When I accepted a Fulbright Postgraduate Scholarship to study in Australia, I did not know exactly what to expect, having no experience with the land of kangaroos and koalas, nor any graduate-level training in history. The wonderful experience has brought many surprises, on which I will perhaps write more someday, but two of the most […]
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The idea of loving a political enemy feels foreign and out of place, but so did the entry of the God-Man into our Creator’s narrative. Like putting the king of kings in a manger and surrounding him with shepherds, loving those who oppose us, and who work feverishly to defeat us, seems like a recipe […]
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The Mailbag! – Vol. 14
04 Feb 2019
Matt’s Marvelous Mailbag seeks to provide marginally adequate answers to much better questions about politics, economics, social life, theology, or any potpourri you see fit to have answered. Send questions to mailbag.bereans@gmail.com. A friend was talking with me the other day, and he brought up the fact that you really never really know what’s going […]
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Weekly Sage #13: George Stigler – Chicago School
01 Feb 2019
The Weekly Sage hopes to regularly bring brief profiles of key contributors to thought and faith before a Christian audience for historical education and awareness of valuable resources. Sometimes history brings together a special combination of resources and people that form a center of intellectual influence. The Weekly Sage will occasionally consider such “Schools” together. […]
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Schultz’s 3rd Party Folly?
29 Jan 2019
The progressive left is fighting a pre-emptive war against Howard Schultz’s potential presidential candidacy. Schultz, the former CEO of Starbucks, made the media rounds on Sunday and Monday, declaring, oddly, he is strongly considering an independent run. The left is worried that Schultz, as a lifelong Democrat, will drain votes from their own progressive nominee, […]
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The Mailbag! – Vol. 13
28 Jan 2019
Matt’s Marvelous Mailbag seeks to provide marginally adequate answers to much better questions about politics, economics, social life, theology, or any potpourri you see fit to have answered. Send questions to mailbag.bereans@gmail.com. Another week, another round of spicy questions and burning inquiries. To the action, then. Q: Charles asks: “What do you think has a […]
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Weekly Sage #12: Frank Knight – Chicago School
25 Jan 2019
The Weekly Sage hopes to regularly bring brief profiles of key contributors to thought and faith before a Christian audience for historical education and awareness of valuable resources. Sometimes history brings together a special combination of resources and people that form a center of intellectual influence. The Weekly Sage will occasionally consider such “Schools” […]
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AOC Mania(c)!
24 Jan 2019
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, known as AOC by her fans, is the dynamic new congresswoman from NYC who openly embraces seemingly every nonsensical thing that formerly was considered a caricature of Democratic thought. And rather than being considered crazy by her party, she is lionized by the younger energetic part of the Democratic base. Sit in at […]
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New York Celebrates Abortion
23 Jan 2019
On the 46th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the New York legislature expanded abortion rights in the state. The action was met with applause. We do not dwell often on abortion here at Bereans@TheGate. That is probably to our detriment. In some ways, the issue feels out of hand since it is now more a […]
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The Mailbag! – Vol. 12
21 Jan 2019
Matt’s Marvelous Mailbag seeks to provide marginally adequate answers to much better questions about politics, economics, social life, theology, or any potpourri you see fit to have answered. Send questions to mailbag.bereans@gmail.com. I have to start out this week by recommending a piece of classical music: Samson and Delilah Act 2 by Saint-Saens. Even if opera isn’t […]