Posts by Kevin Schaal

Covid has transformed the way we live and therefore the way we view the world.  In an article in the Atlantic on Sunday Morning entitled Where Did 7 Million Workers Go?, Derek Thompson cited a survey by Indeed that gave the four top reasons why unemployed workers are not out actively seeking a job: They have…

We are enduring a masculinity crisis in our country. For many years men have been feminized by political forces and even in churches by a misunderstanding of what biblical manhood really is. On one side is the “men need to be more like women” movement, which is accompanied by the “all men are evil” corollary.…

Many dog owners have had the shocking experience of being bitten by their own dogs. Usually, it happens when the master tries to break up a dog fight. A dog is in “fight mode” and bites anyone or anything that gets in its way—even its own beloved owner. Americans are in fight mode right now…

Imagine there’s no heaven It’s easy if you try No hell below us Above us, only sky Imagine all the people Livin’ for today Ah Imagine there’s no countries It isn’t hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion, too. John Lennon’s pantheistic anthem of the 1960s sounds horrible to me.…

500 weeks ago, Don Johnson (on the right above with the trademark bowtie), FBFI board member and church planter in British Columbia took on the monumental task of establishing a blog site for our fellowship. Don’s countless hours of dedicated service have made this site a staple in the lives of many people and an…

Writing about vaccines is going somewhere that angels fear to tread. Last year’s mask controversies pale in comparison to the vaccine discussions going on now. It is a mistake to see this as a Christian vs. secular controversy, or even as a politically conservative vs. progressive issue. After all, it’s Trump’s vaccine that we are…

I had the great privilege of fellowshipping with the wonderful people of Heritage Baptist Church in Manhattan on this 20th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks. One of the church’s ministries is a live radio broadcast on Sunday evening. The subject of our on-air discussion last night was the destruction of Commercial Babylon in Revelation 18…

I identify as a . . . who? In a fascinating article entitled Freedom from Blackness posted Thursday, Jason Hill, a professor of ethics at DePaul University in Chicago made this provocative statement, The fabricated black race should never have been born. It was confected out of false biological taxonomies by Europeans to justify a…