Faith and Immigration – Providence
This is an interesting piece that articulates that the immigration issue is more complex than many evangelicals are willing to admit (KSchaal). I got interested in the immigration issue when the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) issued a short, two-page resolution in 2009 that, among other things, concluded that the US government wasn’t issuing enough…
Read MoreThe Power Over Christian Publishing We’ve Given To Amazon – Tim Challies
This is quite thought-provoking. (KSchaal) A few days from now, or maybe a few months, or even a year, Amazon will pull a book from its site. One day it will be there available for purchase with all the rest, and the next it will be gone. One day people will be able to order…
Read MoreWhy Is a Forgiving Hug Offensive?
In a Dallas courtroom this week an 18-year-old young man hugged his brother’s killer and forgave her, just after she received a ten-year prison sentence for her actions. Brandt Jean’s brother had done nothing wrong, He was an innocent victim. You can read about the details in many news outlets. What has surprised me is…
Read MoreSBC Professor Fired For Questioning Non-Traditional Views on Hell and Eternal Punishment – Baptist News Global
A Baptist university in Missouri has invited independent review of teaching in its religion department after firing a professor who accused colleagues of doubting whether sinners who die without Christ must suffer eternally in hell.Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri, announced Dec. 22 the commissioning of an external peer assessment committee to lead a university-wide…
Read MoreStudent vaping epidemic has California schools frantically mobilizing – Los Angeles Times
Students at Crescenta Valley High School have created an anti-vaping app. At nearby Rosemont Middle School, 55 students have joined an anti-vaping club. Santa Monica schools have booked 20 anti-vaping and drug awareness student assemblies and parent meetings. Staffers at various Southern California campuses are stepping up patrols of hidden nooks, installing costly detection devices,…
Read MoreTim Keller writing in the NYT | How Do Christians Fit Into the Two-Party System? They Don’t
This NYT Op Ed by Tim Keller seeks to put sincere, biblical believers in both, or neither, of the political parties. To me, the abortion issue alone busts this arguement. God is not a republican, and He is certainly not a democrat. No single party has cornered the market on biblical sensibilities, but at least…
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