by Kevin Bauder | Nov 14, 2016 | Church History, Evangelicalism, Fundamentalism, J. Gresham Machen
Justin Taylor displays a newly colorized photo and explains how and by whom the work was done. For historians and Machen fans, this picture is just about priceless. Among other things, it includes a young Alan MacRae, who would side with McIntire against Machen,...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 3, 2016 | America, Christianity, Economics, Ethics, Evangelicalism, How the Left Thinks, Marriage, Politics, Religious Freedom
Somehow I’ve ended up on the email list for Soulforce, probably the leading professedly Christian LGBTQ advocacy organization. This is from their latest appeal: With Election Day just over a week away, the Religious Right is attempting to mobilize voters who...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 2, 2016 | America, Christianity, Ethics, Evangelicalism, Marriage
Speaking at Neland Avenue Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, philosopher Nicholas Woltersdorff recently argued that biblical justice requires permission for and recognition of same-sex marriage. Woltersdorff is one of the most widely-recognized...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 2, 2016 | America, Evangelicalism, Periodicals, Politics
The Presbyterian professor comes down pretty hard on evangelicals who condemn “locker room talk” in a presidential candidate while failing to challenge the degradation of popular cultural icons. And he’s right: it’s hypocrisy. You don’t lose...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 28, 2016 | Christianity, Economics, Education, Evangelicalism, Fundamentalism
The Chronicle of Higher Education offers a nifty tool that lets you find out what professors make at your favorite university or college–including your favorite Bible college. It also lets you compare their salaries with those of professors in other...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 27, 2016 | America, Culture, Ecclesiology, Ethics, Evangelicalism, Politics
Andrew T. Walker of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Commission on Ethics and Religious Liberty says no in an essay entitled “The Impossibility of the Apolitical Church.” I have to be very clear about something: The church that insists on calling...
