by Kevin Bauder | May 18, 2018 | In the Nick of Time
The Association of Theological Schools, the primary agency that accredits seminaries, recently produced a study showing that the number of M.Div. students is falling, while the number of future pastors taking the shorter M.A. program is rising. The study was picked up...
by Kevin Bauder | May 11, 2018 | In the Nick of Time
Paul Greene was already into his mid-eighties before I met him. Our relationship remained distant and casual until I began to plant a church near Dallas, Texas. To my surprise Paul and his wife Mildred quickly identified with that small congregation, later becoming...
by Kevin Bauder | May 4, 2018 | In the Nick of Time
(NOTE: This essay first appeared in August of 2016 under a different title. It is reprinted here because of the contribution it makes to the topic.) Every once in a while, God sends a person into our lives whom He uses as a means of grace. A person like that is more...
by Kevin Bauder | Apr 27, 2018 | In the Nick of Time
I met David Keith in January of 1974. He had just been discharged from the Army (where, as company clerk, he was reputed to have awarded his whole unit a Good Conduct Medal). He rode his Honda 350SL from Panama City up the Pan American highway through Central America...
by Kevin Bauder | Apr 13, 2018 | In the Nick of Time
Where is the line between ordinary and extraordinary men? A man may be quite ordinary in most aspects of life, yet quite exceptional in others. If the unique aspects of his life are seldom noticed, he may be remembered only as an ordinary person. David Nettleton was...