by Kevin Bauder | Jan 31, 2017 | Biblical Studies, Devotion, Old Testament
Scott Aniol of Southwestern Baptist Seminary has begun an exposition of Psalm 137. His second installment is on the historical background to the psalm. Two of the most well-known stories from the Old Testament are specifically meant to highlight how difficult it was...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 30, 2017 | Aging, Work
I don’t know who Hugh Whelchel is, but he’s spot on in this essay on Christian retirement. I thank God for “retired” people who continued to do God’s work in the churches I pastored.
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 30, 2017 | Christian Liberty, Christianity, Education, Evangelicalism, Institutions, Islam
J. Daryl Charles argues that the firing of Larycia Hawkins had nothing to do with her hijab and everything to do with her theology. The essay asks: Ultimately, do American Christians have the theological and moral backbone to stand firm in the midst of cultural...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 30, 2017 | America, Culture, How the Left Thinks
Writing for First Things, K. E. Columbini points out the strong bias against rural life that dominates the media. Examples of this [rural] purge abound, mostly between 1969 and 1975: Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, Mayberry R.F.D., Lassie, Family Affair, Hogan’s...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 29, 2017 | Bauder's Reading, Devotion, Lord's Day, Princeton Theology, What We're Reading
Whilst you conscientiously follow your own sense of duty in the observance of the rest of the sabbath, be not ready to censure all who may differ from you in regard to minute particulars, which are not prescribed or commanded in the word of God. Archibald Alexander, A...
