by Kevin Bauder | Dec 24, 2016 | Christianity, Church Services, Ecclesiology, Holidays, Local Church, Pastoral Theology, Sacred and Mundane, Theology, Worship
You don’t have to be a strict Sabbatarian to understand that Adam Parker nails it.
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 20, 2016 | Church Services, Death and Dying, Pastoral Theology
Noah Livingston addresses an urgent problem in “Saving the Funeral from an Untimely Death.” He’s right–very right–in most of what he says. When the funeral becomes a cordoned family affair, it degenerates into a matter of personal...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 17, 2016 | About Us, Documents, Downloads, Homiletics, In the Nick of Time, Pastoral Theology
Kevin Bauder writes about “Hearing the Message.”
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 15, 2016 | Art and Literature, Christianity, Church Services, Culture, Devotion, Downloads, Education, Hymnody, Pastoral Theology, Theology, Worship
The Artistic Theologian is a peer-reviewed journal of ministry and worship arts. It is published by Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. Back issues are available for download in PDF and Logos formats. The Artistic Theologian is edited by...
by Kevin Bauder | Dec 13, 2016 | Christianity, Ecclesiology, Faculty Life, Pastoral Theology, Theology
Is church membership necessary? What does church membership mean? What obligations does it entail? Michael Riley answers these questions in “The Necessity of Church Membership” at Diakrisis. Membership is important because church discipline is designed by...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 15, 2016 | Pastoral Theology, Theology, Worship
Kevin DeYoung has an excellent discussion of the doctrine of God’s Providence. You can look at providence through the lens of human autonomy and our idolatrous notions of freedom and see a mean God moving tsunamis and kings like chess pieces in some kind of...