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Matthew Lee AndersonEducationEvangelicalism

Trouble in Georgetown

This is an intriguing piece of news. Georgetown University, a fine Jesuit school, has allegedly banned evangelical protestant groups from operating. The best part of the official letter: “While we realize this comes as a great disappointment, please know that […]

Matthew Lee AndersonGenderTheology and Practice

More on the Patriarchy

A few more thoughts on the patriarchy thread: First, this comment by friend of Mere-O Brant is well put: "I know there are some egalitarians who simply cannot

Keith E. BuhlerUncategorized

Reading the program vs. listening to the music

"Christians, of course, acknowledge that Will and that Kingdom as the greatest of all realities every time they say the Lord’s Prayer; that is, if they really grasp

TexembodimentAnthropology

A Diet Craze and the Christian's Soul

Diets.  Self-help books.  Gym memberships.  Book lists.  Vitamins.  Miracle pills.  To modify an aphorism: “The road to depression (as well as bankruptcy and guilt) is paved with good intentions.  We’ve all been subjected to the litany of horrible infomercials, the […]

Matthew Lee AndersonGenderTheology and Practice

Patriarchalism Redux

Last night's post prompted this (forthcoming) thought. Chesterton's justly famous quoted seems apropo to the discussion of patriarchalism and egalitarianism, at least if it's

Keith E. BuhlerUncategorized

Sinning is irrational

Bookkeeper Admits Embezzling $2.3 Million for Lottery Habit By BRUCE LAMBERT and VALERIE COTSALASPublished: August 24, 2006A bookkeeper on Long Island admitted that she embezzled money from a medical

Matthew Lee AndersonTheology and Practice

On Why Patriarchialists are Losing

Reformation21 has an intriguing article by Russell Moore on why evangelical "complementarians," or patriarchalists, are losing the debate with evangelical feminists.  The conclusion: Egalitarians are winning the evangelical

TexUncategorized

2996: A Tribute

Five years after the two towers fell and the world wept, America and her friends continue to stand and pursue their goal of making the world a safer place by

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Change of Direction

The last two years I have been engaged in educating homeschoolers through Torrey Academy.  An outstanding program, Torrey Academy takes otherwise solitary high school students and draws them into genuine

Matthew Lee Anderson

On the Intentional Life

“I may not have done everything right, but I did everything intentionally.” The statement startled me when I heard it. Its simplicity and power grabbed me–it was as if I had been woken from a nice, long dream. Like so […]

Tex

Peanut butter comes in a can. It was put there by a man.

This weekend, I met the man who sorts, roasts, crushes, creams and packages the peanut butter you probably ate on your last PB&J.  The man’s name is Sunland Inc. and he processes nearly 90% of the Valencia peanuts grown in America […]

TexUncategorized

Hizbullah: Good Business, Bad Ideals

The editor of one of Beirut's English-language newspapers, the Daily Star, suggests that Hizbullah has some important lessons to teach Lebanon, the Arab world, and all those