It’s been a while since our last dose of Schaap so here we go…

There’s a general rule when it comes to fundy church websites: if the URL of the church website is the name of the pastor, run away! This week’s pick jamesknox.com(also the home of THE BIBLE Baptist Church of DeLand, Florida) certainly fits the bill. Here you’ll find prominent displays of Bro. Knox’s self-proclaimed “classic sermons”, [...]

An old farmer went to the city one weekend and attended the big city church. He came home and his wife asked him how it was. “Well,” said the farmer.”It was good. They did something different, however. They sang praise choruses instead of hymns.” “Praise choruses?” asked the wife. “What are those?” “Oh, they’re okay. [...]

It’s the time of year when people are in a giving spirit. Whether they’re in pursuit of good karma, tax breaks, or just old fashioned goodwill toward men, folks are breaking out the check books and giving of their time. For the average fundamentalist, however, attempting to give to charity is a sticky situation. For [...]

Since the year is almost over, I’ve decided to arbitrarily pick the top 10 SFL posts of 2009 based on nothing more than my own whims and carbohydrate-induced euphoria. 10. Soul Winning 9. Non-Charismatic Divine “Leadings” 8. Teen Missions Trips 7. Bible Covers 6. The 1 and 3 5. Witnessing to Presbyterians 4.The Weaker Brother [...]

It’s that time of year when the world falls in love and peace and earth and goodwill toward men reigns supreme. Yet even in this time of merry-making and fruitcake slinging, fundamentalists will find someone to attack: Old St. Nick. For Santa Clause is THE GREAT IMPOSTER who will lead your children astray not only [...]

From the folks who brought you the classic hit “If There’s Hair On Your Ears “(there’s sin in your heart) comes the new song 12 Fundamental Days of Christmas. “On the first day of Christmas the true church gave to me, a red letter KJV.” Then we’re off to six babies crying, and five comfy [...]

Ripped from the Headlines… (ok, it was actually probably buried on page J32 but still) NIPOMO — A lawn display of a Jesus shooting Santa Claus has residents in one San Luis Obispo County city up in arms. The controversial Christmas display shows a Jesus figure pointing a double-barrel shotgun at a dead Santa figure. [...]

This was submitted by a faithful SFL reader who snapped a picture with his cell phone while visiting a fundy church. He had to do it quickly because in his words “it’s pretty obvious when a guy is standing and pointing a phone at a picture that he’s not texting – I had to take [...]

This week’s pick is the website of Heritage Baptist Church in Endicott, New York. In addition to having the normal fundy website features, this site contains one page of particular note — or many notes as the case may be. Indeed this congregation has discovered music encoded in the Scriptures. This inspired music is “derived [...]