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Keith E. BuhlerPhilosophy

What is to be done with this tragedy?

What is to be done with this tragedy?

Matthew Lee AndersonBible

A Dilemma for My Brother - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

For those trudging through the 1000 word posts on Matthew 24, here is a much simpler and shorter essay. My brother claims that Jesus told his disciples he would return “immediately after” the fall of Jerusalem in AD70. Jesus did […]

Matthew Lee AndersonBible

Did Jesus Claim to Return and Get it Wrong? - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

My brother took up my previous post on this issue on his own blog. I am following suit and returning the favor here. He writes: First, note that the parables listed (about drowsiness, about delay) and the tasks given (preach […]

Matthew Lee AndersonBible

Back from the Dead... - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

My brother’s recent “Best of” post reminded me of a conversation that I had left unfinished. He writes in response to my question about the point of his contentions: [The point is that] Jesus can’t be taken at his word[.] […]

Matthew Lee AndersonAnthropologyembodimentLiberal ArtsTheology and Practice

What we Believe but cannot Prove

What we Believe but cannot Prove

Matthew Lee AndersonLiterature

Descent into Heaven

Descent into Heaven

TexDevotionalTheology and Practice

Belated, but nevertheless HNY!

Belated, but nevertheless HNY!

Tex

Mohammed and Pop Culture - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

After meeting with Matt in Seattle and being mildly reprimanded for not having contributed anything to Mere Orthodoxy but only revelling in the enjoyment of reading the opinions of others, I have decided to try my hand at blogging. (It […]

Matthew Lee AndersonFormation

Christmas - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

My brother points out that today we celebrate the “Christian appropriation of paganism.” He labels it syncretism, but that’s a tad misleading. Christianity did not just adapt the pagan practices, but baptized them. The celebrations we now understand as Christmas […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

Unto Us - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Emmanuel. God with Us. Prince of Peace. Counselor. Mighty God. The King of Kings. The Christ. Merry Christmas.

Keith E. BuhlerTelevision

A mind is a terrible thing to waste on comedy - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Eddie Izzard is a gifted, but he’s burying his talent. How can I claim this, and why should I be bothering about the speck in his life before the log in mine? As to the first, I shall attempt to […]

Keith E. BuhlerTechnology

Technological progress

Technological progress