Dr. Cabal serves as professor of philosophy of religion in the School of Theology. His research interests focus on philosophy of religion, faith and science, and apologetics. After a radical conversion from atheism, he became a street evangelist, church planter, and pastor. Prior to his current service at Southwestern, Dr. Cabal has served as a professor for Dallas Baptist University, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (1995-1998).

Dr. Cabal served as the general editor for The Apologetics Study Bible (B&H, 2017) and contributed numerous articles to that publication. He has also contributed articles to the Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary (B&H, 2003) and the Worldview Study Bible (B&H, 2018). He has also written journal articles for The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology, the Journal of Frontier Missions, and the Bulletin of Religious and Theological Studies. He is the co-author of Controversy of the Ages: Why Christians Should Not Divide over the Age of the Earth (Lexham Press, 2018).

Dr. Cabal and his wife, Cheri, have three sons and eight grandchildren. He is an avid guitar player.