Beauty, Ethics and Worship
Sometimes throwaway lines leave a deep impression. One of those were words written on a blog I avidly followed about fifteen years ago. The writer… Read More »Beauty, Ethics and Worship
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Transformation through the Word
Last week I made the point that discipleship, which is the mission Christ gave his church, involves more than (though no less than) data transmission.… Read More »Transformation through the Word
An Overview of Romans
Romans was written in A.D. 57 during Paul’s three months in Corinth (“Greece”) in Acts 20:2–3. He had apparently received the funds promised by the… Read More »An Overview of Romans
A Life Well Spent
Kevin T. Bauder Robert G. Delnay arrived at Denver Baptist Theological Seminary when I was beginning my Middler year during the late summer of 1980.… Read More »A Life Well Spent
Discipleship: More Than Data Transmission
An important question every Christian must ask is, What does it mean to be a disciple of Christ? Very simply, a disciple will observe all… Read More »Discipleship: More Than Data Transmission
An Overview of 2 Corinthians
Paul planted the church in Corinth in AD 50–52 (Acts 18:1–18a). Paul then went on to Ephesus and wrote a letter to Corinth (cf. 1… Read More »An Overview of 2 Corinthians
The Future of Fundamentalist Education: Curriculum
Kevin T. Bauder Whether American churches are really facing a new Dark Age is debatable. What cannot be doubted is that ministry has become more… Read More »The Future of Fundamentalist Education: Curriculum
The Nature and Purpose of Corporate Worship: Biblical, Not Unregulated
For the past month, I have been tracing Paul’s argument about spiritual gifts in corporate worship in 1 Corinthians 14, drawing out important implications including… Read More »The Nature and Purpose of Corporate Worship: Biblical, Not Unregulated
The Future of Fundamentalist Education: Challenges
Kevin T. Bauder Anybody who gets into the business of predicting the future is on hazardous ground. None of us can see even one second… Read More »The Future of Fundamentalist Education: Challenges
Music That Is Intrinsically Good
The “worship wars” have now ceased, and many people are mostly happy about the cessation. Some of us are less happy, however, because those wars—like… Read More »Music That Is Intrinsically Good
The Nature and Purpose of Corporate Worship: Order, Not Disorder
Sometimes people comment that the New Testament gives us very little instruction regarding corporate worship, but this is not true. There are many NT passages… Read More »The Nature and Purpose of Corporate Worship: Order, Not Disorder
Doctrinal Triage for Worship
Many years ago, Al Mohler published a widely-read article on doctrinal triage, a method for evaluating the seriousness of doctrines. Kevin Bauder then pointed out… Read More »Doctrinal Triage for Worship
The Nature and Purpose of Corporate Worship: Edification, not Expression
Paul’s central argument in the only full NT chapter addressing corporate worship is that for corporate worship, the spiritual gift of prophecy was to be… Read More »The Nature and Purpose of Corporate Worship: Edification, not Expression
Live Images Are Not Living Persons
Our technologies have come a long way from when John wrote, likely using a reed-pen on a papyrus sheet, “I had many things to write,… Read More »Live Images Are Not Living Persons
Summer Picture Book Recommendations
I have vivid memories of spending long summer mornings at the library picking out piles of books to read. My very first trip to the… Read More »Summer Picture Book Recommendations
An Overview of Acts 20:17–38
The text of Acts 20:17–38 has a certain gravity that has endeared its words to the hearts of many. It contains someone’s last face-to-face words… Read More »An Overview of Acts 20:17–38
Disembodied Christianity
During last week, I read one man rage at ‘conservative Christians’ for their desire to re-open churches. He then proceeded to point out that Hebrews… Read More »Disembodied Christianity
The Future of Fundamentalist Education: Students
Kevin T. Bauder By every indicator, historic, mainstream fundamentalism is a shrinking movement. Churches are shrinking. Fellowships are shrinking. Mission agencies are shrinking. Schools have… Read More »The Future of Fundamentalist Education: Students
Hymns sifted in Satan’s sieve of suffering
In the midst of difficult days, it is helpful to learn from those saints who have endured hard times before us. We are self-centered enough… Read More »Hymns sifted in Satan’s sieve of suffering
The Nature and Purpose of Corporate Worship: Believers, Not Unbelievers
In 1 Corinthians 14, Paul makes the specific argument that in corporate worship, the gift of prophecy is to be desired over the gift of… Read More »The Nature and Purpose of Corporate Worship: Believers, Not Unbelievers