by Kevin Bauder | Dec 12, 2025 | In the Nick of Time
According to Matthew’s gospel, Jesus’ mother remained a virgin until He was born (Matt 1:25). Christians treat the virgin birth as a fundamental for at least two reasons. First, it is essential to Jesus’ claim on the Davidic throne. Second, it is...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 5, 2025 | In the Nick of Time
[This essay was originally published on December 13, 2013.] These days humanism is often equated with secularism or human autonomy from the divine. Originally, however, the term was used to designate the celebration of the humanities, those pursuits and disciplines...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 21, 2025 | In the Nick of Time
In the past, most Christian churches employed a calendar that focused on events from biblical and Christian history. This calendar is sometimes called the liturgical calendar, meaning that it is a calendar that regulates worship. About half the liturgical calendar is...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 14, 2025 | In the Nick of Time
Teaching for Central Seminary has changed over the past thirty years. I used to encounter classrooms full of students from Baptist colleges like Northland, Pillsbury, and Maranatha, or from interdenominational schools like Bob Jones University or Clearwater Christian...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 7, 2025 | In the Nick of Time
The campus sweltered in late August of 1973. I was seventeen. Registering for my first semester of college, I needed my faculty advisor’s signature. He was a new prof, somebody I’d never heard of. But even though I was only a lowly freshman, George...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 31, 2025 | In the Nick of Time
Today—the day this essay appears to the public—is October 31, All Hallows’ Eve. Halloween has become the second most popular “holiday” that is celebrated in the United States. We Americans tend to twist every celebration. As Robert Delnay used to...
