The Archive
Matthew Lee Anderson
There is no better example of the interesting and surprising collisions that mark the development of our church hymnody than this week’s hymn. While a communion hymn from the Eastern Orthodox tradition, it found its way into both the Episcopalian […]
Jeremy Mann
So, obviously no man is an island—he needs a woman. Together they make a big island, which is why everyone honeymoons in Hawaii… My wife and I are in our mid-twenties, which means every spring our mailbox is full of […]
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
Newer readers to Mere-O may not know that for two years I worked as an educator, and was blessed to have an incredible set of students. This is a
Tex
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
If you asked St. Augustine why he believed in an immortal soul, I suspect he'd look at you quizzically, raise an eyebrow, and utter a dismissive, "Because
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
Quick: name the four most popular hymns in Anglicanism as measured by their inclusion in the 52 hymnbooks published around the world in the 19th century? Rock of Ages, Cleft
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
Abraham Piper thinks so. Abraham is an astute observer of the Christian blogging community. And he has a hunch as to why: To assert that all men are brothers, that