The Archive
Andrew Walker
Belgium is on pace to become the first European country to officially (and indirectly) ban the essence of conservative Islamic female identity: the Burka, according to this article in the UK’s Daily Mail. Of course, the legislation is not worded to […]
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
“Watch and pray, so that you do not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” “Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we […]
Matthew Lee AndersonBible
I’ve been reading through some traditional evangelicals, hunting for their understanding of embodiment. Along the way, I came across this gem from Andrew Murray: That there is a glorying in Christ Jesus that is accompanied by much confidence in the […]
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
Is Nudity in Art Permissible?
Matthew Lee Anderson
There is no better or faster way to out yourself as a curmudgeon than to pick on the music that kids are listening to, especially if you do it without the ironic and self-mocking flair that my generation has perfected. […]
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
No More Tears or Sorrow: Billy Graham on Heaven
Matthew Lee AndersonReading the Hymns
Reading the Hymns: All Glory, Laud, and Honour
Matthew Lee Anderson
If you have an hour or so this weekend, you would do well to watch this lecture by Phillip Blond. Blond’s version of conservatism is a British version of the Front Porchers, and it captures well some of the tensions […]
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
Mere-O Chats: A Podcast with Dr. JP Moreland
TexCulture
I’m not the first person to suggest that there is something inherently better about live musical performances, and even though we are rapidly sinking into an atomized digital age, I don’t think I’ll be the last: there is enough of […]
Matthew Lee Anderson
Ross Douthat at the NY Times had a moment of sympathy for Bart Stupak today, and it’s a (typically) generous and insightful response to uproar surrounding Bart Stupak: Here was a politician who embodies what a half-century ago would have […]
Matthew Lee AndersonEducation
Which can only mean I’m weighing in with my own list. In case you missed it, folks have been listing the ten books that either influenced them, they liked the most, or are best in their category (like Dr. Sanders’ […]