So, it’s official. I am headed to the Evangelical Theological Society general meeting in Washington D.C. to shop a couple book proposals. It is my first time, so I am just a bit excited about going. It will be the second leg of a ten-day trip to the East Coast for me, a trip that [...]
Archive for October, 2006
October 31, 2006
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Taking the Bait, or Why Going to Sleep is a Good Idea: Updated
By Matthew Lee Anderson in PhilosophyLesson: taunting other bloggers who are (a) more creative, (b) have a far-reaching audience, and (c) have read more philosophy than I’ve forgotten is never a good idea. Especially when the original conversation happened when everyone was far too tired. Especially when the taunt depends upon a topic that one is eminently unqualified to speak [...]
October 30, 2006
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Movie Review: The Departed
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Reviews (Films)In the midst of work and writing I took some time off to see The Departed last week. Star-studded line-up, great screenwriting, and Scorcese behind the wheel combined for an intriguing–albeit violent and profanity-laced–movie watching experience. Mere O friend Richard Radcliffe reviews the movie here. I left the theater conflicted about the film, and [...]
October 30, 2006
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Sweet Fellowship: 2006 GodBlogCon
By Andrew McKnight Selby in Life in general, News“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set [...]
October 28, 2006
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An Exercise in Brilliance
By Matthew Lee Anderson in SportsMy picks for the baseball postseason. I had: Tigers. Reality: Cardinals. Yup–that’s full postseason where I only picked one series correctly. Anyone can blog. That sort of failure takes real talent.
October 28, 2006
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GodBlogCon Day 2 Wrap-Up
By Matthew Lee Anderson in NewsAhhhhhhhhhh……………the memories. It’s 1:42 AM, I’m exhausted, my wife is in bed, and I am playing the massochist and typing up my thoughts before the morning. I love GodBlogCon. Today was one of the most stimulating, engaging, and fun days I have had in a long, long time. I didn’t end up attending as much [...]
October 27, 2006
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Incarnational Blogging: Smart Guys on Being Christians in the Blogosphere
By Matthew Lee Anderson in NewsRight now, the smart guys (picture at ThinkChristian) are talking about this quote by Linc Ashby of Common Grounds: Is there any plausibility to the possibility that we are so inept at loving one another face to face that we have to create things like blogging to insure some pathetic measure of appreciation or encouragement [...]
October 27, 2006
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Wise Advice from James Kushiner
By Andrew McKnight Selby in NewsJames Kushiner of Mere Comments, a man who hasn’t done much in the way of wrong on his blog, said the worst thing that he has done is not include enough qualifiers in his posts. Not bad advice, but hard to follow. Blog posts are necessarily short and are done between other activities (such as [...]
October 27, 2006
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GodBlogCon Day 1
By Matthew Lee Anderson in NewsWelcome to GodBlogCon! I am going to be “live”-blogging as much of the conference as possible (I typed this earlier and then got in a heated conversation with Joe Carter about universals and forgot to post it). Dustin Steeve and Kevin Wang have done a great job of putting things together this year, and I [...]
October 26, 2006
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“What’s the Mind Got to Do with It?”: Love, Reason, and Emotion in Jonathan Edwards
By Andrew McKnight Selby in The Soul, TheologyHoly affections are not heat without light; but evermore arise from some information of the understanding, or some spiritual instruction that the mind receives, some light or actual knowledge. From the Religious Affections by Jonathan Edwards, Part III, chapter IV. Edwards has had the misfortune to be known almost exclusively for his sermon “Sinners in [...]
October 25, 2006
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a response to Andrew’s post on “divine light”
By Keith E. D. Buhler in Theology“Jonathan Edwards argues in his sermon A Divine and Supernatural Light that God will, from time to time, provide a child of His with a flash of insight and understanding of divine things. He uses as his text Matthew 16:17 where Peter confesses Christ and Jesus answers that he is blessed because the Father in [...]
October 23, 2006
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Flirting with Christianity
By Keith E. D. Buhler in Apologetics, Poetry, Quotations, Reviews (Music)Faith, it drives me away But it turns me on Like a strangers love -Muse With regard to a Jewish agnostic friend of ours, Matt Anderson once remarked that he is “flirting with Christianity.” This friend of ours is a university professor, scholar, and gifted teacher who habitually spends long hours of his valuable time [...]
October 21, 2006
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An Excercise in Futility: World Series Picks
By Matthew Lee Anderson in SportsI am now intrigued by the possibility of picking every series wrong except for one (Cardinals in round one). My picks for the Division series champions: Mets and A’s. Reality: Cardinals and Tigers. I should pick the Cardinals for Gary’s sake. But I can’t. I just can’t. The Tigers were dominant in their series, while [...]