Posts by Kevin Schaal

“We need more young people in the church!” I hear this cry in lots of smaller churches across the country. Why would God give your church more young people, if the older people are spiritually stagnant and unwilling to sacrifice to build and encourage the next generation? Could it be that the problem in your…

Instead of making New Year’s resolutions, write down a New Year’s prayer list.  It is more advantageous, and it keeps our plans and goals for the coming year where they should be—in submission to the will of God. Start life change with prayer.  Bathe life-change in prayer.  Celebrate life-change with rejoicing in prayer. Let’s consider…

When His disciples heard it, they were greatly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?” 26 But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” (Matthew 19:25-26) This is the time of year for making resolutions. These are goals set for the year in…

Pain?  Sure.  Hardship? Yes.  Poverty? OK.  Hard work? Count me in. Death?  That one is very hard, but yes. Public humiliation? Uh, maybe not. Honor, duty. We value these things highly. Civil War commanders sent rows of young men to near certain death with the words “What will your family think of you if you…

Last week, I was finishing a message on Matthew 19 regarding marriage, divorce, and remarriage. It’s a subject I dislike preaching on because the biblical data on divorce and remarriage seems unclear to me, and many Bible scholars disagree on the topic. To illustrate my point, I wanted to reference an article in the Fundamentalist…

Our culture has a despotic ruler that is unwilling to submit to any of the firm laws of faith or reason. He has been allowed free run by virtually everyone, and not only has not been tamed, but has been deemed untamable by almost everyone. We have submitted to his whims without critique or question,…

The question of whether Christians should celebrate Christmas has been debated for centuries. Some believers embrace the holiday as a time to honor the birth of Christ, while others reject it due to its historical associations with paganism and Roman Catholic traditions. Scripture provides guidance on matters of conscience: One person esteems one day above another; another…

And yes, there continue to remain HUGE problems with Roman Catholic theology. Just recently I heard of a conservative Baptist pastor leaving his church and turning to Catholicism. This type of move is not isolated. Many in the conservative political world are doing so with the rise of prominent cultural figures like Candace Owens, Michael…

At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2 Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, 3 and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter…

There is a lot of talk about revival lately. Even secular media types referred to the events surrounding Charlie Kirk’s memorial service as a “Christian revival.”  However, the discussion is not new, it is just amplified in the wake of Kirk’s assassination.  Young people are returning to religion in record numbers. Videos of mass baptisms…