by Kevin Bauder | Dec 14, 2016 | Ecclesiology
It’s been tried. Badly, if one holds a New Testament view of the ordinance.
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 13, 2016 | Conservatism, Library Tips
Jed Donahue provides a list at The Imaginative Conservative.
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 13, 2016 | Christianity, Ecclesiology, Faculty Life, Pastoral Theology, Theology
Is church membership necessary? What does church membership mean? What obligations does it entail? Michael Riley answers these questions in “The Necessity of Church Membership” at Diakrisis. Membership is important because church discipline is designed by...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 13, 2016 | Anthropology, Ethics, How the Left Thinks
S. M. Hutchinson asks whether feminists are man-haters in his brief essay, “A Short Course on Feminism.” [E]ven if someone feels no ill-will toward men in general, but supports programs that proscribe maleness in accordance with a formula that makes them...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 12, 2016 | Christianity, Devotion, Ecclesiology, Local Church
His essay is “The Narcissism of ‘Solitary Religion.'” Here’s part of what he says: There is, I suppose, a sort of paradox here, but it is a very natural one. Faith is something that no one else can do for you. It must be your own faith, or it...