The Oklahoma City Museum of Art is currently exhibiting 19th century narrative art from England and France. I spent my Saturday afternoon wandering from one painting to another, entertaining myself by trying to figure out the story being presented in the artwork. Some of the pieces drew upon standard classical and Biblical themes, while others [...]
Archive for October, 2005
October 29, 2005
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i like switchfoot……no, I Love Switchfoot
By Andrew Selby in Reviews (Music)About 24 hours ago I stopped procrastinating and bought Switchfoot’s new CD Nothing is Sound and, man, did I make a good decision. It is another offering of what we’ve come to expect and love about the San Diego pop/rock band: a mixture of clever, profound and often deeply moving lyrics coupled with catchy tunes [...]
October 28, 2005
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Weighing in on Top Five Books for About-to-go-into-College Students
By Andrew Selby in LiteratureWe’ll miss Mr. Matthew Anderson as he takes off on a very much deserved vacation this weekend. The way Matt pulled off GodBlogCon is inspiring. I’m proud to call him one of my friends. He had a great list of the top five books for college students. I will mimic his approach in picking five [...]
October 28, 2005
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Holiday
By Matthew Lee Anderson in NewsI’m leaving for San Diego with my beautiful and patient wife. We’re going to go replace our candles so we can start burning them from both ends again. I’m not taking the laptop, so blogging for me will resume on Monday. I’m sure the other guys will throw down a thought or two this weekend.
October 28, 2005
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Hewitt and Miers–Updated
By Matthew Lee Anderson in PoliticsHugh Hewitt’s op-ed in the NY Times is available. With characteristic clarity, Hewitt outlines his thoughts on the ramifications of the Miers meltdown. The core of Hewitt’s argument is that Miers should have received an up or down vote in the Senate, because “Voting for or against Ms. Miers would have forced Senate Democrats to [...]
October 28, 2005
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A simple question
By Keith E. Buhler in Education, EpistemologyI want to be an intelligent person. Many people I know want to be intelligent persons, and pursue this end with much energy, vigour, and enthusiasm…. my question is about the purpose of all this bustle. Namely: What is the point of being smart? This is a question and challenge for all those who are [...]
October 27, 2005
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Five Books for College Students
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Life in general, LiteratureUpdate: Rhett weighs in! Surprise choice: My Name is Asher Lev. I haven’t read it, but that’s a strong recommendation… I’m a bit behind these days, but feeling a bit vindicated. The bloggers over at OneTrueGodBlog are a bit slow these days as well. Only yesterday did Hugh’s interesting question from ten days ago elicit [...]
October 26, 2005
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Musings on the World of Money: Part I “The Active Vs. Contemplative Life”
By Andrew Selby in Life in general, Money and BusinessWhat does a philosophy major do with his degree? Well, finance is far superior to flipping burgers, so I think the profession I’m in for the time being is pretty respectable. What it certainly has done is force me to think (I’ll hopefully never get away from that part) about what I’m doing and why [...]
October 23, 2005
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Dies Irae: The Place of Fear in Verdi’s Requiem
By Tex in All Things Lovely, Reviews (Music), TheologyLast evening the Canterbury Choral Society gave a laudable performance of Verdi’s Requiem at the Oklahoma City Convention Center. The weighty lyrics were expertly matched with a full-bodied performance of the soul-shaking music. Verdi was a king of operatic composition, demanding large, theatrical gestures of the orchestra and choir through the music in order to [...]
October 21, 2005
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Sell, Sell, Sell!!!!
By Matthew Lee Anderson in NewsThe recent purchase by AOL of Weblogs, Inc. for $25 million sent shock-waves through the blogosphere. Forget making a difference for the kingdom. Show me the money. Tristan Louis did the numbers and figured out that AOL paid $564 per link to Weblogs, Inc., which prompted Business Opportunities Weblog to create the applet that identifies [...]
October 21, 2005
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Dallas Willard on “Right-Wing Theology” in The Divine Conspiracy
By Andrew Selby in Christianity and Culture, TheologyDallas Willard, master philosopher and Christian, wrote an amazing book a few years ago called The Divine Conspiracy. In it he writes about how both left and right wing theology make errors regarding the Christian life, admitting he is painting with fairly broad strokes. The left, very concerned with social justice, preach a “social gospel.” [...]
October 20, 2005
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Joe Carter
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Outside Articles of InterestWhen I think of blogs that are going to have a long-term impact, two qualities come to mind: they must be insightful and edifying, and they must be entertaining. Dull blogs will capture some people for a long time, but not many. It is the bloggers who are able to engage anyone who will develop [...]
October 20, 2005
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One more on blogging…
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Blogging, PhilosophyIn the comments to the below post, Keith argues that what prevents people from hearing the Word of God is the content of the Word of God and not the delivery. He writes: English readers can read books about Christianity and about the gospel in any bookstore in the country. Blogs are merely a context. [...]