The streak is over. Tonight, the final show of Ken Jenning’s run on Jeopardy airs. Jennings has followed Gates into the Halls of the Geek Immortals. His streak will never be challenged. At least not until my brother comes down to visit.
Archive for November, 2004
November 30, 2004
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Stott for Pope
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Evangelicalism, Outside Articles of InterestDavid Brooks’ latest editorial heralds John Stott as an “authentic representative” of evangelicals. It’s a good piece that makes Stott sound like his English predecessor Chesterton: “He is always exploring paradoxes. Jesus teaches humility, so why does he talk about himself so much? What does it mean to gain power through weakness, or freedom through [...]
November 28, 2004
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The Dead Horse…
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Evangelicalism, Theology, Theology (Christian Life)I’m bringing it back. I’m not the only one who thinks Gnosticism has influenced evangelical theology. From Peter Leithart (someone who has read, oh, just about everything): “VanderZee, however, does not simply repeat Reformed slogans, but brings in voices and perspectives from other traditions (Schmemann is quoted a good bit, and William Cavanagh makes an [...]
November 28, 2004
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Lo, He comes…
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Theology, Theology (Christian Life)Today is the first Sunday in Advent. Traditionally a time of pentitence, Advent affords us the opportunity to look ahead to the second coming of the Christ, before we celebrate His first. As my priest pointed out this morning, the earliest epistles of the New Testament are full of hope and expectation of Christ’s imminent [...]
November 24, 2004
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By Matthew Lee Anderson in PoliticsAs my brother points out, Rossi’s maintained a forty-two vote lead in the Washington gubenatorial race recount. Interesting quote from Gregoire in her statement (as published by Bloomberg): “Voters have a sacred right to have their ballots counted. That’s been our goal throughout this process,” Gregoire said in a statement. “We want every vote to [...]
November 22, 2004
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Thanksgiving Travels..
By Matthew Lee Anderson in NewsBlogging has been sparse lately. I’ve been drowned in a downpour of term papers, reflection papers, and (seemingly) every other kind of paper. I’ll be here this week, which will make updating even more sporatic. In the meantime, read this criticism of analytic philosophy.
November 20, 2004
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All men seek…
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Outside Articles of InterestSleep. New research “proves” that thinking people sleep more soundly. Hmmmm…….maybe this means that people generally aren’t thinking. Oh, and compared to the magazine, the Psychology Today website is bland and colorless. Apparently they really want you to subscribe!
November 20, 2004
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Winds of Rumor…
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Evangelicalism, Outside Articles of InterestThey are a blowin. I have just spent an hour attempting to find anything about this weeks Evangelical Theological Society meeting in San Antonio and have found nothing substantial. Apparently, the live-blogging phenomena has reached the classroom but not the lecture hall. Evangelicals are, once again, behind the times. Rumor has it that J.P. Moreland [...]
November 19, 2004
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Total Truth…
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Outside Articles of InterestPersonal friend and friend of Torrey Nancey Pearcey is getting press for her latest book, Total Truth. She’s secured a C-SPAN2 spot to talk about it. Total Truth offers the best explanation possible for why Kerry manages to be a Catholic while still supporting abortion. In short, he adopted the Fact/Value division and relegated his [...]
November 17, 2004
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The BVGCS.
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Outside Articles of InterestThat’s right. It’s the Blessed Virgin Grilled Cheese Sandwhich and it can be yours for (currently) $69,107. I knew the Catholic Church has talked about promoting Mary’s status to “co-redemptrix” with Christ, but this is taking it a bit far. Communion would never be the same… Update: I added the link (which I forgot to [...]
November 16, 2004
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Agreed.
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Outside Articles of InterestAllow me to echo my brother’s sentiments: There is simply too much to do. Sadly, he’s raised the bar on blogging: it’s now a “moral obligation…to blog constantly, blog well.” Thanks, Jim. Now I’ve got to add repentance to my list.
November 15, 2004
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Plato III
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Literature, PhilosophyIt’s unbelievable how pregnant my soul is with thought. Yes, that’s a very Platonic thing to say, but I’ve just spent 15 hours reading Plato. So there. The weekend was unbelievable. I would love to turn the spoken logos into the written logos, but am finding myself (at this hour, at least) completely incapable. There [...]
November 14, 2004
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Plato II
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Literature, PhilosophyTonight’s major revelation: I am not a Platonist. Fundamentally, I think Good is not “beyond” Being. I do not see how this can be coherent. Details to follow. Time for bed.