Posts by Kevin Schaal
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Dismantles Church Music Studies | Jonathan Aigner
In response to yesterday’s post about the dismantling of the music program at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, there were a few comments expressing hope that, at least, the once-prominent School of Church Music at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary was still offering legitimate church music studies.That is apparently not the case, according to multiple sources close…
Read MoreThe Ministerial Exception After Hosanna-Tabor: Firmly Founded, Increasingly Refined | The Federalist Society
The Supreme Court’s unanimous 2012 decision in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC firmly established what the federal courts of appeals had previously recognized for decades: that religious ministries have an absolute First Amendment right to select their own religious ministers, free from government interference.[1] The Court, like many courts of appeals before…
Read MorePlanning Theologically-Themed Worship Services
Regarding last week’s blog, some asked for an elaboration on how worship has changed our congregation. There are a lot of essential elements to worship described in the New Testament. Prayer, singing, public reading of scripture, teaching/preaching, and observation of the ordinances are just a few. True worship is comprised not just of the elements…
Read MoreGod is Not the Audience of Our Worship
In our fellowship meeting last week Kevin Bauder quoted Peter Masters saying that God is not the audience of our worship, He is the object of our worship. Immediately, I understood this to be true, but over the past few days I have contemplating its implications. Worship has been my “thing” conceptually since I did…
Read MoreSome Reasons Why We Do Not Preach and Teach the Things We Should
It is so easy to fail in our mission to pass vital messages from one generation to the next. I often find myself falling into this trap. It is not just about the importance of biblical fundamentalism, it is about important doctrines and life lessons of all kinds. These are the battles that I face…
Read MoreA Roundtable Discussion on “The Fundamentals”
[Note: we published this article, a synopsis of a recent roundtable discussion, in the May/June 2019 issue of FrontLine. With this republication, we make available the full video recording of the discussion. You may access it here. Please note the password! “FBFI” (without the quotes)] Dr. Kevin Schaal (FBFI president), Dr. Kevin Bauder (Central Seminary),…
Read MoreWould You Give Your Life?
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends (John 15:13). I have seen the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier many times now. Every time it moves me to tears. The solemnness and dignity of it make me proud to be…
Read MoreYounger People are More Opposed to Abortion than Older Ones–USAToday
Younger people are opposed to abortion. Perhaps more alarming for the Democrats is that younger people moved in greater proportion towards the pro-life position than older age cohorts. And a May 2019 Hill-HarrisXsurvey found that 55% of those polled found a Georgia-style six-week abortion ban either “just right” or “too lenient.” Again, broken down by…
Read MoreIraqi Christians Face an Impossible Choice – The Atlantic
The call came in 2014, shortly after Easter. Four years earlier, Catrin Almako’s family had applied for special visas to the United States. Catrin’s husband, Evan, had cut hair for the U.S. military during the early years of its occupation of Iraq. Now a staffer from the International Organization for Migration was on the phone.…
Read MoreThe Fundamentals
FrontLine | May/June 2019 | VOLUME 29 | NUMBER 3 As the twentieth century dawned, a battle for the gospel broke out in the United States and around the world. The battle was not confined to any particular denominational group. The early fundamentalists understood that the very soul of New Testament Christianity was at stake—…
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