by Kevin Bauder | Aug 16, 2024 | In the Nick of Time
God made humans as mediatorial rulers to rule over creation. In the beginning, God made the world at a relatively lower level of order. Throughout creation week, He brought it to higher levels of order. At the end of the week, He delegated the task of further ordering...
by Kevin Bauder | Aug 9, 2024 | In the Nick of Time
The creation account of Genesis 1–2 is indispensable for a right understanding of both God as creator and the world as His creation. It is also essential for a right understanding of human beings in relation to both God and the created world. What the Bible teaches is...
by Kevin Bauder | Aug 2, 2024 | In the Nick of Time
[This essay was originally published on October 12, 2016.] Dispensational theology has gone out of style. Fifty years ago, probably a majority of American evangelicals held some version of dispensationalism. Today, the balance has tilted in the opposite direction. Not...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 26, 2024 | In the Nick of Time
The opening verse of the Bible has profound implications for a right understanding of God. Its implications for a right understanding of the created world are just as significant. Together with the following chapters, it provides a necessary and adequate foundation...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 19, 2024 | In the Nick of Time
Nothing is more fundamental to right thinking than the first sentence of the Bible: “In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth.” These words, supplemented by the following description, claim that God made the entire created order from the...