Posts by Kevin Schaal
The Supreme Court Says You Might Be Able to Say “No” to Working on Sunday
This Supreme Court Decision last week went under the radar, but it has some significant implications for believers. Here is the summary of the case. Petitioner Gerald Groff is an Evangelical Christian who believes for religious reasons that Sunday should be devoted to worship and rest. In 2012, Groff took a mail delivery job…
Read MoreParents: Are You Paying Attention to What Your Children are Being Taught?
In a June 26, 2023, article in the New York Post, Bruce Bawer, a proponent of gay rights, bemoaned the damage the woke movement has done. He wrote, At New York’s annual Drag March on Friday, activists chanted “we’re here, we’re queer, we’re coming for your children.” It’s shocking. But not new. In recent years,…
Read MoreDoes “Preach the Word” Mean What You Think it Means?
Does “Preach the Word” mean what you think it means? I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. (2…
Read MoreCA State rep warns parents of gender affirming law: ‘If you love your children, you need to flee California’ | Fox News
California State Sen. Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, urged parents to “flee” the state before it’s too late if they “love their children” in response to what he calls alarming language in a gender identity bill. Legislation AB 957 cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee with an 8-1 vote on Tuesday.Conservative outlet The Daily Signal reported that…
Read More“Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste”
Some attribute this quote to Rahm Emanuel (Chief of Staff for President Barak Obama) who said “Never Waste a Crisis” during the financial crisis of 2008. But he only borrowed and altered it a bit from Winston Churchill who said, “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” during the darkest days of World…
Read MoreChristian School Seeks Relief from Lawsuit Over Firing | National Review
A petition for the Court’s review has been filed by Faith Bible Chapel, which runs Faith Christian Academy, a private school in Arvada, Colo. It’s a school much like the one my youngest three children attend. Christian virtues are woven seamlessly through the day, and the school community gathers in prayer and for inspirational guidance…
Read MoreWhy Is the SBC Membership Declining?
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) released its annual statistics about membership, attendance, baptism, and other matters this week. The data paints a portrait of the largest Protestant denomination in the United States undergoing a significant decline in a relatively short period of time. Source: Why Is the SBC Membership Declining?
Read MoreUtah district bans Bible in elementary and middle schools ‘due to vulgarity or violence’ | AP News
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Good Book is being treated like a bad book in Utah after a parent frustrated by efforts to ban materials from schools convinced a suburban district that some Bible verses were too vulgar or violent for younger children. Source: Utah district bans Bible in elementary and middle schools ‘due…
Read MoreFor Fathers: How to Talk to Your Children
“I wasn’t raised in a _____________ (Christian, good) home and my father never talked to me. So, I don’t really know how to talk to my own kids.” It’s time for some tough talk to dads. That is no excuse for failing your own children in your most basic responsibility as a father—to teach your…
Read MoreOn Christians and Boycotts, Bans, and Petitions
But know this, that in the last days, perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, ]unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of…
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