Posts by Kevin Schaal
Equality Act: Heavy-Handed, Inflexible Pro-LGBT Bill | National Review
Douglas Laycock, a law professor at the University of Virginia, has been a longtime supporter of same-sex marriage. What’s made him unusual is that in recent years he’s been trying to make the case to liberals that “same-sex marriage and religious liberty can co-exist.” In 2017 he co-authored an article at Vox with another law…
Read MoreNotre Dame Students Against Porn | Jim Martinson | First Things
As a student at the University of Notre Dame, I have always been taught to try to make a difference in my community. So when I noticed that campus culture has a pornography problem, I wanted to do everything possible to remedy it. On campus, I have met several people who struggled with an addiction…
Read MorePracticing Biblical Separation Wisely
One of the defining characteristics of biblical fundamentalism is the doctrine and practice of biblical separation. It is not something the fundamentalists conjured up. I believe there are two types of separation and a third practice that looks like it but is not it exactly. Separation from false teachers. We get this one. When we…
Read MoreThe Equality Act Will Harm Religious Freedom | RealClearReligion
Supporters of the Equality Act claim it will increase equality in America, but it will actually harm one of the most fundamental rights we all share as Americans – religious freedom. It purports to ban discrimination, but it actually bans disagreement. If passed, the law will damage not only the priceless American achievement of religious…
Read MoreChristian persecution’s ‘inconvenient truth’ – Washington Times
Vice President Mike Pence told a crowd of graduates from the Christian-based Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, that they ought to be ready for ridicule because this secular world is about as intolerant of those of the faith as can be.How right he is.Christianity is, after all, the most widely persecuted religion in the world.…
Read MoreOur Motherly God
God is called our Father. All the pronouns in scripture that refer to Him directly are masculine. That is how the Bible refers to Him and how we should address Him as well. But there are also a number of scriptures that describe God in what we often consider very feminine ways. It might be…
Read MoreNo, Christianity Doesn’t Need To Endorse Homosexuality To Grow
Stop accepting the Bible as true and admit Christianity has gotten it terribly wrong on homosexuality. This is the advice Rev. Oliver Thomas gives in a recent opinion article in USA Today for how the church can stop “hemorrhaging members” and see brighter days. He warns that “the church is killing itself” because it has…
Read MorePoway Synagogue Shooting: Evangelical Christian Teachings Are Not to Blame | National Review
Christian parents and pastors must learn more about counteracting online hatred.Whenever we hear news of a mass shooting, we expect the shooter’s life to follow a certain kind of biographical script. Perhaps he’s long suffered from mental instability. Perhaps he’s from a troubled home, with a long history of suspect behavior. Deprived of purpose and…
Read MoreFollowing the World War Two Generation of Biblical Fundamentalist Leaders
My generation of pastors and leaders has faced unusual challenges. Many of the leaders of my generation inherited plateaued or declining ministries from their predecessors. From the 1940s until the 1980s were boom years for fundamentalism and its related ministries in this country. “The Greatest Generation” made many outstanding contributions to Christian ministry. There seemed…
Read MoreWhy Evangelical megachurches are embracing (some) Catholic traditions
Just a note. It seems these “Catholic” traditions are simply more traditional worship practices that many fundamental Baptist churches have been using all along (Kevin Schaal). I grew up in Colorado Springs, Colo., a Catholic girl in the evangelical New Jerusalem. In addition to Focus on the Family, Colorado Springs is home to more…
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