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Andrew WalkerEconomics and Business

The Problem of Beck

Over at his blog, Denny Burk highlights a brief video detailing why he does not care for Glenn Beck’s politics, even though Beck, like Burk presumably, is an economic conservative. And on this issue, Burk is absolutely correct in denouncing […]

Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism

Pierced for Our Postmodernism?

I have plans to return to the issue of homosexuality sometime soon to affirm Ross’s excellent clarification, address Jan’s excellent query, and to try to respond to a few comments. But the past few days, my thoughts have been consumed […]

Andrew WalkerSociology

A Tail is a Leg is a Marriage?

A Tail is a Leg is a Marriage?

Matthew Lee AndersonTrinity

*The Deep Things of God* Giveaway

*The Deep Things of God* Giveaway

Matthew Lee AndersonHistory/Church History

The Doctrine of Heaven According to Tom and Jerry

The Doctrine of Heaven According to Tom and Jerry

Cate MacDonald

Eat. Pray? Love. Love?

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

A Decadent Doctrine of Salvation

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

Top Five: Inklings Fiction

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

The Choice of Children: The Logic of Gay Marriage and Abortion

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

The Deep Things of God: An Evangelicalism I Can Live In

Andrew WalkerUncategorized

Let's Let California Be the First (Again)

Let's Let California Be the First (Again)

Matthew Lee Anderson

Ross Douthat's Tepid Defense of Traditional Marriage

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 […]