by Kevin Bauder | Oct 28, 2022 | In the Nick of Time
How should we view the Bible? How should we use it? One of the ways we can answer these questions is to see how Jesus viewed and employed the Bible. When we do, we discover that Jesus both saw and used the Bible as the authoritative word of God. The first glimpse that...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 21, 2022 | In the Nick of Time
Discussions of Pilgrim’s Progress tend to focus upon either its literary value or its theological interpretation. Not many interpreters speak of its value as a work of fantasy. Yet Bunyan chose to incorporate multiple fantastic elements, and those fantastic...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 14, 2022 | In the Nick of Time
After he passes through the Wicket Gate (salvation), but before he reaches the cross and the sepulcher (assurance), Christian stops to visit the Interpreter’s House. Guided by the Interpreter, he is confronted with a series of unusual, vision-like scenes. Each...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 7, 2022 | In the Nick of Time
John Bunyan was a Puritan, but Puritans came in different sorts. They held differing views of church polity. They also applied their Calvinism in various ways. For example, even though they affirmed justification through faith alone, they also recognized the...
by Kevin Bauder | Sep 30, 2022 | In the Nick of Time
What manner of thing is Pilgrim’s Progress? Clearly it is a work of literature—indeed, a powerful one—but what kind of literature is it? The book is surprisingly difficult to classify, but several observations are in order. To begin with, Pilgrim’s...
