by Kevin Bauder | Oct 18, 2016 | Bauder's Reading, Charismatic Movement
John MacArthur on D. A. Carson’s theory of tongues in Showing the Spirit: If that interpretation did not come from one of the most respected academic authors of our day, it would probably gain no traction in any serious forum. But because of that particular...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 18, 2016 | Conservatism, Liberalism, Marriage, Religious Freedom
According to Anthony Esolen, it’s not just a war over pronouns, but over reality. Read him here. The sexual revolution always has been a war waged against the ordinary family, against the ordinary ways of men and women and children. The moral law as regards sex...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 18, 2016 | America, Conservatism, Politics
Can you have one without the other? Carlos Flores says NO. The social conservative observes that nature has providentially provided such an environment for the formation of a virtuous people who are ready to participate in (or establish) a political project: the...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 18, 2016 | Education, Ethics, Religious Freedom
We often hear that we should not impose our beliefs upon others. In ways we agree with that statement–and in ways we do not. Ryan Dueck is not a fundamentalist. He is not even a conservative. He is a liberal writing for a liberal publication. But he has some...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 17, 2016 | Art and Literature, C. S. Lewis, Christianity, Conservatism
If you ignore the references to Catholicism and substitute the word conservative for Catholic, Glen Arbery’s essay at The Imaginative Conservative has something useful to say. Here is his conclusion, but you will want to see how he gets there. At present,...
