Posts by Kevin Schaal

In May, the SBC commissioned and published a report on the denomination’s response to abuse. It was highly self-critical. Now the DOJ is launching an investigation into the SBC, which never settles well. Such investigations are concerning from several perspectives. The indications from the vast majority of leaders within SBC organizations and educational institutions are…

Recent domestic political events give the sense that we now live more in a banana republic—no longer the stable political environment we have been used to over the last 230 years of our nation’s history. Even though we have had civil wars and world wars, but we generally have had political leadership with limited corruption…

Last Sunday, John Blake with CNN published an article claiming there is an “Imposter Christianity” that is threatening our American democracy. I am compelled to sound a word of warning here. Be very wary when CNN seeks to define what is and what is not true Christianity. And when anyone claims that a form of…

Are growing? Or are you still dealing with that same sin that has plagued you for years?  Are you dead, stale, or distracted? Are you just going through the motions? This is not how it is supposed to be and there is a biblical solution. First, please do not mistake times of sorrow or hardship…

Caleb French and I have developed some web resources that could provide great help in planning simple, God-focused worship, services. I will provide a link to the resources later in this article. We had a panel discussion at our national fellowship meeting and one of the subjects discussed was worship. There was significant discussion about…

Brian Bolton, in an article for Freedom from Religion Foundation, seeks to make a case from the Old Testament that the scriptures allow abortion. He does violence to the biblical text in order to make his case and it is important that we debunk such misuse of scripture. Here is what he says. A pregnant…

God deals with nations as nations and individuals as individuals. This great nation has enjoyed the blessing of God for 228 years. In God We Trust is still printed on the currency. The pledge of allegiance still declares that this is one nation under God. We can rightly be thankful to God for our history.…

Three huge US Supreme Court decisions came down this week and all of them have a significant impact on Christians and Christian ministries. Carson vs. Makin and the future of Christian Education On June 21 the court ruled that state programs in Maine that fund private education cannot exclude religious schools. Adam Liptak with the…