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Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

Matthew Lee Anderson

Paleo...sophist? - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

My brother decided to take on the Pope’s recent speech by arguing–if it can be called that–that Christianity suffers (or almost suffers?) from the irrationality of Islam. Unfortunately, the ironies my brother points out seem grounded misunderstandings of the nature […]

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Saints Behaving Badly: Buy it Now

Saints Behaving Badly: Buy it Now

Keith E. Buhler

Coming to a theater near you - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Despite what I thought earlier, the movie Facing the Giants (reviewed here) will, in fact, be released in the area for you LA/Orange county readers. In short, I recommend this satisfying and truly unique film, so see below for the […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

Staff Retreating - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

We at Wheatstone are retreating the next few days, so blogging will be light. In the interim, Keith Plummer at The Christian Mind, has articulated the question for “The West”: “Who is being most consistent with the inconsistent deity of […]

Keith E. Buhler

the thorns of a rose - a myth - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

A fascinating narrative in the style of the Greek fables, written by unlikely author…   “In ancient times, when the world was just beginning that is, there was a young lonely nymph named Rose. Rose was lonely because she wasn’t […]

Keith E. BuhlerEpistemology

Examining a proverb - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

“He who knows others is learned. He who knows himself is wise.” – Lao Tzu With the reading of many books comes learning. With the in-depth analysis of a broad range of topics and issues comes the reputation for being […]

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

NewsFlash: Pope Too Subtle for World, Apologizes for Our Ignorance

NewsFlash: Pope Too Subtle for World, Apologizes for Our Ignorance

Matthew Lee AndersonChurch

Emphatic Evangelicalism: A Gem by Fred Sanders - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

A recent discussion here at Mere-O ended with questions about the essence of evangelicalism. Enter Dr. Fred Sanders, theologian extraordinaire, who offers this dandy of a post on “Emphatic Evangelicalism.” Dr. Sanders was a professor and remains a hero, so […]

TexChurch

Tradition - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Tradition and my church have an odd relationship. My church vocally and vociferously decries religious tradition as the dirty fingerprint that sinful man leaves upon the pure and undefield religion of God. If only men had sense enough to neither […]

Matthew Lee AndersonScienceEpistemology

On Engineering Deficits and Papal Pronouncements

On Engineering Deficits and Papal Pronouncements

Matthew Lee AndersonTheology and Practice

Papal Politicking

Papal Politicking