Ending the Year, Beginning the Year
As of last Monday, I’ve spent nineteen years as a professor at Central Baptist Theological Seminary. That’s more years than I spent in pastoral ministry… Read More »Ending the Year, Beginning the Year
Kevin T. Bauder
Kevin T. Bauder is Research Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology at Central Baptist Theological Seminary. Not every one of the professors, students, or alumni of Central Seminary necessarily agrees with every opinion that this post expresses.
The Incarnation and Angelic Salvation
The apostle Paul clearly taught that Christ’s incarnation is essential to our salvation. He wrote to the Corinthians, “Since by man came death, by man… Read More »The Incarnation and Angelic Salvation
Hearing the Message
Preaching is hard work. On the one hand, it is a technical exercise, almost a science. A preacher has to handle the Scriptures well. His… Read More »Hearing the Message
Justification and the Gospel
First Things, founded in 1990 by the late Richard John Neuhaus, has become the flagship neo-conservative journal of opinion. Its mission has been to argue… Read More »Justification and the Gospel
This Was Jack’s Life
I encountered my first Chick comic at Pine Hill Hunting Camp near Alpena, Michigan. I was a boy, evenings were slow, and somebody had left… Read More »This Was Jack’s Life
Limited Atonement: Evaluating the Argument
I want to discuss Limited Atonement (Definite Atonement, Particular Redemption—I choose to use the traditional terminology). At the moment, I am not concerned with the… Read More »Limited Atonement: Evaluating the Argument
Convictions and Preferences
The evangelical world has come to make much of the distinction between convictions and preferences. For example, evangelical preacher Andy Stanley recently preached a sermon… Read More »Convictions and Preferences
Events Around Central Seminary
The new school year has been underway for just over a month. So far it’s been a good year for Central Seminary. The Lord has… Read More »Events Around Central Seminary
The Heart and Outward Appearances
In any political campaign, some politicians would like to reduce policy statements to slogans and soundbites. Soundbites, however, admit no qualifications or nuancing. They resist… Read More »The Heart and Outward Appearances
Afraid of Emotion in Worship?
Roger Olson asks, “Why are we afraid of emotion in worship?” The short answer is that we–as in we at Religious Affections Ministries–aren’t. Not in… Read More »Afraid of Emotion in Worship?
Loud Clanging Cymbals
In the last issue, I wrote about a speaker who deviated from his topic to deliver certain remarks—apparently extemporaneously—in defense of contemporized worship. I am… Read More »Loud Clanging Cymbals
A New Song?
It is possible to disagree with people whom we respect. I had that experience earlier this year when I heard a speaker try to defend… Read More »A New Song?
Reading to Understand Conservatism
The current political season has revealed that many avowed conservatives are less driven by ideas than they are by resentment and ambition. The turn from… Read More »Reading to Understand Conservatism
What Seminary Gave Me
In June of 1979 my wife and I left Cambridge, Iowa for seminary in Denver, Colorado. We were towing a fully-loaded twelve-foot U-Haul trailer with… Read More »What Seminary Gave Me
A Colorful Life
Every once in a while God sends a person into our lives whom He uses as a means of grace. A person like that is… Read More »A Colorful Life
Indefensible Dispensationalism 2
In the last issue of In the Nick of Time I suggested that one of the reasons for the decline of dispensational theology is the… Read More »Indefensible Dispensationalism 2
Indefensible Dispensationalism
Dispensational theology has gone out of style. Fifty years ago, probably a majority of American evangelicals held some version of dispensationalism. Today, the balance has… Read More »Indefensible Dispensationalism
On Civil Disobedience
The year was 1986. Even though Ronald Reagan was in his second term, abortion-on-demand remained big business in every state. That was when Randall Terry… Read More »On Civil Disobedience
The MBA 2016
Baptist churches in America organized their first local association (the Philadelphia Association) in 1707. That group soon grew to include congregations all the way from… Read More »The MBA 2016
Central Seminary Receives ATS Accreditation
Meeting in Pittsburgh, the Board of Commissioners of the Association of Theological Schools voted to grant candidate status to Central Seminary on June 17. Central… Read More »Central Seminary Receives ATS Accreditation