by Kevin Bauder | Jul 25, 2017 | Memorials, Notices, Tributes
Haddon Robinson passed away on July 22. He was not a fundamentalist; in fact, he once presided over one of the nations leading neoevangelical seminaries. Nevertheless, he profoundly influenced the way many fundamentalists preach. That influence, whether direct or...
by Kevin Bauder | Jan 20, 2017 | Christianity, Conservatism, Culture, Death and Dying, Memorials, Tributes
David Oestreich passed away on Wednesday after a brief stay in the hospital. A resident of northwestern Ohio, Oestreich was still a young man with a young family. He was one of the most important voices of his generation for conservative Christianity. A poet, critic,...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 25, 2016 | Church History, Evangelicalism, Tributes
Justin Taylor has a good summary of his life, plus videos of an interview in which Barrows reminisces about his history with Billy Graham.
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 18, 2016 | Alumni, Observations, Our Alumni, Tributes
Yesterday (Thursday, November 17), was Bruce Charpie’s funeral. He passed away a few days ago after a brief bout with leukemia. The funeral was one of the most Christ honoring that I can remember attending. It was genuinely a model of how believers ought to mark...
by Kevin Bauder | Nov 17, 2016 | Church Services, Evangelicalism, Fundamentalism, Tributes
Cliff Barrows died on Tuesday. He was the song leader for the Billy Graham evangelistic team. But he was much more. I don’t know how I’d ever document this, but I’m convinced that Barrows became the model for two generations of fundamentalist and...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 22, 2016 | Catholicism, Christianity, Observations, Tributes
The essay is “Packer at Ninety,” and you’ll find it at First Things. It has been my privilege to know and work closely with Jim Packer for the past thirty-five years, only a fraction of his long and still amazingly productive career. I have seen him...