The Archive

Every essay.

Matthew Lee Anderson

News and Notes: Courage, DC, and a Redesign

Blogging has been lighter of late because I’ve been writing the book and preparing for some speaking engagements. So I thought I’d give a quick update of what I’m up to and (if you’re interested) how you can help: 1) […]

Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics

Unwinding the Riddle of Glenn Beck's Moral Authority

I don't want to pay attention to Glenn Beck right now--I've got more pressing things on my mind at the moment--but Ross Douthat'

Matthew Lee Anderson

Metaphysics and an 'Evangelical' Ethic

From Oliver O’Donovan (broken up to aid understanding for internet-conditioned readers….like me): Any attempt to think about morality must make a decision early in its course, overt or covert, about these forms of order which we seem to discern in […]

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Mere-O University: What is Courage?

I'm giving a few talks that touch on the theme of courage for Wheatstone Academy in a two weeks, and have been reading through Plato's Laches

Andrew WalkerUncategorized

In Defense of Dinesh

The evangelical world encountered another skirmish this week with the election of conservative public intellectual (and erstwhile Catholic) Dinesh D'Souza to the presidency of King's College.

Matthew Lee Anderson

Top Five: Lewis Non-Fiction

The authoritative, definitive list of Lewis’s top five nonfiction books.  Don’t even try to argue with it.  You won’t win. 1)  Mere Christianity.  Is there really another serious contender for this slot?  Probably not at a blog that takes half […]

Matthew Lee AndersonEpistemology

The Philosophical Muddles of Postmodernism

At the urging of a friend, I sat down and read Phillip Kenneson's essay on the nature of truth in Christian Apologetics in the Postmodern World. I almost

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The Non-Necessity of Sex and Singleness as Vocation

Joe Carter has some great thoughts on sex and Wendell Berry, most of which I agree with. The central premise is taken from an essay that we've referenced

Matthew Lee Anderson

The Definitive Reply to the New York Times

On emerging adults is here. Read it.  I didn’t write it, but I sure wish I had. (Apologies for playing traffic cop of late.  More substantive thoughts coming soon.)

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Responses to Emerging Adults

I am pretty intrigued by the NY Times piece on emerging adults, if only because I am one and so resonate with many of the struggles they face. With that

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Tattoos and American Culture

As if on cue, the Today Show takes upon themselves the onerous task of listing out the ten most tattooed cities in America. The list is fascinating for its diversity,

Andrew WalkerChurch

The Peculiarity that is Church

Today, while listening to an excellent rendition of “Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus” at my stereotypical, evangelical, and Baptist megachurch, I was struck by how non-stereotypical church really is. To think that, week in and week out, seemingly distinct individuals […]