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Matthew Lee Anderson
For your Saturday listening pleasure come two songs from U2 that no self-respecting fan should go without hearing. The first is With Or Without You. A famous song, yes, but this live version includes a bridge (taken from the Book […]
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
Because C.S. Lewis deserves his own list, we're going to leave him off. And so does Chesterton, so I'm going to ignore him, too. But
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
Emerging adulthood or extended adolescence? It's a rhetorical war, really, to describe the peculiar phenomenon of people in their twenties who remain attached to their parents and uncertain
Matthew Lee AndersonBible
Mention the prohibition on tattoos in Leviticus 19:6 and it's 98.7% likely that the immediate response will be, "Yeah, and don't wear a
Andrew WalkerEconomics and Business
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
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
As usual, The Public Discourse's latest article does not leave the reader disappointed. In its current post, Stephen Heaney offers an incisive argument on the illogical premises of
Matthew Lee AndersonTrinity
Update: The contest is now closed. If you didn't get an email, alas, you didn't win. However, watch this space for more giveaways in the near
Matthew Lee AndersonHistory/Church History
From those arbiters of all that is good, true, and beautiful: Discuss.
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 […]