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Titus 1:6–9 is a key passage for determining who may or may not be a pastor in a church. Titus 1:6 describes how a pastor… Read More »An Essential for Every Pastor: Being a Man of the Word (Titus 1:9)
Kevin T. Bauder Pastors work with people, so they need personal skills. Pastors work with churches as organizations, so they need administrative skills. More than… Read More »A Pastor’s Reading Plan, Part One: Periodicals
The way that you live will be controlled ultimately by your image of the good life—what it means to really flourish and prosper, And, in… Read More »Imagination Formed by Scripture’s Music
Defining beauty is no easy task. A definition of beauty or the beautiful has eluded the grasp of those who wish a definition with mathematical… Read More »Beauty’s Definition
Understanding Ephesians 5:22–33 is essential for every marriage. Paul commands wives and husbands how to relate to one another in marriage and explains how and… Read More »“The Mandates and Mystery of Marriage” – Ephesians 5:22–33
Kevin T. Bauder The Sixth Commandment forbids murder. This commandment is one of God’s moral laws, grounded in His nature, and articulated across the dispensations.… Read More »Implications of a Commandment
The Christian life is meant to be a life of obedience grounded in discernment. “Test all things; hold fast what is good.” (1 Thess. 5:21)… Read More »Tattoos: To Do or Eschew?
A lot of Christians have the wrong image when they read Psalm 1. They think if they just choose the righteous path, then everything will… Read More »What Shapes Your Image of the Good Life?
Kevin T. Bauder (With apologies to Wilbur Smith, who has already used this title, and to Murray Harris, who borrowed it from him before I… Read More »Before I Forget
We are living in what potentially could be very discouraging times for Christians seeking to live lives that glorify the Lord. But as I pointed… Read More »Contrasting Images of Blessedness
How can beauty be a real property if the question of “taste” enters in? If so many people find so many different things beautiful, then… Read More »Beauty’s Difficulties: Accounting for Taste
Kevin T. Bauder One of the blessings of living in the United States of America is freedom of speech. No American needs to ask permission… Read More »Protests, Yes. Lawbreaking, NO!
The Book of Psalms in Hebrew was originally called Tehillim—“Praises.” That probably doesn’t surprise you; we often associate the psalms with praise. We expect to… Read More »Praise in the Midst of Wickedness
After more than a century of grappling with Descartes’ division of knowledge into “subjective” and “objective”, eighteenth-century thinkers developed a way to rescue the concept… Read More »Beauty’s Difficulties: The Problem of Taste
One of the most frequent questions I get is regarding how and when to start homeschooling a young child. Everyone is a little apprehensive the… Read More »Tips and Resources for Homeschooling Kindergarten and Young Children
A pastor’s children are to be kept “submissive” according to 1 Timothy 3:4. They should obey their father and follow his instruction in the home.… Read More »The Kind of Behavior by Children That Disqualifies Their Father for Pastoral Ministry
Kevin T. Bauder The summer has not gone as I intended. Of course, many folk can say the same, what with the restrictions imposed in… Read More »Unexpected Interruptions
The topic of beauty suffers not only because its definition is disputed, but because beauty is often a victim of misidentification. These wrong associations lead… Read More »Beauty’s Difficulties: A Case of Mistaken Identity
Two verses describe the children in a pastor’s home, and it is debated whether or not the descriptions in these verses require that a pastor’s… Read More »The Children in a Pastor’s Home: Must They Be Saved?
I’m obviously very thankful for science, I’m thankful for medical advancements that improve quality of life, I’m thankful for technology. However, what our current situation… Read More »Lessons from a Pandemic: Science Is Limited