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Matthew Lee AndersonFormation

Playing the Theological Syncretism Card

Playing the Theological Syncretism Card

Matthew Lee AndersonFormation

Where Should the Evangelical Theological Renewal Begin? - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Or with which doctrine, anyway. That was the question that the folks at Patheos asked a number of evangelical pastors and theologians.  The responses are worth reading in full, but Mark Roberts‘ is (not surprisingly) especially good: Let me explain […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

Ambiguously Human - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Oliver O’Donovan’s Begotten or Made is 86 pages that will change your life. Readers of Mere-O know my ongoing fascination with O’Donovan, whom I regard as the best living theologian in the English-speaking world.  After slowly digesting his trilogy on […]

Matthew Lee AndersonReading the Hymns

Reading the Hymns: All Praise to Thee, my God, This Night

Reading the Hymns: All Praise to Thee, my God, This Night

Matthew Lee Anderson

Patrol, Apolitical Evangelicals, and Post-Modernism - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

My friends at Patrol had one of their best days of content since I have been reading them. First, check out Alissa Harris’ affirmation of the apolitical nature of traditional evangelicals: However, when I look at my own parents and […]

Matthew Lee AndersonBlogging

Are Christian Blogs Boring?

Are Christian Blogs Boring?

Cate MacDonaldUncategorized

Why Jennifer Knapp Matters

Why Jennifer Knapp Matters

Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism

How Politically Engaged are Evangelicals? - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

If you trust the media, it’s all we do.  And if you trust many of the younger evangelical set, they’ll immediately concur. But when you compare evangelicals to other branches of Christianity, the reality is surprising.  Evangelicals, it turns out, […]

Andrew WalkerUncategorized

Catholic Obligation and Healthcare

Catholic Obligation and Healthcare

Matthew Lee Anderson

The Objectification of Jennifer Knapp - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

When I heard that Jennifer Knapp came out as a lesbian today, I shuddered. But not for why you think. No.  I shuddered because the news meant another round of conversations about evangelicals and homosexuality.  And that is a conversation which […]

Matthew Lee AndersonAnthropologyembodimentTheology and Practice

What Children in the Womb Know

What Children in the Womb Know

Matthew Lee AndersonEducation

The Top Posts from March

The Top Posts from March