The Archive
Matthew Lee Anderson
The report that Mark Sanford didn’t want to include a vow of fidelity in their wedding vows is the least surprising, and the saddest, news I have heard in a while. According to his wife, the discredited governor of South […]
TexPolitics
Old and Relevant: Augustine's City of God
Andrew WalkerChurchEvangelicalismembodimentAnthropology
Son of God. Prince of Peace. Son of Man. Cagefighter? While the first three masculine titles given to our Lord Jesus are biblical and sufficient enough to express the wonder of Jesus, the last title seems to be ever-more increasingly […]
Andrew WalkerPolitics
Henry was Right, but so was Kuyper
Matthew Lee AndersonTheology and Practice
Playing the (a)Theological Mystery Card
Andrew WalkerPoliticsPro-LifeEvangelicalismFormation
The Subtle Promotion of Death
Matthew Lee Anderson
It’s been a productive month here at Mere-O, and our largest month ever in terms of traffic (thanks!). We’re grateful for all the new readers we have, and for all the comments and feedback. Even when I can’t respond as […]
Matthew Lee AndersonembodimentAnthropology
I’m generally sympathetic to Robert Gundry’s helpful explication of the role of the body in Biblical theology. His careful exegetical work foreshadowed John Cooper’s conclusions in Body, Soul, and Life Everlasting: the anthropology of Scripture points toward something like a […]
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
Meet the New Guy: Andrew Walker Joins Mere-O
Matthew Lee Anderson
I’m giving a talk for Wheatstone Academy in a few weeks on the relationship between courage, theology, and the creation of culture. I am still putting together my thoughts on the talk and trying to identify the specific angle I […]
TexUncategorized
Old and Relevant: Augustine and History
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
The Front Porchers sounded an odd note today in Susan McWilliams’ argument that Barack Obama’s failures to govern indicate that he should talk more, not less, to the American people. I say ‘odd’ because by any objective standard, Obama talked […]