by Kevin Bauder | Oct 31, 2025 | In the Nick of Time
Today—the day this essay appears to the public—is October 31, All Hallows’ Eve. Halloween has become the second most popular “holiday” that is celebrated in the United States. We Americans tend to twist every celebration. As Robert Delnay used to...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 24, 2025 | In the Nick of Time
Not everyone who receives In the Nick of Time is on Central Seminary’s email list. Those who are not have probably never heard about all the publications and other resources that we make available online. Since these resources have been released over several...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 17, 2025 | In the Nick of Time
We know God through analogies. We know ourselves through analogies. We know the world through analogies. In each case, what we already know provides some parallel to help us grasp what we do not. But how can we have confidence that these analogies are giving us...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 10, 2025 | In the Nick of Time
Some theologians grow concerned about the use of analogical language. They think that all our statements about God must be meant literally. By literally they mean that words we use of God must mean exactly what they mean when we use those words of ourselves. They fear...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 3, 2025 | In the Nick of Time
Much, and perhaps all, of what we say about God, we must say by analogy. We use the same words when we talk about God that we use when we talk about ourselves. But we do not use those words in precisely the same way. We say that God exists, for example, or that God...
