by Kevin Bauder | Nov 6, 2016 | Art and Literature, Bauder's Reading, Devotion, Poetry, Prayer, Uncategorized
Prayer (I) George Herbert Prayer the church’s banquet, angel’s age, God’s breath in man returning to his birth, The soul in paraphrase, heart in pilgrimage, The Christian plummet sounding heav’n and earth Engine against th’ Almighty,...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 29, 2016 | Christianity, Culture, Devotion, Politics
Somebody said it about Mae West, but it fits Douglas Wilson. When he’s good, he’s very good. And when he’s bad, he’s better. Wilson’s really good with his “7 Encouraging Words in Case 2016 Has Got You Down.” Thanks, Doug. We...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 26, 2016 | Church History, Devotion, Suffering
You’ve heard about it. Thanks to Adrian Warnock, you can now read about it. How many pastors could say what Spurgeon said? Lower they cannot sink who are already in the nethermost depths. Misery itself is the guardian of the miserable. All things combined to...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 20, 2016 | Affections, Christianity, Conservatism, Devotion, Theology
According to the Scriptures, neither our emotions nor our experiences provide an adequate foundation for the Christian life. Only the truths of Scripture, understood with the mind and communicated through doctrine, can provide that sure foundation upon which we should...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 19, 2016 | A. W. Tozer, Devotion
Make your thoughts a clean sanctuary. To God, our thoughts are things. Our thoughts are the decorations inside the sanctuary where we live. If our thoughts are purified by the blood of Christ, we are living in a clean room no matter if we are wearing overalls covered...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 11, 2016 | Devotion, Vocation
While he never attended Central Seminary, Ralph Turk pastored in Minnesota and was for a while part of the Central Seminary environment. He was also one of the professors, and briefly dean, at the seminary I attended. One of the most memorable courses I ever took was...
