by Kevin Bauder | Nov 2, 2016 | Bauder's Reading, Hamartiology, Problem Passages, Soteriology
According to Rolland McCune, There are nineteen biblical references to the hardening of Pharaoh, only four of which put Pharaoh himself as the active agent; the rest refer to God. This hardening, while divinely caused was simply divine withholding of the Spirit’s...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 2, 2016 | America, Open Letter, Politics, Religious Freedom
Central Seminary avoids taking political positions on this blog. We discuss theological developments. Sometimes, however, the two overlap. That’s the case with a recent open letter sent by Black church leaders to Hillary Clinton. It’s a hard-hitting...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 2, 2016 | America, Evangelicalism, Periodicals, Politics
The Presbyterian professor comes down pretty hard on evangelicals who condemn “locker room talk” in a presidential candidate while failing to challenge the degradation of popular cultural icons. And he’s right: it’s hypocrisy. You don’t lose...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 2, 2016 | America, Conservatism, How the Left Thinks, Liberalism
Stanley Kurtz at National Review wonders about the ethics of some conservative tactics against liberals, but he also notes how the liberal war against conservatives easily becomes one of personal destruction. His closing quotation from liberal Robert Creamer reveals...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 1, 2016 | Bauder's Reading, Hamartiology, Problem Passages, Soteriology
Here is what Rolland McCune says: Preterition is supported by the following texts. First, Jude warns his readers that “certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our...
