by Kevin Bauder | Dec 23, 2017 | Central Blog, Christianity, Christology, Church History, Holidays
Everyone knows it’s because synchretistic Christians swiped the Roman Saturnalia, right? Guess again. William J. Tighe deals with “Calculating Christmas” for Touchstone Magazine. You don’t have to accept everything in the article to find it...
by Kevin Bauder | Aug 28, 2017 | Bauder's Reading, Christology, What We're Reading
The purpose of the temptation was not to see if Christ could sin, but to show that He could not sin. The temptation came at a critical time: the beginning of Christ’s public ministry. The temptation was designed to show the nation what a unique Savior she had: the...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 31, 2017 | Christology, Pneumatology
Nick Batzig explains for Reformation 21. While the human nature of Jesus was inseparably united to the Divine nature of the second Person of the Godhead, Jesus needed to live a perfectly sinless life in the power and by the grace of the Holy Spirit. It was not...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 23, 2017 | Christology, Devotion, Theology, Trinitarianism, Worship
The Eternal Generation of the Son Frederick William Faber Amid the eternal silences God’s endless Word was spoken None heard but He who always spake, And the silence was unbroken. Chorus: Oh marvellous! Oh Worshipful! No song or sound is heard, But everywhere and...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 13, 2017 | Apologetics, Biblical Studies, Bibliology, Christology, Church History, New Testament
Labeling these claims as “fake news,” the president of Reformed Theological Seminary explains why certain popular beliefs about early Christianity are false. Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene. The divinity of Jesus was not decided until the council of...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 20, 2017 | Christology, Evangelicalism, Theological News, Theology
Those who are interested in the current trinitarian debates will want to take a look at a blog post by Lee Irons with a response by Kevin Giles. The issue is whether monogenes means only begotten or unique. Interesting stuff, though Giles thinks that Irons isn’t...
