by Kevin Bauder | Oct 10, 2025 | In the Nick of Time
Some theologians grow concerned about the use of analogical language. They think that all our statements about God must be meant literally. By literally they mean that words we use of God must mean exactly what they mean when we use those words of ourselves. They fear...
by Kevin Bauder | Oct 3, 2025 | In the Nick of Time
Much, and perhaps all, of what we say about God, we must say by analogy. We use the same words when we talk about God that we use when we talk about ourselves. But we do not use those words in precisely the same way. We say that God exists, for example, or that God...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 19, 2024 | In the Nick of Time
Nothing is more fundamental to right thinking than the first sentence of the Bible: “In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth.” These words, supplemented by the following description, claim that God made the entire created order from the...
by Kevin Bauder | Jul 6, 2018 | In the Nick of Time
There’s a lot of talk about gluttony out there. I mean a lot. Billy Graham wrote a Q&A about it. Joe McKeever rebukes it. John Piper tells people how to conquer it. Rachel Held Evans has compared it to homosexuality, and Kevin DeYoung has weighed in for the...
by Kevin Bauder | Jun 29, 2018 | In the Nick of Time
The Texas morning was already warm and getting warmer. A friend had stopped by just to say hello, and I asked him how he intended to spend what promised to be a hot forenoon. He replied, “I’m going to go to the hardware and buy some ice cream.”...
