by Kevin Bauder | Dec 9, 2016 | Christianity, Christology, Church History
Why do we celebrate Christmas on December 25? Is Christmas really a “baptized” pagan holiday? William J. Tighe answers these questions in “Calculating Christmas” at Touchstone Magazine. Rather, the pagan festival of the “Birth of the...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 4, 2016 | Christology, Devotion, Poetry, Soteriology, Theology
God of Love Augustus Toplady God of love, whose truth and grace Reach unbounded as the skies, Hear thy creature’s feeble praise, Let my ev’ning sacrifice Mount as incense to thy throne, On the merits of thy Son. Me thy providence has led Through another...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 22, 2016 | Christology, Evangelicalism, Reports, Theological News, Theology, Trinitarianism
I wasn’t at the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society this year. By all accounts, though, the debate about the Trinity was a highlight. Defending “eternal functional subordination” were Wayne Grudem and Bruce Ware. Denying it was...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 20, 2016 | Christology, Culture, Devotion, Poetry
Here are two poems by William Blake. The Lamb Little Lamb who made thee Dost thou know who made thee Gave thee life & bid thee feed. By the stream & o’er the mead; Gave thee clothing of delight, Softest clothing wooly bright; Gave thee such a...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 4, 2016 | Baptists, Christology, Documents, Fundamentalism, GARBC, Homiletics, Reports
PROCLAIMING CHRIST FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT The messengers of the General Association of Regular Baptist Churches, meeting together in regular conference June 28—July 1, 2016, at Harvest New Beginnings in Oswego, Illinois, Believing that the Old Testament Scriptures are...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 19, 2016 | Art and Literature, Christianity, Christology, Soteriology
The restoration of the famous painting depicting the “Adoration of the Mystic Lamb” is now complete. Read the story here.