by Kevin Bauder | Aug 17, 2017 | Hamartiology, Theology
When I break God’s law, I stand above God’s law, and I feel like I am God, the one in control. Seeing myself as one who lives under the law is a constant reminder to me that I am not God but a creature, subject to his rule. The sheer delight Augustine found in...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 19, 2017 | Affections, Anthropology, Civility, Conservatism, Culture, Epistemology, Hamartiology, Logic and Argumentation, Philosophy, Science, Secularism, Social Issues, Technology
Richard Weaver was one of the three or four most important founders of modern conservatism. His Ideas Have Consequences is probably the most important work in defining a conservative outlook. His notion of “metaphysical dream” is priceless. The Imaginative...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 29, 2016 | Atonement, Bauder's Reading, Christianity, Hamartiology, Princeton Theology, Theology, Uncategorized, What We're Reading
The reason why an atonement was necessary, was the inflexible nature of divine justice. This attribute leads the Ruler of the universe to render to every one his due; to treat every one according to his character. The justice of God was manifested in giving to man a...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 18, 2016 | Affections, Devotion, Hamartiology, Holiness, Library, Puritanism
Both for Kindle, both at Amazon, both $3.99. Indwelling Sin in Believers The Mortification of Sin
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 2, 2016 | Bauder's Reading, Hamartiology, Problem Passages, Soteriology
According to Rolland McCune, There are nineteen biblical references to the hardening of Pharaoh, only four of which put Pharaoh himself as the active agent; the rest refer to God. This hardening, while divinely caused was simply divine withholding of the Spirit’s...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 1, 2016 | Bauder's Reading, Hamartiology, Problem Passages, Soteriology
Here is what Rolland McCune says: Preterition is supported by the following texts. First, Jude warns his readers that “certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our...
