The Archive
Matthew Lee AndersonHistory/Church History
The Doctrine of Heaven According to Tom and Jerry
Cate MacDonald
One of my best friends is a film critic here in Los Angeles. A perk of this particular job is that she sees movies a few days early and sometimes takes me along (this really is more of a perk […]
Matthew Lee AndersonTrinity
One of my favorite moments in The Deep Things of God is Sanders’ explication of what happens when a culture becomes decadent. He writes: “Inhabitants of a decadent culture feel themselves to be living among the scraps and fragments of […]
Matthew Lee Anderson
It’s a little-known fact among my close friends that I am a chronic “lister.” Want to know what are the greatest bands ever? I’m happy to put tell you those, and defend my choices–even if I’ve never heard one of […]
Matthew Lee Anderson
Ross has been doing a yeoman’s work making me almost regret my critique of his essay on gay marriage by offering a patient, sophisticated case for preserving the “ideal” of heterosexual marriage. Specifically, I was pleased to see him affirm […]
Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism
The Deep Things of God: An Evangelicalism I Can Live In
Andrew WalkerUncategorized
Let's Let California Be the First (Again)
Matthew Lee Anderson
I like Ross Douthat. A lot. I started reading him when he was at The Atlantic, and was instantly hooked. While I have no pretensions that I’ve gotten close, I have consciously tried to model my level of discourse after his. He […]
Andrew WalkerPro-Life
Alcorn on Younger Evangelical Inconsistency
Matthew Lee Anderson
I’ve got some thoughts over at Christianity Today on the proper response for evangelicals to the recent ruling on Proposition 8: Practically, I think we have relied too heavily on the will of the majority as our foundation for our […]
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
The Double standard of the Proposition 8 Ruling
Matthew Lee Anderson
If there is an issue that the evangelical left and right speak with a single voice on, sex trafficking is it. The trade has received an increasing amount of attention the past two years. While it started before Amazing Grace, […]