by Kevin Bauder | Jan 23, 2017 | Ethics, How the Left Thinks, Liberalism
Sojourners worries that “Peaceful Protests Could Be Criminalized In Several U.S. States.” The protests they’re talking about are mobs that block streets and highways. That behavior is not protest, it is extortion. Since one of the states is...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 23, 2017 | Apropos of Nothing
Yes, it’s true. The amputated arm received its own burial and marker. Read the story at Atlas Obscura. Incidentally, Stonewall Jackson was a devout believer. It’ll be interesting to know what happens to his arm at the resurrection.
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 23, 2017 | Bauder's Reading, Theology, Trinitarianism, What We're Reading
Somehow, right at the beginning of the church, the exclusive loyalty and worship demanded by God alone in the Old Testament was assumed to be upheld and not violated by worship offered to Jesus. For all the diversity we can discover in early Christian communities —...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 22, 2017 | Bauder's Reading, Devotion, Lord's Day, Princeton Theology, What We're Reading
Avoid undue rigour, and Pharisaic scrupulosity, for nothing renders the Lord’s day more odious. Still keep in view the great end of its institution; and remember that the sabbath was instituted for the benefit of man, and not to be a galling yoke. The cessation from...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 21, 2017 | Apropos of Nothing
While it advertises itself as a “meditation app,” this site is actually good for a few moments of escape and relaxation. Turn up your speakers.
