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Matthew Lee Anderson

Rebecca Black is Cooler than You (and Me) - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

You may have heard of her music video which now has an astonishing 72 million views on YouTube.  Horribly bad, yes.  But her analysis of it is nothing short of pure awesomeness: (HT: Mashable)

Matthew Lee AndersonFormation

The Pentecostal Natural Law Tradition

The Pentecostal Natural Law Tradition

Kevin WhiteEvangelicalismTheology and PracticeEpistemology

Knowledge Spackle

Knowledge Spackle

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

A Theology of Presence in the Twenty First Century

A Theology of Presence in the Twenty First Century

Matthew Lee AndersonFormation

Assorted Thoughts on Evangelicals and Natural Law

Assorted Thoughts on Evangelicals and Natural Law

Andrew WalkerBlogging

Who's Afraid of Marx? - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Christopher Benson at Bensonian.org, has unveiled his introductory post on the blog tour of Terry Eagleton’s newest book, Why Marx Was Right. Organized by Yale University Press, Christopher’s site will have four different reactions each to a different chapter of […]

Matthew Lee AndersonPhilosophy

Natural Law at Christianity Today

Natural Law at Christianity Today

Matthew Lee Anderson

Not Defined by Sexuality: A Brief Reply to John Corvino - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

John Corvino: It’s true that gay people tend to think about their “gay identity” more than straight people think about their “straight identity.” That’s mainly because, in a hetero-normative world, embracing gay identity requires a lot more effort.” This strikes […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

Assorted Thoughts on Love Wins - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Got a chance to read through Love Wins this weekend, and I thought I’d post a few reflections on it, bullet point style. If Rob Bell isn’t a universalist, then I think he has only himself to blame for the […]

Andrew Walker

Mark Tooley Interview: Afterword - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

This week, Mere-O unveiled its interview with Mark Tooley. As with the rest of our content, we hope that you found Tooley’s responses insightful and encouraging. In most settings, interviews often raise more questions than they answer. We hope our […]

Andrew Walker

Mark Tooley Interview Part IV - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

AW: Who is your all-time favorite political philosopher? Theologian? Do the two ever inform the other? MT: John Locke would seem to be the most important philosopher of Anglo-American limited government.  As a Methodist, of course John Wesley is my […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

Was Martin Bashir Unusually Hard on Rob Bell? - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The interview: I initially tweeted that this is how “journalism should be done,” a claim which incited some grumbling among those who think that Bashir was unduly harsh on Bell.  Word went around that Bashir attends Tim Keller’s church in […]