by Kevin Bauder | Sep 2, 2017 | America, Bauder's Reading, Theology, Worship
[B]eing distracted is not sinful per se, and we may be tempted to dismiss deep contemplation as only the province of professional scholars. But in fact, there is at least one area of life in which focused attention and deep reflection are crucial for all Christians:...
by Kevin Bauder | Sep 2, 2017 | Bauder's Reading, What We're Reading
Kevin Bauder writes about his most interesting reading during the 2016-2017 academic year.
by Kevin Bauder | Sep 1, 2017 | Bauder's Reading, Bibliology
God’s word is not simply a collection of facts. It makes moral demands on people. It condemns their unrighteousness and points them toward the all-sufficiency of Christ, whose grace in itself is also a reminder of human insufficiency. Thus, Pharaoh is both hardened by...
by Kevin Bauder | Aug 31, 2017 | Bauder's Reading, Theology, What We're Reading, Worship
God truly does delight in worship. If God is more pleased by practices other than worship, then it is very odd that worship saturates biblical descriptions of heaven. These angelic declarations of glory to God remind us that through our own worship, we join with the...
by Kevin Bauder | Aug 30, 2017 | Bauder's Reading, What We're Reading, Worship
To clarify one matter initially, when I refer to “worship,” I am referring to a distinct activity. Sometimes people speak of all of life as worship, such that going to work is worship, playing basketball is worship, or practicing the piano is worship. It is indeed...
by Kevin Bauder | Aug 29, 2017 | Bauder's Reading, Theology
Now, presumably speech is not predicated of God and humans in a univocal manner: God’s speech did not involve the use of vocal chords, for example, and until matter was created there could have been none of the vibrations we associate with physical sound. Yet by...
