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Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Is College Bad for Christians?

I have sometimes argued that on the whole, college is bad for Christian youth. A recent study has been released that disconfirms that theory: students who don't go

Keith E. BuhlerAnthropologyembodimentTheology and Practice

A question for discussion

Which is more important, to know reality or to know yourself? This distinction keeps coming up in the sources I have been reading (or listening to) and I'd

Keith E. Buhler

Idiocrasy - White Magic for our time

In one of the essays in the Weight of Glory collection, CS Lewis interrupts himself to break the “fourth wall” of literature and confront the reader with this question: (And I paraphrase,) “Do you think I am trying to charm […]

Keith E. Buhler

You know what you get with an assumption, don't you?

“In a nonmetaphysical age there is probably more metaphysics, in the common sense (ie a priori assumptions) than in any other, because there is more complete unconsciousness that we are resting on our own ideas, while we please ourselves with […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

The Doctor is In: Free Advice for the High School Graduate

With graduation season in full swing, it’s time to dispense all our “nuggets of wisdom” on the newest members of adult society–the high school graduate. I’m certainly young (25) to be handing out advice, but age has never stopped me […]

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Why I Read Business Books: The Bourgeois Burglar and Good to Great

While taking down Good to Great for its sloppy description of the purported "Dark Ages," the Bourgeois Burglar writes: Leaving the abuse of the Dark Ages, a comment

Matthew Lee Anderson

How Much is an Immigrant Worth?

That’s the question Steven Landsberg asks over at Slate.  His answer: Accounting for all that, it turns out that the immigrant’s $7 gain is worth about five times the American’s $3 loss. In other words, to justify keeping the immigrant […]

TexUncategorized

"Live Blogging" on the Red Sea

Live blogging simply isn't possible for me here in Jordan. As much as I'd like to send out minute by minute reports on what I'

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Meet the Readers: Richard Radcliffe on Luther and the Jews (Conclusion)

See Parts One, Two, Three and Four here.  Many thanks to Richard Radcliffe for submitting the thought provoking essay. IV.       CONCLUSION In sum, this essay has posited the thesis that

Matthew Lee Anderson

Meet the Readers: Richard Radcliffe on Luther and the Jews (Part Four)

See Part One, Two and Three of this excellent series by Richard Radcliffe. C. Luther’s Ardent Views Against Jews Were Not Localized To The Final, Infirm Years Of His Life, And Cannot Be Excused By Advanced Age Or His Illnesses. […]

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Quotable: Miscellaneous Edition

A variety of choice thoughts from my internet  reading the past two weeks: From Peggy Noonan's scathing article about the Bush Adminstration's treatment of Conservatives: Now

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Meet the Readers: Richard Radcliffe on Luther and the Jews (Part Three)

See Part One and Part Two of this series. B. Luther’s Views Are Not Based on Personal, Emotional Outbursts, But On Longstanding Reflected Exegesis of Scriptures—A Hallmark of