by Kevin Bauder | Sep 26, 2025 | In the Nick of Time
Before systematic theologians can deal with questions about content, they must first deal with questions of method and procedure. One of those questions is how to divide the theological curriculum. The usual answer is to follow ten traditional disciplines. These are...
by Kevin Bauder | Sep 19, 2025 | In the Nick of Time
As I write, a week has passed since a Leftist activist assassinated Charlie Kirk. It has become clear that the assassin’s motivation was the effectiveness with which Kirk advocated his views. His opponents found that they could not answer him. Nor could they...
by Kevin Bauder | Sep 12, 2025 | In the Nick of Time
[The essay was originally published on May 7, 2010.] The Bible is full of imaginative literature (by imaginative I do not mean “made up,” but rather “literature that makes its appeal to the imagination”). Much of Scripture is cast in the form...
by Kevin Bauder | Sep 5, 2025 | In the Nick of Time
I grew up around firearms. My father kept a single-shot .22 and a bolt action 12 gauge in the closet. I learned that those were for grownups and children must not touch them. Still, when Dad got them out, we were allowed to inspect them. And he showed us what they...
by Kevin Bauder | Aug 29, 2025 | In the Nick of Time
[This essay was originally published on August 8, 2008.] Fundamentalists are notorious for their refusal to dialogue with other points of view. To some observers—and to some fundamentalists—this refusal to dialogue is part of the definition of fundamentalism. It is an...
by Kevin Bauder | Aug 22, 2025 | In the Nick of Time
John addresses several issues in his epistles. Among these, he tackles the ideas proposed by Gnosticism. Although it was still a relatively new theology, John had first-hand acquaintance with Gnostic ideas. During his old age, he lived in Ephesus at the same time as...
