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Matthew Lee AndersonDevotionalTheology and PracticeFormation
I have, that I can remember, never marked my birthdays here at Mere-O. For most of my online history, I have kept such moments private, as making much of
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
I was reading through the comments on the Christianity Today piece, which managed to be considerably better than "not terrible." In fact, they were rather interesting and, in
Matthew Lee Anderson
Once more into the breach. Last week was a rather busy one for me, full of all sorts of fun musings about evangelicals and sex. In addition to the two parts of my review of Driscoll’s book, I also penned […]
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
[youtube 1IAhDGYlpqY] Well, here's this thing about Jesus and religion. Or "religion," depending on where you come down on all this. If you've been
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
For part one, click here. As is by now well known, Mark Driscoll wrote a book on marriage that has proved the most controversial book of 2012 within evangelicalism. Not
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
Putting “Mark Driscoll” and “sex” together in the same blog post is like using a blowtorch to open a loaded propane tank: the probability of the resulting explosion is somewhere
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
Part one is here, and the second is here. Read them both before soldiering on. I’m grateful for Jared’s book, and even more importantly for his witness. We need the astringent that he offers, and his belligerence (I mean that […]
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
Read part one here. And settle in: this gets a little long. Let’s recap a bit before we get into things: Jared Wilson wrote a book that lots of
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
Jared Wilson’s book Gospel Wakefulness invaded a number of people’s top 10 lists for 2011, and for good reason: it’s an excellently written, persuasive exploration of the
Cate MacDonaldFormation
I hate my ipod. It’s slow and quirky. It’s storage capacity is embarrassingly low by today’s standards, and so it is constantly making me decide what I
Matthew Lee AndersonEarthen Vessels
There’s no time for niceties here: Ben Simpson has a critique to offer, and it’s a solid one: Is death an enemy, an evidence of a horrendous evil
Matthew Lee AndersonEarthen Vessels
Well, here’s something. Ryan Dobson has all the radio instincts of his mildly famous father, and his co-host Toben is a crack up. The combination made for a lively, rollicking conversation that opened with me reducing Montana to F-150 […]