Blogging Break

Sorry I haven't posted anything this month. The truth is that I've been on two "mission trips" (I hate that term) this month with my students, my wife is in her third trimester of pregnancy, and my dad's cancer has gotten much worse recently. Honestly, I don't think I'll be blogging much, if at all, until the fall or winter. Blessings to those of you who read this, and please be praying for me and my family.

Matt

Tony Jones on Orthodoxy

Tony Jones recently blogged about a paper he wrote and its response at Wheaton. I would highly recommend clicking this link and going to the bottom, where you can download the paper. It is short and thought-provoking. Please read it!

Orwell, in 1984, says "Orthodoxy means not thinking - not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness." Now obviously this is in the context of the book, but it remains a thought provoking statement. I guess the other quote I could share comes from Heidegger, who said (I'm paraphrasing from my memory, but hopefully will be somewhat close), "The most thought provoking thing in this, the most thought provoking age, is that we are still not thinking." No wonder he seems to stand at the starting-point of postmodernity and the end (hopefully) of orthodoxy as we have known it.

Sorry for the random, off-beat quotes, but they were on my mind and I hoped they might add something to your enjoyment of Jones' article.

Peace,
Matt