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• Reflections on Suffering

  By H. David Baer on February 28, 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  I form light and create darkness; I make weal and create woe; I am the LORD, who does all these things. — Isaiah 45:7 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to… Read More ›

• To Walk on Water: A Meditation on Faith and Doubt

  By H. David Baer on January 15, 2021 • ( 2 )

  

  When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through the fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. – Isaiah… Read More ›

• Salt of the Earth: A Meditation on the Church and the World

  By H. David Baer on December 13, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt, or is there any taste in the juice of the mallow? – Job 6:6 You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its… Read More ›

• Meditation on Christian freedom

  By H. David Baer on November 15, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  The LORD sets the prisoners free. — Psalm 146:7 For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. — Galatians‬ 5:13 A Christian is… Read More ›

• Is Rod Dreher’s Live Not By Lies a Good Book?

  By H. David Baer on October 24, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  H. David Baer (professor of theology), Alexander Faludy (journalist, church historian), and Joseph Novak (Hungarian Baptist pastor) discuss Ron Dreher’s new book, Live Not By Lies, and consider the questions: How well has Dreher described the experience of East European Christians? Is Dreher right to draw parallels between 20th century communism and American today?

• What Does the 2nd Commandment Say About Worship During COVID?

  By H. David Baer on September 25, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. — Exodus 20:7 You have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by… Read More ›

• Beszélgetések hitről és életről

  By H. David Baer on September 25, 2020 • ( 0 )

  A koronavírus idején, amikor az ország, sőt a világ nagy része be volt zárva, Novák József barátom arra kért engem, hogy beszélgessünk izgalmas témákról az interneten, hogy ne unatkozzunk annyira. Mivel nagyon izgalmas témákat nem találtunk, abban maradtunk, hogy életről,… Read More ›

• Secularization Strikes Back: The End of American Religion?

  By H. David Baer on May 27, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  “One striking feature about religious commitment today is how closely it aligns with conservative politics. Religiously committed Americans are very likely to vote Republican. Yet it wasn’t always that way. Alexis de Tocqueville famously attributed the strength of American religion… Read More ›

• Christians Associated for Democracy Translates Hungary’s COVID Law

  By H. David Baer on April 10, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  The nonprofit I founded, Christians Associated for Democracy, arranged for the translation into English of Hungary’s recent emergency act on COVID. The law allows the Hungarian government to rule by decree until the end of the COVID crisis, whenever that… Read More ›

• A Time for Theologians during the COVID-19 Pandemic?

  By H. David Baer on April 8, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Twenty-five years ago when I first started graduate school, I used to enjoy reading First Things, the “journal of religion and public life” founded by Richard John Neuhaus. Neuhaus was a Lutheran “neoconservative” who eventually converted to Catholicism and became… Read More ›