Today marks the release of my first book, Understanding Affections in the Theology of Jonathan Edwards: “The High Exercises of Divine Love.” (Amazon Link | Bloomsbury Link) | ISBN 9780567682246). T&T Clark (a subsidiary of Bloomsbury) is publishing it as part of their series T&T Clark Studies in Systematic Theology. I want to give glory to… Continue Reading
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Love for Christ & Scripture-Regulated Worship 5: Christ’s Authority 3
My initial post in this series introduced the idea of worship regulated by Scripture alone (also known as the Regulative Principle of Worship). The second post considered important arguments for the Regulative Principle. The third introduced the argument for the Regulative Principle from Christ’s authority. This argument consists of several subpoints. First, I showed how the New Testament teaches that… Continue Reading
Love for Christ & Scripture-Regulated Worship 4: Christ’s Authority 2
The first post in this series introduced Scripture-Regulated Worship. The second post considered some important arguments for Scripture-Regulated Worship. The third post showed the ways the New Testament explains the authority of Christ in churches. To summarize my argument in that third installment, Jesus Christ sent delegates (apostles) to teach his churches his will for them as churches. This… Continue Reading
Love for Christ & Scripture-Regulated Worship 3: Christ’s Authority 1
The first post in this series introduced Scripture Regulated Worship. The second post considered some of the most important arguments for Scripture-Regulated Worship. The Argument from Christ’s Authority The Regulative Principle cannot be understood as a mere novel approach to worship, or even as the preferred method of worship among of Reformed theologians. Scripture regulated worship is… Continue Reading
Worship Wars and Warriors
Editor’s note: the following essay appears as the foreword to Scott Aniol’s book, Worship in Song: a Biblical Approach to Music and Worship. This highlights some of the perspe ctive from which Kevin Bauder will be teaching his upcoming tuition-free class: “Knowing and Loving God.” Worship wars. It’s a new phrase, but it expresses a… Continue Reading
Shall We Keep the Sabbath?
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Radical Monotheism
by Kevin Bauder Radical Monotheism, Part One: The Most Fundamental Doctrine Radical Monotheism Part Two One True God Radical Monotheism, Part Three: What Is Worship? Radical Monotheism, Part Four: The Prevalence of Polytheism Radical Monotheism, Part Five: The Problem with Polytheism Radical Monotheism, Part Six: The Hapless Henotheist Continue Reading
The Rule of Prescription
by Kevin Bauder The First Baptist Distinctive, Part Four: The Rule of Prescription Continue Reading
Charles Grandison Finney
by Kevin Bauder Charles Grandison Finney, Part One: Finney’s System Charles Grandison Finney, Part Two: Finney’s Influence Continue Reading
Emotion in Hymnody
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Christian Cultural Literacy
by Kevin Bauder Christian Cultural Literacy Christian Culture Again: How Christian Were the Middle Ages? Christian Culture Yet Again: The Erosion of Faith Continue Reading
Shall We Reason Together?
by Kevin Bauder Shall We Reason Together? Part One: The Challenge of Alogicality Shall We Reason Together? Part Two: The Logic of Alogicality Shall We Reason Together? Part Three: The God Who Reasons Shall We Reason Together? Part Four: Ye Know Not the Scriptures Shall We Reason Together? Part Five: Ye Ought to Be Teachers… Continue Reading
What is Worship? by Kevin T. Bauder
The doctrinal core of all biblical religion—the most fundamental of all fundamentals—is the shema (Deut. 6.4-9). It affirms the existence of one and only one true and living God, Yahweh. Since any object of worship becomes a god, to say that there is only one true God is to say that only one being is… Continue Reading