The Archive
Matthew Lee Anderson
It’s been a busy week, and there’s been lots of content I haven’t had a chance to comment on. So here’s some of the best content I’ve read or listened to, for your edification. Jonah Goldberg on breaking into to […]
Matthew Lee Anderson
A Letter to a Former Student, on the Occasion of a Difficult Day
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I’ve been reading a (sort-of) autobiography of the Guarneri String Quartet. Sort-of because, as author Arnold Steinhardt points out, one can’t really write an autobiography of a four-man entity. He shares the hilarious and awkward moments in the history of […]
Matthew Lee Anderson
If you ask noted pacifist John Howard Yoder, the answer is unequivocally “yes.” Writes Yoder: The answer of the pre-Constantinian church was negative; the Christian as an agent of God for reconciliation has other things to do than to be […]
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
Playing the Theological Syncretism Card
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
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
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
Matthew Lee Anderson
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?
Cate MacDonaldUncategorized
Why Jennifer Knapp Matters
Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism
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, […]