Author Archives: Darryl Knappen

About Darryl Knappen

I shepherd the flock of believers called Cornerstone Church in Alexandria, MN, a family integrated Baptist Church and more importantly am married to a fabulous woman named Pati who is grandmother to our 5 wonderful grandchildren, Luke, Wyatt, Brin, Livy and Eleanor (Ellie).

Can I Keep My Child Out of Hell? Biblical Spankings Are the First Step

Want to spice up the conversation at your monthly teas ladies?  Maybe you want some fireworks at your next bridge night. Or better yet, how about ruining your golf partner’s perfect drive by asking him seconds before he tees off … Continue reading

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Does Abortion Stop the Beating Heart of a Human Life?

Forty Seven years ago today on January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court of the United States found a previously unheard of right to privacy in the Constitution that allowed women to choose to have an abortion without restriction in the … Continue reading

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Dads, Don’t Let Your Sons Grow Up to Be Mass Shooters

Are we getting numb to the news of mass shooters killing innocent people? It almost seems to be the norm today that weekly we will hear of another young man committing atrocious violence on anyone who stands in the way … Continue reading

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Can you Trust the Church with Your Sons? (Or for that matter the Scouts?)

I never had sons, only two beautiful daughters. But now I do have two grandsons, and would I encourage them to be sent off to be altar boys or hand them off to a scout leader to go on a … Continue reading

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“Hey Mom, this is Tina and Amy, Want to Kill Your Newborn? It’s O.K. with Us”

  Nothing but shame on you Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith.  No, that’s not strong enough. In reality you are complicit “Baby Killers”.  That’s right. Normally that would be hyperbolic but not now.  Once you decided to vote “No” … Continue reading

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The Greatest Governmental Overreach To-Date: Ohio Judge Removes Parental Custody of a 17 Year Old Daughter Because She Wants To Become a Boy and Her Parents Want Her to Remain a Girl.

Imagine she’s your daughter. She’s confused. She’s feeling maybe she was born with the wrong chromosome. Counselors are telling her she should be a boy instead of a girl and if only she would have hormone replacement therapy (i.e. heavy … Continue reading

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Why Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood, Deserves the Death Penalty

Caution, this post is going to be extremely graphic as I highlight the information uncovered by the Senate and House investigations into the baby body parts scandal that Project Veritas recently exposed to the public. However, if you are squeamish, … Continue reading

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Syrian Migrants. Are They Trojan Horses to Kill Americans or Helpless Victims to Be Pitied (and helped)?

No matter who you talk to, it seems that people fall on one side of this argument or the other, depending on which side of their hearts are talking. Softies want to rescue the babies while toughies are thinking only … Continue reading

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Kim Davis is Not a Victim of Religious Persecution

She is however, a victim of a tyrannical, out-of-control judiciary that thinks it is both the legislative branch of government and the judicial branch all rolled into one. By now you are probably very familiar with this mug shot of … Continue reading

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How Secure is Your Marriage?

Will you and your spouse still be married 60 years from now (providing of course both of you are still living in your 80’s or 90’s)? Or, to put it another way, are the vows you both repeated on your … Continue reading

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