by Kevin Bauder | Sep 5, 2017 | Argumentation and Debate, Theology, Tradition
Doug Wilson considers the role that tradition plays, particularly for those who think they don’t have one. The observation is part of a larger question about the relationship between biblicism and assumptions. Now given that absolutely everyone has controlling...
by Kevin Bauder | Aug 30, 2017 | Argumentation and Debate, Civility, Tolerance
What should we make of the Southern Poverty Law Center, now that it has started labeling traditionalist and Christian groups as “hate groups?” Peter Wood of the National Association of Scholars offers an opinion. The culture wars impinge ever closer on...
by Kevin Bauder | Aug 3, 2017 | Argumentation and Debate, Politics, Tolerance
A reflection by Joseph Pearce at The Imaginative Conservative, including a critique of the “Coexist” philosophy. A few days ago, as I drove our family to church, I was again affronted by the “coexist” bumper sticker and felt myself muttering the word...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 25, 2017 | Anthropology, Apologetics, Argumentation and Debate, Culture, Liberalism, Pastoral Theology, Politics, Social Issues, Theological News
As usual, what Mohler writes is worth reading. His purpose is not to trounce Peterson. In fact, he incorporates a definite pastoral twist. . . . [Y]ou had better have your answer ready. Evasive, wandering, and inconclusive answers will be seen for what they are. Those...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 14, 2017 | Argumentation and Debate, Epistemology, Hermeneutics, Philosophy
The boys over at Westminster Seminary are fond of saying that there are no brute facts. They are correct. That does not mean, however, that there is no reality to which all truth claims are corrigible. And now comes a reflection from Arminian theologian Roger Olson....
by Kevin Bauder | Jun 26, 2017 | Accountability, Argumentation and Debate, Culture, Epistemology, Logic and Argumentation, Our Alumni, Tradition
Central Seminary alumnus David DeBruyn notes, “The Internet has not only granted full democracy to all ideas, it has tended to flatten out all judgement, and scrap a sense of hierarchy of trustworthiness.” He adds, “The democracy of ideas is...
