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...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 31, 2016 | Catholicism, Christianity, Church History, Eschatology, Soteriology
It’s not just a coincidence, says Stephen Nichols. And he’s basically right, though he seems to have confused All Saints Day (Hallowmass) with All Souls Day. All Saints falls on November 1; All Souls usually falls on November 2. Halloween is simply All...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 31, 2016 | Bauder's Reading, Soteriology
Rolland McCune is a former professor at Central Baptist Theological Seminary and president of Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary. The most primitive basis of divine election must be in God Himself and not man. It is in His sovereign good pleasure as understood in...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 30, 2016 | Hamartiology, Poetry, Soteriology
A HYMN TO GOD THE FATHER. by John Donne WILT Thou forgive that sin where I begun, Which is my sin, though it were done before? Wilt Thou forgive that sin, through which I run, And do run still, though still I do deplore? When Thou hast done, Thou hast not done, For I...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 25, 2016 | Soteriology, Theology
Justin Taylor offers a discussion of the active and passive obedience of Christ. It’s worth a read. Though some critics of Reformed theology critique the distinction as extrabiblical, I think the New Testament clearly teaches both aspects: the lifelong passive...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 19, 2016 | Art and Literature, Christianity, Christology, Soteriology
The restoration of the famous painting depicting the “Adoration of the Mystic Lamb” is now complete. Read the story here.
