Posts by Kevin Schaal
Letting Go of Hate, Forgiving Your Enemies
A Romanian gentleman gave his personal testimony for membership in our church a week ago. His name is Pavel. His personal testimony was touching to our congregation. I wanted to share it with you. My life before I came to Christ. By the grace of God, I was born into a Baptist family in Romania…
Read MoreHow America Lost Its Religion – The Atlantic
America’s unique synthesis of wealth and worship has puzzled international observers and foiled their grandest theories of a global secular takeover. In the late 19th century, an array of celebrity philosophers—the likes of Friedrich Nietzsche, Karl Marx, and Sigmund Freud—proclaimed the death of God, and predicted that atheism would follow scientific discovery and modernity in…
Read MoreAre You a “So-called” Christian?
I was watching a man on Youtube the other day telling his very interesting life story. He interjected that he had a new girlfriend, that she was a Christian, and that it was important to him that they shared the same faith. It shocked me because he had openly spoken about being sexually active in…
Read MoreJudge strikes down college that banned student from handing out ‘Jesus Loves You’ valentines | The College Fix
Revised policy is even worse, doesn’t make the case ‘moot’ Last year Northeast Wisconsin Technical College banned a paralegal student from her 10-year tradition of handing out religious-themed cards on religious-themed Valentine’s Day, claiming it constituted “soliciting.”The college tried to get her First Amendment lawsuit dismissed, claiming Polly Olsen had “unclean hands” and was threatening…
Read MoreEighth Circuit Rules Gay Couples Can’t Force Christians To Work
Minnesota can’t coerce Carl and Angel Larsen into betraying their convictions and promoting ideas or telling stories they find objectionable. Source: Eighth Circuit Rules Gay Couples Can’t Force Christians To Work
Read MoreCorrection from the Pulpit or In Person?
Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man! (2 Samuel 12:7). Pastors always hear the horror stories of the “other guy” who does this—the smaller the church, the worse it is. Someone in the church is sinning, or doing something of which the preacher does not approve. So he addresses it in a subtle…
Read MoreJerry Falwell Jr. Shows How the Advance of Christendom Can Harm Christianity | National Review
This is a sobering evaluation that all of us should heed. The success or survival of our institutions should not supercede our Great Commission purposes. It is better to close up shop than give up the store. (Kevin Schaal). If you haven’t read Politico’s lengthy investigative report on Jerry Falwell Jr.’s conduct as president of…
Read MoreBenny Hinn Recants–Again
Benny Hinn made news this week (here) renouncing the cornerstone teaching of the Prosperity Gospel—the giving for blessing concept that faith preachers use to enrich themselves at the expense of greedy or desperate followers. Hinn has come under increasing pressure, especially from elements of evangelicalism willing to call the Prosperity Gospel heresy. One of Hinn’s…
Read MoreIsaac Watts to Children Regarding the Blessing of Work
Isaac Watts was seven years old when he wrote a poem, an acrostic based upon the letters of his name. I am a vile polluted lump of earth; So I’ve continued ever since my birth; Although Jehovah grace does daily give me, As sure as this monster Satan will deceive me. Come therefore, Lord, from Satan’s…
Read MoreNo single gene associated with being gay – BBC News
A large analysis concludes genetic make-up is a factor, but does not determine sexual behaviour. Source: No single gene associated with being gay – BBC News
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