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Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics

Our President Elect, and My Hopes for a Cheerful Conservatism

Tonight, the American people spoke and elected Barack Obama as their–as our–President.  It is a historic decision, and one that will doubtlessly be scrutinized relentlessly.  Barack Obama has run a masterful campaign–perhaps one of the most effective campaigns in history–and […]

Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics

A Final Reflection on the Vote

For pro-life conservatives, this election is different than most.  Years of pro-life gains--and yes, in case you haven't heard, the pro-life cause extends beyond

Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics

A Few Questions Before the Election

I thought I would put together a few of the unanswered questions that I am pondering right now.  Perhaps my astute readers have answers. Where do Conservatives and Republicans go

Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics

Political Miscellany a Week Before the Election

The last two months I have remained relatively quiet on all issues pertaining to politics. With the elections a week away, I thought I would offer a few observations on

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized

News and Notes

The reviews continue to roll in for The New Media Frontier. Trevin Wax (who is really, really smart) had this to say in his Amazon review:  "The New Media

Matthew Lee AndersonFormation

The Sustained Division: Calvin on the Perpetual Humanity of Man

One of the more perplexing questions of Christian theology is how, if at all, man is made righteous by the death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ.  Perhaps more than any other issue, this question reveals the fault lines between […]

TexEconomics and Business

Green Markets, Evangelicals, and the Poor

One issue that has received less and less attention in the run-up to November 4th, and especially since the Economic Crisis of 2008, is environmental stewardship and global warming.

Keith E. BuhlerUncategorized

"When Money Fails"

"Money is only one of many intangibles upon which our world rests. Our culture gods are far more flimsy than one would expect. In the Scriptures, within the Revelation

Matthew Lee Anderson

Taming the New Media Frontier

Reviews of the New Media Frontier are trickling in at a slow pace.  The countless hordes of readers (currently #232,477 on Amazon.com!) are doubtlessly grappling with the profundity contained therein.  Especially in that oh-so-provocative section critiquing new media. While I […]

TexEconomics and Business

Marx, Money, and the Market's Future

The Communist Manifesto, that little piece of literature so dog-eared and marked by nearly every college grad, is full of statements that have become particularly interesting in light of

Matthew Lee AndersonFormation

Take Root in the Heart: Calvin on the Knowledge of God

Questions about the knowledge of God too quickly often turn very quickly toward the issue of sources-where does our knowledge of God come from? John Calvin, whom I have

Matthew Lee AndersonTheology and Practice

Human Exceptionalism, John Calvin, and the Impulse to Worship

Modern evolutionary theory has brought the question of human exceptionalism back into our consciousness.  From a scientific standpoint, researchers have discovered startling similarities between humans and animals (though the dissimilarities