by Kevin Bauder | Oct 17, 2016 | Art and Literature, Bauder's Reading, Church Services, Conservatism
I recently came across this snippet from Tozer: Dr. Simpson used to say, “Being filled with the Spirit is as easy as breathing; you can simply breathe out and breathe in.” He wrote a hymn to that effect. I am sorry that it is not a better hymn, because it is wonderful...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 17, 2016 | America, Conservatism, Logic and Argumentation, Politics, Religious Freedom
Over at First Things, Carl Trueman opines that traditionalists are losing the conflict over marriage and sexuality, not revisionists have a better argument, but because they have a more compelling aesthetic. He doesn’t think this situation is going to turn...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 15, 2016 | Bauder's Reading, Christianity, Conservatism, Observations
Tozer’s theory of Spirit filling was deficient in certain ways. But the following statement rings true, and what it talks about hasn’t got any better just because the styles have changed. Then, also, the Spirit gave a bright, emotional quality to their...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 14, 2016 | A. W. Tozer, America, Apologetics, Bauder's Reading, Church Services, Conservatism, Evangelicalism, Fundamentalism
From Tozer: Our trouble is that we are trying to confirm the truth of Christianity by an appeal to external evidence. We are saying, “Well, look at this fellow. He can throw a baseball farther than anybody else and he is a Christian, therefore Christianity must be...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 14, 2016 | America, Conservatism, Logic and Argumentation
John Goerke argues that tone is important. “Right intention” means holding to an ideal of peace, to an ideal of the finer things in life. It is a striking feature of J.R.R. Tolkien that the smallest and most vulnerable of Middle-Earth’s inhabitants rise to be the...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 14, 2016 | Conservatism, Family, Parenting
Writing for the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, Matt Holst challenges the contemporary Patriarchy Movement. Popular now, for some thirty years, Christian Patriarchy, and its twin the “Quiver-full” movement, contain truths about headship, gender roles,...
