Posts by Kevin Schaal
Nick Foles plans to become a pastor after the NFL
“It’s on my heart,” the Philadelphia Eagles’ quarterback told the Associated Press. “I took a leap of faith last year and signed up to take classes at seminary. I wanted to continue to learn and challenge my faith. It’s a challenge because you are writing papers that are biblically correct. You want to impact people’s…
Read MoreIndonesian Christians Avoid Deportation—For Now
Pangemanan spent more than a week in sanctuary before the American Civil Liberties Union filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of Pangemanan and other Indonesians in New Jersey who years ago overstayed their visas and lack legal status in the U.S. The ACLU argued that the immigration cases should be reviewed before any deportations…
Read MoreLGBT groups seek to ban Franklin Graham from preaching in the UK
This has implications for all Bible-believing preachers and missionaries. American evangelist Rev. Franklin Graham has warned against the risk of losing free speech rights amid a petition by activists to ban him from the U.K. over his stance against homosexuality and same-sex marriage. More . . .
Read MoreLiberal Catholic theologian reacts to the Creation Museum
Here is an example of someone who claims to be Christian (but liberal Catholic) reacted to the Creation Museum. It’s all about your view of scripture. Source: More . . .
Read MorePostliberal Theology
And yet, to be theologically postliberal is not the same as being theologically conservative. Like other postmodernists, postliberals have problems with absolute truth.Whereas liberal ecumenism downplays all distinctive doctrines, postliberal ecumenism sees the different denominations as various “interpretative communities,” each with its own integrity. Postliberalism thus takes the different theologies seriously, but it cannot say that one…
Read MoreIt’s not hypocritical to be thankful
It’s as if a gang of thugs was mugging us — beaten, robbed, and likely on our way to being murdered. Suddenly a huge biker character emerges from the shadows, shouting vulgarities, with the smell of alcohol on his breath and tattoos of naked women on both arms. For some strange reason he beats…
Read MorePhilosophy rebuts barrier between science and religion | RealClearScience
One such principle to which Descartes appeals in his “proof” of the conservation of motion is “the immutability of the workings of God.” From this, he argues, it follows that “the motion which [God] preserves is not something permanently fixed in given pieces of matter, but something which is mutually transferred when collisions occur.” It…
Read MoreA Fundamentalist’s Education –Bauder, NickofTime
“I am grateful for what both TEDS and Dallas Seminary gave me. I didn’t have a single bad professor in either school. But I am also deeply concerned when I see the large numbers of young men from fundamentalism who have gone to evangelical schools and the small number of them who have ever returned.”…
Read MoreShould Churches still be on Facebook? – Christ. Media Mag.
As the Information Age barrels forward, its most significant aspect has become Social Media. Expertly tapping into the most fundamental impulses of human behavior, social media allows the mind to absorb data at the most superficial level requiring the least amount of consideration, and then to filter that information in such a way as to reinforce all of…
Read MoreEducators: Generation Z Cares About ‘Big Questions’–RealClearEducation
I was surprised to learn that the largest share of readers of the magazine I help edit, Big Questions Online—which features essays by leading scholars on such “big” and overtly non-utilitarian topics as free will, virtue ethics, philosophy of perception, theoretical physics and theology—are members of my generation: the much-maligned Millennials. The second largest? Generation Z,…
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