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Matthew Lee AndersonTechnology
There are no arguments against technology. There are only worries, questions, and as Matt Milliner puts it, "reservations." But while those who have those reservations are legion, clear
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
The most majestic eight minutes of music all point to the victory of the Lamb who was slain, and to the vindication that all the promises of God are yes
Matthew Lee Anderson
Holy Saturday is the most difficult day of the Easter season. While it is often overlooked by those who are not members of rigorously liturgical traditions, Holy Saturday reminds us above all of the stark sense of failure that the […]
Cate MacDonaldTheology and Practice
I taught the Palm Sunday lesson to all the preschool-aged children at my church last Sunday. It was difficult for me to speak truly about the entrance of Jesus
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
If any of our own people also inquire, not from love of debate but from love of learning, why Jesus suffered death in none other way save on teh cross, let him also be told that no other way than […]
TexLiberal Arts
Last week I rhapsodized (a bit) on the irreplaceable value of live music as the means by which we experience the personality of the performers. In a good performance a
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 acceptable, when it's in art? And should that even be a question? Or is the more appropriate question (as Sherri suggests) whether there is s there
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
What is your vision of heaven? That was the question over at the Washington Post last week. And one of the guest voices was that of the elder statesman of