by Brett Williams | Jan 15, 2019 | Central Blog, Culture, Education, Seminaries
In recent blog posts, Ben Edwards from Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary weighed in on a post by Dan Wallace decrying the contemporary push towards online seminary training. Both Edwards and Wallace correctly warn prospective ministerial students away from the...
by Kevin Bauder | Mar 22, 2018 | Central Blog, Culture, Hymnody, Music, Resources
If you didn’t know, yesterday was J. S. Bach’s birthday. I didn’t grow up listening to classical music–my clearest childhood recollections are of Tennessee Ernie Ford and Mahalia Jackson. Later on I became a fan of Elton John and of Emerson,...
by Kevin Bauder | Mar 8, 2018 | America, Bauder's Reading, Central Blog, Culture, Faculty Publications, Reviews, What We're Reading
Douglas R. McLachlan. Thirsting for Authenticity: Calling the Church to Robust Christianity. St. Michael, MN: Reference Point Publishers, 2017. 394 pages. Back in the 1990s Douglas McLachlan published a helpful critique of fundamentalism entitled Reclaiming Authentic...
by Brett Williams | Feb 22, 2018 | Central Blog, Church History, Culture, Evangelicalism, Evangelism, Fundamentalism, History, revivalism, Tradition
Few deny that the modern American religious landscape has been shaped by revivalism. From Whitefield to Finney, Wesley to Sunday, revivalism has played a vital role in the formation of evangelicalism. In fact, one cannot understand North American evangelicalism...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 4, 2018 | Alumni, Central Blog, Culture, Evangelicalism
South African pastor (and Central Seminary alumnus) David DeBruyn continues his series on “Ten Mangled Words.” Now he’s turning his attention to the word culture. Jackhammers are not the ideal tool for mixing cake batter. Some mess will almost...
by Brett Williams | Jan 3, 2018 | Central Blog, Church History, Culture
Every winter, Central Seminary conducts the MacDonald Lectures Series in Bible and Theology. This year, Paul Hartog, professor at Faith Baptist Bible College and Seminary, will present lectures on early Christianity’s relationship with Roman culture. Dr. Hartog...
