The Archive
Cate MacDonaldUncategorized
(I hope I'm not doing exactly what Matt is afraid of, but here it goes anyway) I’ve never related to the idea that Jesus is my homeboy.
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, […]
Andrew WalkerUncategorized
What must Catholics believe on Healthcare Reform? The above is an excellent article making the case for how liberal democracy's case for "rights"-based healthcare does
Matthew Lee Anderson
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
Boing Boing has a helpful write-up of what, and how, infants in the womb know about the world. Here are two of the highlights: "They can tell the
Matthew Lee AndersonEducation
Debilitating allergies have practically destroyed my ability to do much of anything this weekend, so reading and writing were a bit more difficult than normal. But I realized that I
TexPolitics
The only reason you are reading anything about Kyrgyzstan on a blog primarily devoted to Christian thought, culture, and the occasional recent news item may be because I happen to
Matthew Lee Anderson
It’s impossible to talk about hymns for very long without running into that hymn making machine that was Charles Wesley. While he is most famous–and justly so–for his Christmas offering , he wrote some 6000 hymns. A Charge to Keep […]
Matthew Lee AndersonAnthropologyembodimentTheology and Practice
Lisa Miller has a new book out on heaven, and while I haven't read it yet, the excerpt at Newsweek is intriguing. Miller highlights the paradox of believing
TexPolitics
Kyrgyzstan is in revolt but it is unclear what the revolt will accomplish. The opposition parties are demanding democracy and equality, fed up with the cronyism of current President, Kurmanbek Bakiev and convinced that the government is working to undermine […]
Matthew Lee Anderson
In this episode, Joe Carter and I argue about his book, How to Argue like Jesus, and how the Christian blogging community has fared in striving to do precisely that.
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
Karl Barth, one of histories most prolific and insightful theologians, was interested--to put it mildly--in preserving the distinctiveness of God in Jesus Christ over and against other attempts