“Lawrence! What like Lawrence of Arabia?” So bellows Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in the opening moments of Full Metal Jacket. But no, not this time, Gunny. It’s Trevor Lawrence, rather, who we’re discussing today. Football fans with any modicum of attention to the game will be familiar with his name and likely even more familiar with […]
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When God Tells Us to Take a Hike
11 Mar 2021
Long have been these days of quarantine, and if lockdown activists have their way, longer they shall be. For my own two cents, I actually found the first few months of lockdown rather charming in a way, a position which I wager likely puts me in the minority…probably not just the minority but a far […]
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Praying for Mr. Biden
25 Jan 2021
Mr Biden wasted no time in implementing an extra-constitutional agenda that could not be supported by a democratic process, e.g., numerous executive orders that are his private fiat. I’ll have more to say on his progressive war on work as soon as the schedule eases, but supporters of Mr. Trump cannot critique Mr. Biden for […]
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Eric Voegelin, Basketball, and the Gospel
01 Aug 2020
The works of Eric Voegelin (1901-1985) are the most challenging and rewarding of any philosophical studies I’ve ever confronted. For those of you wondering why Voegelin wasn’t profiled in my short-lived first run at a Weekly Sage column, my answer would be that his contributions to thought and literature earned much more than a single […]
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Coronavirus. Is God still Good?
25 Mar 2020
Even as the health care crisis continues, and the Federal Reserve and the Congress and Administration are throwing everything they can to stop the bleeding, I want to stop and reflect on the bigger picture. On Monday, Al Mohler had a discussion on the difference between natural and moral evil, classifying the Coronavirus as a […]
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The Mailbag! – Vol. 35
19 Aug 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. Well, I don’t know about you, but I have had an exceptionally relaxing two weeks off from the mailbag, which I hope everyone […]
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The Mailbag! – Vol. 34
29 Jul 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. Well, enjoy this mailbag because I’m taking next week off. A good friend is getting married soon, and I’m MCing the whole shindig […]
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The Mailbag! – Vol. 31
02 Jul 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. What’s this? A mailbag on Tuesday? “Burn him at the stakes for heresy!” I know, I know, but hey I’ve been traveling a […]
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The Mailbag! – Vol. 30
17 Jun 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. We have a strangely apolitical and short mailbag this week, but seeing as it’s summer and everyone’s on vacation anyway, I think we’ll […]
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The Mailbag! – Vol. 29
10 Jun 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. Q: Daniel asks: “Thoughts regarding the recent revelations surrounding Martin Luther King Jr.? How do we reconcile revelations like this regarding people, who […]
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