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Matthew Lee Anderson

Modernity and Medieval Science

Like Matt Milliner, I’m impressed by David Schaengold’s post over at the League of Ordinary Gentlemen, wherein he relates observation decks, science, and the joy of observation: Being happy merely to see and to understand, as scientists are, is the […]

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

A Biological Basis for Traditional Marriage?

A Biological Basis for Traditional Marriage?

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

Babies: The Most Endearing Film of 2010

Babies: The Most Endearing Film of 2010

Jeremy MannFilm Reviews/Hollywood

Quite a guy that Mr. Fox

Quite a guy that Mr. Fox

Matthew Lee Anderson

Marriage in a Media Age

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

Old and Relevant: Augustine's City of God

Andrew WalkerChurchEvangelicalismembodimentAnthropology

Jesus is a Warrior, but not a Cagefighter

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

Henry was Right, but so was Kuyper

Matthew Lee AndersonTheology and Practice

Playing the (a)Theological Mystery Card

Playing the (a)Theological Mystery Card

Andrew WalkerPoliticsPro-LifeEvangelicalismFormation

The Subtle Promotion of Death

The Subtle Promotion of Death

Matthew Lee Anderson

In Case You Missed It: January's Top Posts

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

God of the Body/Soul Gap

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 […]