Questions about the knowledge of God too quickly often turn very quickly toward the issue of sources-where does our knowledge of God come from? John Calvin, whom I have been reading lately, deals with those issues. But after discussing what sort of knowledge of God we gain through creation, he turns toward the manner in [...]
Archive for September, 2008
September 29, 2008
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Take Root in the Heart: Calvin on the Knowledge of God
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Theology (Christian Life)
September 25, 2008
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Human Exceptionalism, John Calvin, and the Impulse to Worship
By Matthew Lee Anderson in TheologyModern evolutionary theory has brought the question of human exceptionalism back into our consciousness. From a scientific standpoint, researchers have discovered startling similarities between humans and animals (though the dissimilarities are often overshadowed). For some, “rational animal” no longer cuts it as a real distinction that makes humans special. For John Calvin, the uniqueness of [...]
September 25, 2008
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Antiprenneurs: How Free-Market Economies Can Save the World (or maybe just the rainforest)
By Tex in America, EconomicsCapitalism is not a system invented by greedy people to get more money. It is not the primary cause of the “economic crisis” looming large in the minds and T.V. sets of most Americans today. It is not the reason Americans are materialistic. It is not the reason the rainforests are shrinking or the polar [...]
September 23, 2008
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Palin-mania, Texas-style
By Tex in America, Humor, PoliticsThe thing about Palin-mania is that it’s just so much fun. Sure, it might be a bit silly and less than “mature” (said with a condescending sniff and a New England accent, for good measure), but who doesn’t agree that good things in life are sometimes very silly and not very “mature”? Here’s a bit [...]
September 22, 2008
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To Serve, and Not to Lord Over Us: Calvin on the Tradition of the Church
By Matthew Lee Anderson in Theology (Christian Life)From a sociological standpoint, it is a stretch to say that most evangelicals have any relationship to ecclesiastical traditions that extend beyond the past fifty years at all. Among those who convert to mainline Protestant or Catholic denominations, this is typically the first and primary critique: evangelicals have no sense of history. It is a [...]
September 18, 2008
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Value-adds and American Ingenuity
By Tex in America, Creation and Creativity, Economics, Technology“Everyone has to focus on what exactly is their value-add…We are in the middle of a big technological change, and when you live in a society that is at the cutting edge of that change [like America], it is hard to predict. It’s easy to predict for someone living in India. In ten years we [...]
September 11, 2008
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…whew, what a ride it has all been.
By Tex in UncategorizedDear readers, friends, and enemies: My sincere apologies for taking such a vacation from contributing to the output of Mere Orthodoxy…it seems that the military and those stars that cross so many lovers have conspired against my steady support of this brilliant little bit of the blogosphere. Military deployments, marriage, and continuation training (militarily, officially…although [...]
September 11, 2008
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In Memory
By Tex in AmericaAmerica, and the world, experienced a watershed event seven years ago. My life certainly changed as my military committment “to support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic” suddenly took on new meaning, and has shaped nearly every official military action I have conducted since. Experiencing [...]
September 11, 2008
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Israel and the Messianic Jews
By Tex in East and West, Theology (Church), TravelSt. Paul is still relevant today, and not just in the general sense. Paul is relevant today in what has become something almost like historical déjà vu. When Paul began traveling across Palestine and then Asia Minor and Europe, the Church was quickly characterized by Gentile converts filling pew space next to their Jewish brethren. [...]
September 5, 2008
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Google Chrome: They’ve Done it A-Gain
By Keith E. D. Buhler in UncategorizedGoogle doesn’t seem to make mistakes. In response to the current arms-race between Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mac Safari*, Opera, and Mozilla Firefox, they’ve quietly designed and now released (in BETA) a brand new, google-style web browser. It’s called Google Chrome. Mm, shiny. I’ve downloaded it and tried it. Simple interface, wide flexibility, and, for you techies [...]
September 3, 2008
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Precisely Right: Douthat on Sarah Palin
By Matthew Lee Anderson in PoliticsI’ve been wondering what to say about this whole Sarah Palin hubub. Ross Douthat’s (humorous) take suffices: Judging by my email, a number of readers seem to be under the impression that what we’ve been witnessing in the media and online over the past couple days is a very serious, nuanced and thoughtful exploration of [...]
September 3, 2008
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Invading the Amazon
By Matthew Lee Anderson in NewsIf you search by “author” for “Matthew Lee Anderson” on Amazon.com, two entries come up: One of them is a book on Eighteenth Century Europe by Pamela Anderson Lee (not, of course, to be confused with Pamela Lee Anderson). The other has a chapter by me. Let the scathing reviews begin.