by Kevin Bauder | Jan 25, 2017 | Christianity, Evangelicalism, Separation, The Gospel, Theology
What is a gospel issue? How do we recognize one when we see it? D. A. Carson addresses the problem in an insightful essay for Themelios. Here’s one side of the story; it’s worth reading the other: [B]ecause of the complex entanglements of theology, with a...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 25, 2017 | Bauder's Reading, Theology, Trinitarianism, What We're Reading
[T]he pro-Nicene theologians quickly developed what we might call a “two-state hermeneutic.” Their description tended to draw on the language of Philippians 2 to insist that some texts spoke of the Son in the form of God, while others spoke of him in the form of a...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 24, 2017 | America, Art and Literature, Culture, Social Issues
The Washington Post reports that as part of his budget-cutting measures, President Trump wants to pull the plug on the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He also wants to privatize the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. As...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 24, 2017 | Hermeneutics, Homiletics
Preaching at a pre-inauguration service, Pastor Robert Jeffress of First Baptist Church in Dallas had this to say: When I think of you, President-elect Trump, I am reminded of another great leader God chose thousands of years ago in Israel. The nation had been in...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 24, 2017 | Israel
One of President Trump’s first official acts has been to invite Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington. Read the story and the agenda at Israel Hayom.
