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God Gives the Superfluities

May 6th, 2010 | 1 min read

By Matthew Lee Anderson

Where I spoke of the "frivolity of beauty," Adolph Saphir speaks of the God-givenness of superfluities.

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Matthew Lee Anderson

Matthew Lee Anderson is an Associate Professor of Ethics and Theology in Baylor University's Honors College. He has a D.Phil. in Christian Ethics from Oxford University, and is a Perpetual Member of Biola University's Torrey Honors College. In 2005, he founded Mere Orthodoxy.

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