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Matthew Lee Anderson

A Weekend of Edification

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

A Letter to a Former Student, on the Occasion of a Difficult Day

Tex

Indivisible Harmony

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

Were the Church Fathers Pacficists?

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

Playing the Theological Syncretism Card

Matthew Lee AndersonFormation

Where Should the Evangelical Theological Renewal Begin?

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

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

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?

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, […]