The Archive
Brett McCracken
It’s a mistake to assume patriotism is the same thing as nationalism, and that patriotism is a manufactured extension of hegemonic ideology.
Matthew Lee Anderson
Few folks are in tune with recent publications like my friend Christopher Benson. Below are his recommendations.
Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism
It is no longer safe to assume that evangelicals oppose contraception for single people; we have to more clearly understand why they should.
Matthew Lee AndersonSupreme CourtPatient Protection and Affordable Care ActUnited StatesLaw
Roberts sacrificed his interpretative modesty and argued that the law's penalties for not purchasing health insurance constitute a tax.
L. M. SacasasTechnologythe churchborg
The Church's position towards technology should be one of thoughtfulness in the service of faithfulness.
Matthew Lee AndersonTorrey Honors InstituteCollege and University
I am increasingly aware of how rare Torrey is: a community of learners with a shared history and common objects of love is in this world.
Andrew Walker
Marriage exists because the sexual union between two persons can (and often does) produce children.
Kevin White
So why study church history? For the Christian, it is to gain an acquaintance with our future contemporaries.
Matthew Lee AndersonSame-sex marriageMarriageOliver O'Donovan
We should pay attention to the means by which the same-sex marriage debates go forward, not just their ends.
Chris KrychoAnthropology
I suspect we evangelicals do not so much think wrongly about the new heavens and the new earth as not think of them at all.
Matthew Lee AndersonFriendshipMarriagedisagreement
The Family Research Council gave an award to Ron Baity. We argue that friendship doesn't mean agreement and that they should take it back.
Matthew Lee AndersonTheologyAnthropologynt wrightheavenEvangelicalismchristianity
N.T. Wright's works have had many good effects. Inspiring eager readers to police people's use of heaven is not one of them.