by Kevin Bauder | Jan 2, 2017 | Atonement, Bauder's Reading, Princeton Theology, Rhetoric, The Gospel, Theology
The sufferings of Christ were, therefore, of a strictly vicarious nature. “He bare our sins in his own body, on the tree.” “He died, the just for the unjust, to bring us to God.” “He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities.” “Our...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 2, 2017 | America, Islam, Israel
You sure can’t blame it on his dispensationalism, but Wilson gets it just about right. John Kerry said that Israel had to choose between being Jewish and being democratic. Over one and a half million Israeli citizens are Arab. Most are Muslim, and some are...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 2, 2017 | Affections, Culture, Music
When I used to buy rock albums, my favorite band was Emerson, Lake, and Palmer. They were pioneers of what eventually came to be called Prog, or “Progressive Rock.” The idea was that they combined rock rhythms with classical structures–easy enough...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 30, 2016 | A. W. Tozer, Bauder's Reading, Devotion, Theology
No religion in the world that I know of would treat its God the way we Christians treat our God. We have the true God, yet we do not treat Him with the respect and dignity that the heathen treat their gods. Tozer, A.W. Delighting in God (Kindle Locations 569-570)....
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 30, 2016 | Education
The U. S. Attorney in Manhattan has charged Umair Hamid with “wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft” in a diploma mill scheme. Hamid is alleged to have netted some $140 million. Wow.
