Posts by Kevin Schaal
Global Warming
Kevin Schaal and Mark Bouslog In early February of 2006, eightysix prominent evangelical leaders, including Rick Warren, inaugurated the “Evangelical Climate Initiative,” seeking legislation on global warming. The initiative immediately sparked a reaction from politically active evangelicals such as Charles Colson and James Dobson, declaring that “global warming is not a consensus issue.”1 Since that…
Read MoreShifting From “Come” to “Go”
Kevin Schaal As I pored through hundreds of decision cards I could not help but weep. It’s an experience that is hard to describe and even harder to believe for laborers in North America, but in the Philippines things are different. Student Movement for Christ International (SMCI), a Fundamental student evangelistic organization in the Philippines,…
Read MoreViolence in America and the Human Condition
Kevin Schaal The attention of the world was focused on Charleston, SC, last week as the tragic shooting at the Emanuel AME Church and subsequent events unfolded. Today the nation witnessed one of the most extraordinary scenes ever in an American courtroom.
Read MoreWorship According to Jesus
Kevin Schaal American worship is as fad-oriented as present American society. The slickly marketed, highenergy, fast-moving approach to worship, so popular in the 1980s and `90s, is giving way to the calmer, highly sensory, Montessori-style worship of the Emergent Church movement. The problem with all these worship styles—even traditional forms—is that worship and church leaders…
Read MoreRemembering the Difference between Doctrine and Preference
Kevin Schaal The Bible is a Divine Revelation given of God to men, and is a complete and infallible guide and standard of authority in all matters of religion and morals; whatever it teaches is to be believed, and whatever it commands is to be obeyed; whatever it commends is to be accepted as both…
Read MoreSeeking the Fruit: The Use and Misuse of Paul’s List in Galatians 5
Kevin Schaal Have you ever watched a tree strain and groan to produce fruit? Of course not! A healthy tree connected to proper nourishment naturally produces fruit. The apostle Paul uses this analogy when discussing the fruit of the Spirit-filled life in Galatians 5. The primary error in the interpretation of the “fruit of the…
Read MoreFrom Law to Grace (3)
Keeping Mutually Dependent Concepts Distinct Kevin Schaal Part One: The Role of the Law Part Two: The Remedy of Grace Part Three: The Danger of Mingling Law and Grace III. The Danger of Mingling Law and Grace Therefore by the deeds of the law, there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: For by…
Read MoreFrom Law to Grace (2)
Keeping Mutually Dependent Concepts Distinct Kevin Schaal Part One: The Role of the Law Part Two: The Remedy of Grace Part Three: The Danger of Mingling Law and Grace II. The Remedy of Grace A. Grace for salvation The initial work of Grace. 1. Definition of grace Finding an overall definition of grace in a…
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Keeping Mutually Dependent Concepts Distinct Kevin Schaal Part One: The Role of the Law Part Two: The Remedy of Grace Part Three: The Danger of Mingling Law and Grace The gospel will always be under the attack of Satan. From its earliest proclamation men, in their flesh, have desired to rewrite it in man’s own…
Read MoreHigher Education and Our Daughters
Dr. Kevin Schaal It has been 12 years now since I wrote this article. The little girls mentioned are now 23 and 20. Rosemary works as an RN at a local hospital. Emily is in her sophomore year of college as a Math Education major. When I look into the faces of our two daughters,…
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