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Matt MillerLiberal ArtsWriting

Empty Words: Against Artificial Language

The shape of our language will in turn shape us. When we become comfortable with the crude and banal, we ourselves become crude and banal.

Matt MillerLiberal ArtsLewis HydeWendell Berry

Capitalism Won’t Save the Arts—Vocation Will

Capitalism won't save the arts. But a conception of vocation probably will.

Matthew Lee AndersonLiberal Arts

Truth, Beauty, and Rob Bell

My friend Trevin Wax says wise things in response to Francis Chan's book on hell: What is needed is a response that takes into consideration the beauty of

Kevin WhiteLiberal ArtsEvangelicalismHistory/Church History

Know Your Historical Evangelicals: Samuel Rutherford

Name: Samuel Rutherford Born: c. 1600, Nisbet, Scotland Died: March 20, 1661, St. Andrews, Scotland Bio: Samuel Rutherford was appointed minister in 1627 of the parish church of Anwoth, a

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Christianity and Hellenism, Part 3 of 3: On Human Nature

One of the theological areas most likely to raise questions about the relationship between historical Christian teaching and Greek (especially Platonic) thought is that of human nature. Especially with regard

Kevin WhitePhilosophyLiberal ArtsTheology and PracticeHistory/Church HistoryMetaphysics (Ontology)Trinity

Christianity and Hellenism, Part 2 of 3: On Being, Loosely Speaking

In my last post, I asserted that the early Christians made discriminating use of the ideas and methods of Greek philosophy. The key terms and categories were carefully reshaped and

Jake MeadorLiberal ArtsMarriageTheology and PracticeSocietyFormation

Nothing Behind the Curtain - Reflections on a Wedding

Cross-posted at Notes from a Small Place, where I've had several posts related to marriage lately, hence the disclaimer below. Disclaimer: I kinda-sorta want to apologize

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Carrying the Fallen

Three American flags draped the coffins lying on the cargo floor of my C-17.  It was only three hours earlier that I had received a phone call informing me

Jake MeadorPoliticsHistoryEthicsPhilosophyPolitical TheoryembodimentLiberal ArtsTheology and PracticePolitical Theology

Arguing with George William Curtis

I'd never heard of George William Curtis before this past Saturday. A quote of his popped up on my friend's facebook wall, in what I assume

TexPoetryLiberal Arts

Italian Sonnet

I AM, the holy smoking fire, Burns bright on Sinai's awful height; And tremors from His words of might Split wide the earth and shake the pyre Where

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Live Music (Reprise)

Last week I rhapsodized (a bit) on the irreplaceable value of live music as the means by which we experience the personality of the performers.  In a good performance a

TexPoliticsLiberal ArtsHistory/Church History

Fear and Greatness: Why American Citizens Should Worry That the Terror of Terrorism Has Such Little Effect on the Behaviors and Beliefs of Men

Every generation struggles towards a certain self-understanding as its members move from immaturity to adulthood and walk through the trials of growing, thinking, discovering, and confronting responsibility.  This path