Posts by Kristopher Schaal
Review — American Gospel: Christ Crucified
If you’ve got some extra time at home due to quarantine measures, consider turning off Netflix and watching a Christian documentary instead. American Gospel: Christ Crucified would be a great use of your time! Note: American Gospel: Christ Crucified (hereafter referred to as “AG2”) is follow-up to American Gospel: Christ Alone (or, “AG1”), released in…
Read MoreYou Cannot Worship with Your Church, but Don’t Skip Family Worship!
As you know, we truly are living in unprecedented times for society and for the church. Not since the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918 have churches in America cancelled services like they are doing now and never has this happened on such a massive scale. Obedience to government, love for neighbor, and wisdom all say…
Read MoreMy Yearly Bible Reading Journey
Some years ago, I began an epic journey. I started reading through the Bible every year. During my senior year in college, reading through the Bible once per year had become a requirement for Bible majors. I was a church music major, so that requirement didn’t apply to me, but it did catch my attention.…
Read MoreThe Name of God and the Movies
Kristopher Schaal Even secular culture cannot help but make moral judgments. Sometimes Christians can affirm the world’s ethic and sometimes we must challenge it. Sometimes the culture gets it right and sometimes it is wrong. One of the ways in which our society has failed drastically is in its assessment of the rightness or wrongness…
Read MorePray in the Spirit
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open…
Read MoreParenting Resources
This spring, I taught a class on parenting at our church. In preparation for the class, I interacted with a number of different parenting resources. Here are five of the resources I found most helpful. 1. Shepherding a Child’s Heart – Outside of the Bible, this is the best overall book on parenting I have…
Read MoreWhy Come to Church on Wednesday Night?
With this post, we conclude a four-part series by the pastors of Life Point Baptist Church in Apple Valley, CA. The ministry at Life Point Baptist Church is typical of many independent Baptist churches, but no two churches have exactly the same format for their weekly meetings. We offer this series not as a formula…
Read MoreSix Reasons to Attend Sunday School in 2018
I think it is true of most churches that the Sunday morning worship service is the service with the highest attendance every week. Yet most churches offer other services to meet a variety of needs. Our church is no exception. Although we don’t take attendance during Sunday school, I would venture to say that Sunday…
Read MoreDoes the Bible Really Teach Two Types of Forgiveness?
Kristopher Schaal I’d like to make a case for two distinct types of forgiveness. When a person gets saved, God forgives all of his sin—past, present, and future. This is often referred to as “positional forgiveness.” Although some people may not like that term, I don’t think anyone even close to orthodoxy really disputes the…
Read MoreLord, Lay Some Soul Upon My Heart
Kristopher Schaal The following testimony is about an event that occurred some weeks ago. Last week, Nathanael and I visited Sun Grove nursing home. We played a trumpet/trombone duet, and I preached. I was really praying that God would save someone, but no one came and talked to me about salvation after the sermon. However,…
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