by Brett Williams | Mar 30, 2018 | Central Blog, Devotion, Ecclesiology, Holidays, Worship
“The light shines in darkness and the darkness has not overcome it.” Tonight, many liturgical and reformed churches will celebrate the medieval Tenebrae service, or service of darkness. Throughout this solemn event, candles are extinguished until only one...
by Kevin Bauder | Sep 4, 2017 | America, Anthropology, Ecclesiology, Evangelicalism, Race
In one of the most insightful recent articles dealing with race, Scott Aniol argues that White Supremacy and Multiculturalism stem from the same error. Incidentally, this error is widespread within Evangelicalism. Its repetition in “An Open Letter from Christian...
by Kevin Bauder | Aug 26, 2017 | Bauder's Reading, Ecclesiology, Eschatology
This is not the majority view, even within traditional dispensationalism. It is, however, an interesting view. Although the New Covenant is quoted in Hebrews 8, it cannot be taken to mean the New Covenant is fulfilled in the church for in Jeremiah 31:31, as well as in...
by Kevin Bauder | Aug 21, 2017 | Church Services, Ecclesiology, Preaching
Protestantism is not simply a set of theological doctrines. Those doctrines stand in direct relation to practice. If the Reformation understanding of grace is taken seriously, then the reading and especially the preaching of the word of God will stand at the center of...
by Kevin Bauder | Aug 12, 2017 | Ecclesiology, Evangelicalism, Fundamentalism, J. Gresham Machen
Kevin Bauder continues his response to Roger Olson by contrasting Edward John Carnell’s definitions of Christianity and Christian fellowship with J. Gresham Machen’s.
by Kevin Bauder | Aug 3, 2017 | Baptists, Ecclesiology, Evangelism
Pastor David Huffstutler provides a shapshot answer at Religious Affections Ministries. From this terribly brief survey, we could at least say that an evangelist is someone who takes the gospel to those who have not heard it before, whether it be to one person at a...
