by Kevin Bauder | Dec 10, 2016 | Affections, Bauder's Reading, C. S. Lewis, History, What We're Reading
The deepest of worldly emotions in this period [the Middle Ages] is the love of man for man, the mutual love of warriors who die together fighting against odds, and the affection between vassal and lord. We shall never understand this last, if we think of it in the...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 10, 2016 | America, Education, Family
Kerry McDonald says, “It’s a Great Time to Be a Homeschooler.” Read at the Foundation for Economic Education. According to new data released this month by the U.S. Department of Education, the number of homeschooled children has doubled since 1999 to...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 10, 2016 | America, Israel
Ruthie Blum, managing editor of the Algemeiner, evaluates Kerry’s performance as Secretary of State for Israel Hayom. Her article is entitled, “Good Riddance, John Kerry.” If that doesn’t give you a sense of how she feels, here’s a...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 9, 2016 | Christianity, Christology, Church History
Why do we celebrate Christmas on December 25? Is Christmas really a “baptized” pagan holiday? William J. Tighe answers these questions in “Calculating Christmas” at Touchstone Magazine. Rather, the pagan festival of the “Birth of the...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 9, 2016 | A. W. Tozer, Bauder's Reading, Devotion, Homiletics
But my task is to give a report on the character of God, or as I like to state it, the perfection of God. I want to tell you what God is like, and when I am telling you what God is like, if you read and listen with an open mind, you will find faith spring up...