Posts by Kevin Schaal
It’s Called Grooming
The State of Arizona, with our tax dollars, has set up groom rooms (called Chat Spaces) where your pre-teen and junior high students can interact with adult LGBTQ+ “counselors” and older LGBTQ+ teens about their sexual orientation and gender identity questions. The site is equipped with a quick exit button so that young teens can…
Read MoreThe Tyranny of “Do-Somethingism”
As we celebrate—really celebrate is not the correct word—commemorate Memorial Day, our nation finds itself having memorials of an entirely different type. New York, New York–On April 12, Frank James (62), after posting violent and racist messages on Youtube and Facebook (which were not censored), set out to kill as many people as possible on…
Read MoreGender Expectations and the Bible
A former church member posted this on Facebook recently. “Shout out to my mom for letting me go through my tomboy phase without changing my gender.” There is so much packed into that statement that gives us insight into the gender confusion issue of our age. Let’s unpack for a moment. There are unrealistic expectations…
Read MoreTim Keller Confuses the Abortion Issue
Tim Keller’s series of tweets on why we should not allow politics to create division in the church has created more political division in the church than if he had remained silent. While there was a lot he said, this bit is what caused the uproar. @timkellernyc Here are two Biblical MORAL norms: 1) It…
Read MoreTim Keller, Abortion, and Politics – American Reformer
Pastor Tim Keller thinks “many American Evangelicals have no coherent understanding of how to relate the Bible to politics.” He made this lament on Twitter, posting it as part of his argument that “Churches should not destroy unity or fellowship over political differences.” It seems this inability to connect Biblical truth to the political sphere…
Read MoreThe Battle is Not Done
This is my Father’s world: Oh, let me ne’er forget That though the wrong seems oft so strong, God is the ruler yet. This is my Father’s world, The battle is not done: Jesus who died shall be satisfied And earth and Heav’n be one. So, of all days to protest FOR abortion “rights”, Mother’s…
Read MoreUnited Methodist bishops acknowledge breakup is imminent | AP News
[This is a form ecclesiastical separation within the Methodist Church. KES] The United Methodist Church’s Council of Bishops, ending a five-day meeting Friday, acknowledged the inevitable breakup of their denomination – a schism that will widen this weekend with the launch of a global movement led by theologically conservative Methodists. The breakaway denomination, called…
Read MoreLGBTQ advocates working with Latter-day Saints on legislation across U.S. – Deseret News
[This is a clip from an article originally published by Deseret News–an LDS publication. Historically, LGBTQ rights almost always came at the expense of religious liberty, or the liberty of other people within the community. Any movement that demands affirmation of sin is a denial of religious liberty. We are Baptists and we certainly are…
Read MoreOn Elon Musk, Twitter, and Baptists
Those three words are not what you expect to see associated together. After all, Elon Musk is not a conservative or a Christian, regardless of what Fox News or CNN tells you. He clearly does not judge himself against the standards of biblical morality. Twitter is not something typically associated with Baptists either. I know…
Read MoreHand-implanted microchip could be used for contactless payments
A tech company is rolling out a microchip that can be implanted in people’s hands with the goal of making contactless payments easier.London-based Walletmor said the chip will work with the Purewrist app, a digital wallet. After downloading the app, users will go to a specialist to have a chip installed in their hands that…
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