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Matthew Lee Anderson

China's Repression of Christianity - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The news that China had (again) put members of the unregistered Shouwang Church in jail on Easter has brought a new round of international scrutiny to the Chinese government’s uneasy relationship with Christianity. Shouwang Church meets outdoors precisely because the […]

Kevin WhiteAnthropologyHistory/Church History

Dating Easter

Dating Easter

Matthew Lee AndersonTheology and Practice

What it Means to be a Californian

What it Means to be a Californian

Matthew Lee AndersonFormation

Holy Saturday: An Excerpt - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Teaching about solitude often points us to the times when Jesus isolates himself to pray, as in Luke 6:12-13. But we often neglect that in the movement from Good Friday to Easter, it is the silence of Saturday that we […]

Kevin WhiteTheology and PracticeHistory/Church History

Samuel Rutherford on Remembering Christ's Death

Samuel Rutherford on Remembering Christ's Death

Matthew Lee AndersonFormation

T.S. Eliot reads about Good Friday

T.S. Eliot reads about Good Friday

Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics

A Consensus on Intergenerational Justice?

A Consensus on Intergenerational Justice?

Matthew Lee Anderson

Four Reasons we need a 'Theology of Presence' - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

While Christians are currently very excited about technology and our ability to use the tools responsibly and for the proper ends, the purpose of some of those technologies will be determined in part by the nature of who is using […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

Christian Web Conference: A Few Parting Thoughts - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

I just got back late last night from the Christian Web Conference, a gathering out at the alma mater that I’ve been involved with for several years. While I’ve enjoyed every conference I’ve been at, this one was particularly fun […]

Kevin WhiteChurchHistory/Church History

Why Church History? – The Cloud of Witnesses and the Body of Christ

Why Church History? – The Cloud of Witnesses and the Body of Christ

Matthew Lee AndersonFilm Reviews/Hollywood

Under Review: The Lincoln Lawyer

Under Review: The Lincoln Lawyer

Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsPolitical Theology

Blaming Terry Jones

Blaming Terry Jones