Posts by Kevin Schaal

  Are you angry, or feeling persecuted?  Did you get a raw deal?  Is it possible that you are thinking of yourself more highly than you ought to think? (Romans 12:3) For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of…

The idea of separation of Church and State has been important to Baptists as long as there have been Baptists.  As a group that did not conform to the Catholic establishment or the Reformers during the Reformation, separatist groups such as the Baptists often suffered persecution at the hands of both sides.  As a result,…

That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. (Titus 2:4-5)  I know that this verse is obnoxious to many. They are certainly free to…

The answer to this question is a resounding “Yes!” We must be more purposeful about this than ever before.  It must be instruction that is Bible-based and does not follow the extremes or errors of popular culture. Fred McFeely Rogers might have had a pulse on the thinking and feelings of children more than any…

And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them, 28 saying, “Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name? And look, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this Man’s blood on us!”But Peter and the other apostles answered…

  The question people often ask is actually how Judas died.  The Bible seems to describe it in two different ways. He hanged himself and he fell headlong and his bowels gushed out.  The answer to that one is easy.  He died in a botched attempt to hang himself. The result was what he intended, but it…

Weep with those that weep (Romans 12:15) There are times when deep sorrow is right and righteous. This is one. Our hearts broke as we watched the news this week. This one hit home. It’s not that we don’t mourn over the loss of life at a nightclub or a concert, but this one happened…

  “Are those wild camels?” Our questions must sound ridiculous to the native tour guides. As we ascended the heights of Mount Nebo in our tour bus, the guide patiently answered. “There are no wild camels in Jordan. Camels are very valuable. One camel costs 5000 US dollars. They all belong to someone.” As I…

In Romans 3, the Apostle Paul confronts the logic games that he knows that the Jews would make regarding the nature of their Jewish privilege. The contention of the Jews is that they inherit the promises of God by blood. He argues it is by faith and that unbelief does not mean that God is…