Posts by Kevin Schaal
7 Important Life Lessons from a Godly Father
This is my first Father’s Day without my father being present to honor. He went home to heaven in January after battling Covid. I was fearing this day, but I should not have. Thinking about dad on this day has made me thankful for him and for the things that he taught me that remain…
Read MorePray for the President
Did that get your attention? Ours is not a convenient faith. We are bound by the commands of the word of God no matter how difficult they might be for us. While there was a lot of division in evangelical and fundamental circles regarding our previous president, there is not much sympathy at all for…
Read More‘Our Lord Isn’t Woke.’ Southern Baptists Clash Over Their Future. – WSJ
Some in the influential evangelical denomination fear a drift away from conservative principles, others say close alignment with Republican Party politics hurts its appeal to a wider audience. An election for a new leader will help define the group’s path after the Trump presidency. Source: ‘Our Lord Isn’t Woke.’ Southern Baptists Clash Over Their Future.…
Read MoreBiblical Submission Does Not Justify Abuse (or even permit it)
If you are a man who regularly (or even not so regularly) preaches submission to your wife, you need to take a long look in the mirror. Her submission is not your responsibility. Loving her like Christ loved the Church is your responsibility, and abusing her in action or word is a gross violation of…
Read MoreSeven Ways to Improve Your Church’s Observance of the Lord’s Table
This is Memorial Day. On this day we remember those who gave their lives to preserve the freedoms we hold dear. Our congregation has chosen on the Sunday before Memorial Day every year to observe the Lord’s Table in the spirit of remembering the One who gave His life to save us from the…
Read MoreFree Money from Uncle Joe!
When you sit down to eat with a ruler, Consider carefully what is before you; And put a knife to your throat If you are a man given to appetite. Do not desire his delicacies, For they are deceptive food. (Proverbs 23:1-3) This summer the US government is going to start sending out checks—monthly—for families with children. $300 a month PER…
Read MoreFight the Good Fight
1 Timothy 1:18-20 This passage is a very personal commission given from Paul to Timothy. However, it is also the commission that is laid upon every minister of the gospel and especially pastors. There will always be false teachers in the world and one of the essential aspects of ministry is fighting the good fight…
Read MoreState Department allowing U.S. embassies to fly LGBT ‘Pride’ flags
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is allowing U.S. diplomatic posts around the world to fly the LGBT “Pride” flag on the same flagpole as the U.S. flag during “Pride season.”In a cable first reported by Foreign Policy magazine on April 22, Blinken granted U.S. diplomatic outposts “blanket written authorization … to display the Pride flag…
Read MoreI Identify as a Blood Bought Believer in Jesus Christ
We live in a culture where people like to wear tags, and especially what to “identify” according to specific groups and preferences. Some want to carry those identities with them into Christianity. A few years ago, a visitor to our morning announced to me as he greeted me, “I am a non-practicing gay person…
Read MoreIt’s Time to Preach the Law
David should have helped Goliath? Lexus has recently produced a new, scripturally ignorant commercial. Empathy means not “David versus Goliath, but David helping Goliath.” (here) This is just dumb. Goliath’s clearly stated purpose was to enslave all of Israel and feed the flesh of David to the birds. You would think that empathy has a…
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