Posts by Kevin Schaal
What Is Moral Injury? | RealClearReligion
PTSD is a medical diagnosis, a condition that more than one therapist has told me I don’t have. But they have all agreed that I’ve been through significant trauma and have suffered chronic stress over the past decade, which has taken its toll. A few years ago, when I first began hearing about a trauma…
Read MoreLDS realigns as wave of missionaries recedes–HeraldExtra
Since the October 2012 announcement from the late President Thomas S. Monson regarding the change in the ages for missionary service, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has Source: LDS Church realigns and adds missions as wave of missionaries recedes | Faith | heraldextra.com
Read MoreWhere the ACLU went wrong on religious freedom | TheHill
“In the real world, every constitutional right will inevitably bump up against some other value. That’s precisely why some core rights are written into the Constitution.” Source: Where the ACLU went wrong on religious freedom | TheHill
Read MoreWhat You Can Do to Help Fight the Opioid Epidemic –US News
“Today, we are in the midst of an opioid crisis,” said Dr. David Ring, chairman of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ (AAOS) Committee on Patient Safety. In 2015, about 12.5 million Americans misused prescription opioids (such as OxyContin and Vicodin) and more than 15,000 overdose deaths were attributed to the drugs, according to the…
Read MoreLaw Forcing Pregnancy Centers to Promote Abortions Striken Down–LifeNews
Court Strikes Down Baltimore Law Forcing Pregnancy Centers to Promote Abortions In a decision with major national implications for pregnancy centers across the country, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit unanimously affirmed that a Baltimore City ordinance requiring pro-life pregnancy care centers to post signs promoting abortions violated their…
Read MoreMoody Bible Controversy: Inerrancy–ChristianPost
Following the resignation of top leaders at Moody Bible Institute amid controversy, some have now detailed their concerns about the theological direction of the institution, especially over the inerrancy of Scripture. Source: Moody Bible Controversy: Former Employee Reveals Confusion Over Inerrancy of Scripture
Read MoreThe FBFI statement on the Nashville Statement
Kevin Schaal On Tuesday, August 29, the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood released the Nashville Statement publicly identifying and proclaiming the basic tenets of biblical sexuality. While the FBFI has no particular connection with this organization, we would agree with the 14 articles of the Nashville Statement both in substance and tone. They reflect…
Read MoreWhy a Universal Call to Salvation is Essential
Kevin Schaal It is hard to believe, but there were some mid-19th Century London Baptists who accused Charles Haddon Spurgeon of having a “a second-hand ministry, deeply tainted with an Arminian spirit.”1 Yes. Spurgeon was called a closet-Arminian by some of his peers. Earthen Vessel, 1855, p. 241, quoted by Iain Murray in Spurgeon v.…
Read MoreThe Foundation of “Foundations”
Kevin Schaal In February of 2017 at the winter board meeting of the FBFI, the board voted unanimously to change the name of the FBFI from Fundamental Baptist Fellowship International to Foundations Baptist Fellowship International. The movement for the name change was led by John Vaughn and at the urging of the most senior members…
Read More“Avoiding All Appearance of Evil” 1 Thessalonians 5:22
Kevin Schaal This verse is used commonly to provide a Biblical foundation for condemnation of people and deeds of all kinds. The idea is that this passage forbids not only doing those things that the Bible specifically condemns as sin, but also doing anything that looks like it might be sinful or associated with something…
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