by Kevin Bauder | Nov 14, 2016 | America, Politics, Religious Freedom
Ryan Anderson offers a cogent set of recommendations in “Make Religious Freedom Great Again.” Whether it be harassing an order of nuns, forcing doctors to perform sex-reassignment therapies, or preventing local schools from finding win-win compromise...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 13, 2016 | Atonement, Poetry, Soteriology
Charitas Nimia; Or, The Dear Bargain Richard Crashaw Lord, what is man? why should he cost Thee So dear? what had his ruin lost Thee? Lord, what is man, that Thou hast over-bought So much a thing of naught? Love is too kind, I see, and can Make but a simple...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 12, 2016 | Christianity, Church Services, Ecclesiology, Pastoral Theology
Miguel Ruiz offers “10 Signs a Church May Be Trying Too Hard to Be Hipster.” He includes suggestions for “better ideas.” Here’s a sample: 7. Everything is super casual. We dress comfortable to feel comfortable. People like being...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 12, 2016 | Anthropology, Education, Ethics, Fundamentalism, World Events
If you’re not acquainted with the transgender silliness that’s been taking place at Nova Classical Academy in Minnesota, “Transgender Conformity” in First Things offers a good primer. It’s worth noting that the father whose child is at...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 12, 2016 | Bauder's Reading, Culture, Ecclesiology, Eschatology, What We're Reading
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...
