Posts by Kevin Schaal
O Be Careful Little Thumbs What You Tweet
It used to be that when people rushed to judgement or mistakenly over-reacted, they did it in private around the water cooler, over the back fence, or at the dinner table. But now, oh no, not us! Instead of being convicted that “the Father up above is looking down in love” on our fleshly private…
Read MoreFor Christian Women, Persecution Looks Like Rape…… | Christianity Today
This is a moving article about the horrific persecution that Christian women and girls are facing around the world today. We must pray for those in harm’s way. We must also consider biblically how we should receive those who have been such victims of abuse. (KSchaal) For years, Nigerian doctor Rebecca Dali has cared for…
Read MoreWe Had an Abortion. It Wasn’t My Body, but It Was My Baby.
When I was 19, I got a friend pregnant. In the summer, a friend and I had spent an evening together. A few weeks later she told me she was pregnant, and it was mine.I “wasn’t ready for a baby.” I had hopes and dreams ahead of me, and having a child seemed like the…
Read MoreHuff Post Article Attacks Christian Education on all Levels
Below is a guest editorial published in the Huffington Post. It is a continuing reminder that we live in a society that is increasingly hostile to Christianity and Christian ideals. We used to fear the government as the great threat to our freedoms. Now it is becoming increasingly clear that persecution is coming from the…
Read MoreChristians & Politics — Anti-Christian Ideology Is an Emerging Aspect of White Progressive Populism | National Review
Last summer I wrote an essay called the Great White Culture War. In it, I argued that a great deal of America’s political division isn’t just explained by the division between white Americans and racial minorities — there are also immense cultural divisions within “white America” itself. And in few areas are those cultural divisions…
Read MoreJoining a mob | WORLD News Group
Approximately 15 seconds of video from the March for Life had many Christian leaders united in a harsh condemnation of an anonymous teenage boy this weekend.The clip showed a tight shot of a Catholic high schooler in a red “Make America Great Again” hat grinning, or, to some minds, sneering, at a Native American veteran…
Read MoreReligious Freedom Under Attack: Coming ‘Test Acts’ Will Challenge Christian Faith | National Review
And the pressure they bring to bear will be a major test of faith for Christians.Think of a country where leading politicians question whether members of a long-established religious minority are fit for public office. Or where the head of state attacks the legal protections that allow minority religions to choose their own leaders without state…
Read MoreOrthodoxy is Not Enough
Dead orthodoxy is still dead. It is not worth having. I am serious. A church that takes all the right positions, sings all the right songs, dresses just the right way, but has no true spiritual life might as well be liberal in its theology. In fact, it might be worse. If you want to…
Read MoreThe devotion of the human dad separates us from other apes | Aeon Essays
This article seeks to explain the unique role of the human father in all the natural world. A much easier explanation is that mankind is created in the image of God and the human father is intended to reflect the loving and attentive aspects of our heavenly Father. (KSchaal) What separates us from our fellow…
Read MorePoll Shows Most Americans Favor Limits on Abortion | RealClearPolitics
For more than a decade, the annual Marist poll on abortion has found that the overwhelming majority of Americans – usually three-quarters or more – want abortion restricted to, at most, the first three months of pregnancy.Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, this annual survey has also highlighted the following fact: Using polling questions that…
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