Fasting and feasting has long been a part of all the sane religions of the world. YHWH kept the Jews busy with feasting and fasting all the year long, both to remember and to celebrate His work among them and their identity as His people. The Muslim calendar holds its two festivals in lunar equilibrium, [...]
Archive for February, 2008
February 29, 2008
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Fasting for Feasting
By Tex in Christianity and Culture, Life in general, Theology (Christian Life)
February 29, 2008
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Relativism, Immodesty, Evangelism
By Anodos in "Meet the Readers", All Things Lovely, America, Christianity and CultureThe Sword and the Shaving Brush Towards a Biblical understanding of fashion by Timothy Bartel Part IV – Relativism, Modesty, Evangelism It is here that contemporary Christians bring a unique and needed element into the cultural climate, for we ask that clothes be not just practical, but also moral. The moral issue of modesty, then, [...]
February 28, 2008
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Africa: Savior of the Arab World?
By Tex in Christianity and Culture, East and WestThe Middle East is backwards, benighted, and unable to overcome its age old cycle of violence and corruption—at least that’s line fed to the West by media pundits, opinion-shapers, and new correspondents on both sides of the liberal/conservative line. A surprisingly large number of Arabs (the late Samir Kassir, Lebanese-born professor, historian, journalist and author [...]
February 28, 2008
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The Three Aesthetic Problems
By Anodos in "Meet the Readers", All Things Lovely, America, Christianity and CultureThe Sword and the Shaving Brush Towards a Biblical Understanding of fashion By Timothy Bartel Part III – The Three Aesthetic Problems How can the Bible inform our understanding of fashion today? Surely the runways of Milan are a different world than the dust floors of the tabernacle, and, as mentioned earlier, our current concerns [...]
February 27, 2008
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A Brief History of Clothing
By Anodos in "Meet the Readers", All Things Lovely, America, Christianity and CultureThe Sword and the Shaving Brush Towards a Biblical understanding of fashion By Timothy Bartel Part II – A Brief History of Clothing The wool dress I saw at Biola began to work on my mind. The idea of such an ungroomed garment could not long remain in my imagination before I connected it with [...]
February 26, 2008
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The Sword and the Shaving Brush – Towards a Biblical Understanding of Fashion
By Anodos in "Meet the Readers", All Things Lovely, America, Creation and CreativityThe Sword and the Shaving Brush, Part I Towards a Christian understanding of fashion By Timothy Bartel Part I It was a dress made out of wool—not finely spun wool, not the wool of your favorite sweater, but wool in natural clumps, as if freshly shaved from a shivering sheep. The whole skirt was shaped [...]
February 22, 2008
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“Advances In Global Health” Symposium: A Response
By Tex in International PoliticsI’m still reeling from my exposure to a full two hours of rhetoric without substance at the symposium on “Advances in Global Health by Non-Governmental Organizations.” The radical difference between the conference keynote speaker’s view of the world and my own makes it difficult to find much good in a speech that majored on conclusions [...]
February 22, 2008
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“Advances in Global Health” Symposium: Less Thought, More Rhetoric
By Tex in International PoliticsThe air was full of excitement and promise as the hundreds of people attending Pacific Lutheran University’s “Advances in Global Health by Non-Governmental Organizations” symposium last evening, jauntily swagger and glide into the main ballroom of the Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center; students and affluent community members alike meld together, their ideological similarities strikingly [...]
February 22, 2008
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Movie Week at Mere-0: No Country for Old Men
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Reviews (Films)In honor of the Oscars this Sunday, I thought I would devote this week to the five films nominated for Best Picture. So far I have reviewed Juno, Michael Clayton, Atonement, and There Will Be Blood. No Country for Old Men is not only the finest film I have seen this year–it is a work [...]
February 21, 2008
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Action, Education, and Being: A Response to Gary Thomas
By Tex in People and Relationships, Reviews, Reviews (Books), Theology, Theology (Christian Life)Gary Thomas, founder of The Center for Evangelical Spirituality, graciously answered my critiques of his pragmatic and helpful book, “Sacred Marriage.” The conversation continues below with my thoughts on excerpts of his helpful response. I’ve read your primary critique once before: that ‘if marriage existed in a sinless world (it did) then it strikes me [...]
February 21, 2008
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Movie Week at Mere-O: There Will Be Blood
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Reviews (Films)In honor of the Oscars this Sunday, I thought I would devote this week to the five films nominated for Best Picture. So far I have reviewed Juno, Michael Clayton, and Atonement. It might be tempting for some Christians to allow the unfavorable presentation of Pentecostal worship services in the trailer to There Will Be [...]
February 21, 2008
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Gary Thomas on “Sacred Marriage”
By Tex in People and Relationships, Reviews, Reviews (Books), Theology, Theology (Christian Life)After reviewing “Sacred Marriage,” an insightful book suggesting that Christians would do well to view their marriages as a means to holiness, I was pleasantly surprised to receive a thoughtful response from the author, Gary Thomas. His remarks are published below. A Response to the Review of Sacred Marriage on “Mere Orthodoxy” I’ve read your [...]
February 20, 2008
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Movie Week at Mere-O: Atonement
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Reviews (Films)In honor of the Oscars this Sunday, I thought I would devote this week to the five films nominated for Best Picture. So far I have reviewed Juno and Michael Clayton. Based on the bestselling novel by Ian McEwan (which I have not read), Atonement is a fascinating and complex movie that is beautifully filmed [...]