Kevin T. Bauder

Kevin T. Bauder Paul and Silas arrived in Thessalonica with their backs still torn from their whipping in Philippi. In spite of their pain they… Read More »Tried With Fire: Vindication and Retribution

Kevin T. Bauder The conception of Jesus Christ and His birth in the manger were events that occurred in history, but they pertained to a… Read More »Tried With Fire: Like Jesus, Part Three

Kevin T. Bauder Last week we explored the concept of Jesus Christ as the God-man. We learned that He is one person in two natures.… Read More »Tried With Fire: Like Jesus, Part Two

Kevin T. Bauder The incarnation of Jesus Christ brings with it certain mysteries that defy complete description. When we speak of them we step to… Read More »Tried With Fire: Like Jesus, Part One

Kevin T. Bauder We face a kind of paradox in doing the Lord’s work. On the one hand, God often places us in positions that… Read More »Tried With Fire: Direction

Kevin T. Bauder We must beware of mixing the metaphors that God uses to teach us about salvation. For example, the work of salvation can… Read More »Tried With Fire: Chastening

Kevin T. Bauder For all humans, believers and unbelievers alike, life in this world and in this present body is filled with pain. Mortality takes… Read More »Tried With Fire: The Afflictions of Christ

Kevin T. Bauder Abraham entered the Promised Land as a foreigner. Although he spent virtually the rest of his life in the land, he never… Read More »Tried with Fire: A City That Hath Foundations

Kevin T. Bauder The apostle Paul knew how to write with exceptional clarity. Sometimes, however, he chose to express himself in ambiguous ways. A clear… Read More »Tried with Fire: That Ye Faint Not

Kevin T. Bauder Is self-reliance a virtue or a vice? The Bible includes passages that appear to answer this question with a yes. It also… Read More »Tried with Fire: I’ve Got This!

Kevin T. Bauder Denny Burk is one of the leading voices for biblical complementarianism, a perspective that claims that, according to Scripture, men and women… Read More »Submitting to Each Other: A Response to Denny Burk

Kevin T. Bauder The apostle Paul was not given to self-aggrandizement. He understood himself to be the chief of sinners, rescued only by God’s grace.… Read More »Tried with Fire: Lest I Should Be Exalted

Kevin T. Bauder [This essay was originally published on September 25, 2015.] Sometimes things that look alike are actually quite different. One mushroom cooks up… Read More »Thoughts on Baptists and Independence

Kevin T. Bauder [This essay was originally published on February 5, 2016.] The Reformers erected the doctrine of calling in reaction to the Romanist distinction… Read More »Vocation and Vocations

Kevin T. Bauder How perplexing! Christians are supposed to be children of God, heirs and joint heirs with Christ. We are no longer under condemnation—God’s… Read More »Tried with Fire: Suffering and Glory

Kevin T. Bauder Our greatest temptation is not to treat evil things as if they were good. Our greatest temptation is to treat good things… Read More »Tried with Fire: The Things On the Earth

Kevin T. Bauder To all appearances the apostle Paul was less than average. He was probably so short that he couldn’t see over the heads… Read More »Tried with Fire: The God of All Comfort

Kevin T. Bauder On our first Thanksgiving in Denver, my wife and I wanted to drive to Iowa to see her family, then to Wisconsin… Read More »Tried with Fire: Want Wisdom?

Kevin T. Bauder The temperature hovered in the nineties as the August sun beat down on the practice field. We had been running through a… Read More »Tried with Fire: Consider It All Joy

Kevin T. Bauder [This essay was originally published on February 7, 2014.] Those who think that churches should be governed by a self-perpetuating boards of… Read More »Elders Rule! But Congregations Decide