by Kevin Bauder | Oct 26, 2016 | Bauder's Reading, Eschatology, Theology
Here’s Paul Washer on hell: In modern Evangelical thinking, hell is often described as a place of torment outside of the presence of God. It is often said that heaven is heaven because of the presence of God, and hell is hell because of His absence. Although...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 26, 2016 | Church Services, Culture, Parenting, Worship
Jonathan Ainger at Ponder Anew lists “20 Hymns Your Kids Should Know.” He also has some good advice about teaching your children to sing hymns. I grieve for this and subsequent generations of churched children growing up without any awareness of the rich...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 26, 2016 | America, Christianity, Politics
Yup. By Ross Douthat. America needs a religious right. Maybe not the religious right it has; certainly not the religious right of Carson and Falwell Jr. But the Trump era has revealed what you get when you leach the Christianity out of conservatism: A right-of-center...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 26, 2016 | Church History, Devotion, Suffering
You’ve heard about it. Thanks to Adrian Warnock, you can now read about it. How many pastors could say what Spurgeon said? Lower they cannot sink who are already in the nethermost depths. Misery itself is the guardian of the miserable. All things combined to...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 25, 2016 | Catholicism, Christianity, Church History, Reformation
Ryan Reeves teaches at Gordon-Conwell. I love his little videos on church history. Here he answers the question, “Did Luther Intend the Reformation?”