Posts by Kevin Schaal
Jesus Loves the Little Children
The head of a New York City private school that has been accused of indoctrinating students with progressive politics and “anti-racist” orthodoxy privately acknowledged that the school is guilty of “demonizing white people for being born,” according to audio from a conversation he had with a whistleblower teacher (here). Not just in this country but…
Read MoreFor the Church, Change Is Not Necessarily Failure
After a year of Covid-19, riots, political upheaval, and changing political landscape one thing is clear. The world as we once knew it is gone and it is not coming back. February of 2020 seems like it was a different century. Christian Colleges are facing a presidential executive order that would force them to abandon…
Read MoreJohn Piper’s son skewers evangelicals as TikTok star rises – The Christian Post
This is a sad story, and any one of us can end up with an unbelieving child. There is a minor point in this story that struck me. It might just be a misstatement but it reflects the wrongheaded theology of many. Abraham Piper did not BECOME and unbeliever at 19. Our children are not…
Read MoreSupreme Court rules against California’s limits on in-home religious gatherings | Fox News
The ruling stated that before it can limit religious gatherings, the government must prove they pose a greater danger than secular activities that remain open, such as shopping or attending movies.”Otherwise, precautions that suffice for other activities suffice for religious exercise too,” the majority opinion said, adding that California “treats some comparable secular activities more favorably…
Read MoreIs Universal Basic Income Biblical?
A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses…
Read MoreFence put up around GraceLife Church west of Edmonton | CTV News
EDMONTON — A fence has been erected around an Alberta church after its congregation has met for months in violation of provincial COVID-19 orders.Chain link fencing surrounded GraceLife Church and its parking lot in Parkland County west of Edmonton Wednesday morning.Alberta Health Services said it “physically closed” the building and will be preventing access to…
Read MoreThank God for Sunday!
There is a great emphasis made on the Sabbath and Sabbath worship in scripture and there are arguments whether Sunday is the “Christian Sabbath” or not. As dispensationalists, we refrain from calling Sunday the Christian Sabbath although we readily agree that Sunday fills the “one in seven” rest principle established at creation. However, the worship…
Read MoreThe Triumphal Entry Wasn’t Really All That Triumphant
The traditional emphasis makes for a really good Sunday School story and coloring pictures. We all remember the pictures of happy children shouting “Hosanna!” and laying palm branches in front of Jesus as He rode into Jerusalem on a donkey. The crowd was happy, but the key players in the events that would take place…
Read MoreReligious Liberty: Jack Phillips’ Never-Ending Persecution | National Review
While the 7–2 Supreme Court decision was a personal victory for Phillips, it did little to preserve religious liberty or free expression. Even today, a customer can walk into a business, with the force of government behind them, and demand a business owner create a product with overt political and religious messages that do not comport…
Read MoreThe Equality Act Would Criminalize Orthodox Judaism–The Federalist
The Founding Fathers recognized freedom of expression and religious liberty as core elements of diversity and tolerance. Now, nearly 250 years later, Congress is acting to stamp them out, ushering in a new era of government-sanctioned anti-religious bigotry. While no one could argue this is motivated by anti-Jewish bias in particular, the disproportionate repression of…
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