by Kevin Bauder | Nov 22, 2016 | Conservatism, Education
The editorial board of the Harvard Crimson has expressed concern over the “ideological uniformity” of the university. The solution? More conservatives. The most glaring ideological diversity deficit among undergraduates is the relatively small number of...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 22, 2016 | Culture, Education, Manliness
So say Brent and Kate McKay at The Art of Manliness. They offer eight reasons “Why Every Man Should Study Classical Culture.” Here’s a bit: Our educational system has become increasingly specialized. We’ve created artificial barriers between...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 22, 2016 | Anthropology, Bauder's Reading, Christianity, Culture, Politics, Sacred and Mundane
Scripture requires a high view of creation and of cultural activity, but it also requires a distinction between the holy things of Christ’s heavenly kingdom and the common things of the present world. It requires a distinction between God’s providential sustaining of...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 22, 2016 | America, Conservatism, Ecclesiology
. . . we have an electoral college. The American founders were wise enough to understand what the democraphiles do not: population is not the only interest that ought to be represented in an election. The cartoon is from World Magazine online. Incidentally, the same...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 22, 2016 | Christology, Evangelicalism, Reports, Theological News, Theology, Trinitarianism
I wasn’t at the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society this year. By all accounts, though, the debate about the Trinity was a highlight. Defending “eternal functional subordination” were Wayne Grudem and Bruce Ware. Denying it was...
