by Kevin Bauder | Nov 16, 2016 | Affections, Alumni, Conservatism, Devotion, Ecclesiology, Our Alumni, Theology, Worship
David De Bruyn has been publishing “A Worship Catechism” at Churches Without Chests. It is well worth a look. I’ve linked to the first installment, but there are several. 1. What is the great priority and purpose of man? Man’s great priority and...
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...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 26, 2016 | Bauder's Reading, Eschatology, Theology
Here’s Paul Washer on hell: In modern Evangelical thinking, hell is often described as a place of torment outside of the presence of God. It is often said that heaven is heaven because of the presence of God, and hell is hell because of His absence. Although...
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 20, 2016 | Affections, Christianity, Conservatism, Devotion, Theology
According to the Scriptures, neither our emotions nor our experiences provide an adequate foundation for the Christian life. Only the truths of Scripture, understood with the mind and communicated through doctrine, can provide that sure foundation upon which we should...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 8, 2016 | Church History, Homiletics, Logic and Argumentation, Theology
Yes, Charles Hodge spoke of theology as science and the Bible as a storehouse of facts. Is that a problem? Kevin DeYoung answers that question at DeYoung, Restless, and Reformed. (For what it’s worth, I like Hodge about as much as a Baptist dispensationalist...
