by Kevin Bauder | Nov 29, 2016 | Christianity, Church History, Church Services
Sunday past was the beginning of Advent. Most fundamentalists are unaware of Advent. If they have heard of it at all, they assume it is just another name for Christmas. But Advent is a fast; Christmas is a feast. Advent precedes Christmas as night precedes dawn. The...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 29, 2016 | Alcohol, Christian Liberty, Ethics
If a fundamentalist had written this, the Convergents </IRONY> would still be spanking him. But Tim Challies, who does not see any biblical prohibition against alcohol, offers a trenchant observation and some wise counsel. What I saw as I read that post is the...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 29, 2016 | Devotion
From Tozer: Whatever keeps me away from God is my enemy. Tozer, A.W. Delighting in God (Kindle Locations 206-207). Baker Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 28, 2016 | America, Conservatism, Politics
Far from shunning diversity, conservatism revels in it–genuine diversity, that is. Bradley J. Birzer at the Imaginative Conservative explains. Our teachers—even in a relatively small town in Kansas, the children of the 1960s—talked about love and peace, but they...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 28, 2016 | Anthropology, Bauder's Reading, Christianity, Culture, What We're Reading
The stories about Abraham’s life in Genesis 12– 25 show that he managed to live as a citizen of two kingdoms by remaining radically separate from the world in his religious faith and worship but simultaneously engaging in a range of cultural activities in common with...
