by Kevin Bauder | Jul 21, 2017 | Faculty Publications, Library, Library Tips
Central Seminary’s own Jeff Straub has a pair of essays up at the Credo Magazine blog on “Building a Theological Library.” Jeff should know! The first essay is about electronic libraries; the second is about print libraries. Essay 1 Essay...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 21, 2017 | Anthropology, Culture, Friendship, Manliness, Politics, Social Issues
Anthony Esolen writes eloquently for Touchstone Magazine about pansexualism, philosophy of language, and how contemporary sexual openness has brought an end to serious male friendships. This essay is a bit longer to read, but its implications are profound. By now the...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 20, 2017 | Bauder's Reading, History, Persecution, Religious Freedom, Tolerance, What We're Reading
Toleration–allowing freedom of expression–has no logical limits. In religion it includes ritual, which is action as well as words. But does it include burning the country’s flag? Law in the United States says yes. What of behavior onstage that many...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 20, 2017 | Family, Marriage
. . . on submission in Marriage. From Doug Wilson. Since Wilson labels these as “theses,” we assume that they are intended as propositons for debate. Here’s a sample: The Bible does not require a universal submission of women to men, or the necessary...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 20, 2017 | America, Religious Freedom
The text of the attorney general’s speech to the Alliance Defending Freedom has been reprinted by The Federalist. Read it here. America has never thought itself to be a theocracy. Our founders, at least the most articulate of them, believed our government...