by Kevin Bauder | Jul 17, 2017 | Baptists, Conservatism, Culture, Ecclesiology, Vocation, Work
African theologian David DeBruyn offers a clear and important biblical reason to reject populist objections to special knowledge. God has so made the world and limited man that we each need to specialise in some domain of human life. We need some to give themselves to...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 11, 2017 | Capitalism, Conservatism, Economics
As an increasing number of evangelicals grow hostile toward capitalism, it’s useful to have a simple definition. Writing for the Intercollegiate Review, Paul Mueller provides that kind of simple definition. He also discusses several varieties of capitalism,...
by Kevin Bauder | Feb 24, 2017 | Conservatism, Culture, Economics, Education
It was fun to join Dan Churchwell for breakfast this morning. Dan is 2001 graduate of Central Seminary. He went on for further education, then taught in several institutions of higher learning. Dan is now the Associate Director of Program Outreach for the Acton...
by Kevin Bauder | Feb 3, 2017 | Conservatism, Social Issues
Writing for the Imaginative Conservative, Dwight Longenecker suggests that in a world turned upside down, conservatives are now the subversives. It used to be that to act against these conservative values was to paint oneself as a subversive. The beatnik, the hippie,...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 20, 2017 | Christianity, Conservatism, Culture, Death and Dying, Memorials, Tributes
David Oestreich passed away on Wednesday after a brief stay in the hospital. A resident of northwestern Ohio, Oestreich was still a young man with a young family. He was one of the most important voices of his generation for conservative Christianity. A poet, critic,...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 19, 2017 | America, Conservatism, Judiciary, Politics
Adam McCleod is a law professor. After being ticketed (wrongly) by a traffic camera, he fought the accusation, eventually securing vindication in court–and spending more than the cost of the ticket. Here he offers his views on the constitutionality of the...