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Action, Education, and Being: A Response to Gary Thomas - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Gary Thomas, founder of The Center for Evangelical Spirituality, graciously answered my critiques of his pragmatic and helpful book, “Sacred Marriage.” The conversation continues below with my thoughts on excerpts of his helpful response. I’ve read your primary critique once […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

Movie Week at Mere-O: There Will Be Blood - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

In honor of the Oscars this Sunday, I thought I would devote this week to the five films nominated for Best Picture. So far I have reviewed Juno, Michael Clayton, and Atonement. It might be tempting for some Christians to […]

Matthew Lee AndersonFilm Reviews/Hollywood

Movie Week at Mere-O: Atonement

Movie Week at Mere-O: Atonement

Matthew Lee AndersonFilm Reviews/Hollywood

Movie Week at Mere-O: Juno

Movie Week at Mere-O: Juno

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorizedFilm Reviews/Hollywood

Movie Week at Mere-O: Michael Clayton

Movie Week at Mere-O: Michael Clayton

Matthew Lee AndersonLiterature

The Greatness of Bottom: GK Chesterton on the Hero of Midsums

The Greatness of Bottom: GK Chesterton on the Hero of Midsums

TexFormation

Evangelical Supererogation? - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

I will always be among the first to sharply criticize the abuses of ritual and liturgy that so often plague the older and “higher” churches in the world. It is as though they never quite understood one of the assumptions […]

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Complimentary Folly - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Painfully self-aware people cringe every time they receive a compliment. A simple, “You look lovely today,” sends them into a convulsion of excuses as they trip over their tongues in an effort to assure themselves and the world that they […]

Matthew Lee AndersonChurch

Community out of Necessity: The Limitations of the Body and the Formation of the Church - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

In my reflections for Ash Wednesday, I claimed that it was “through death—in suffering, in weakness, in solitude—that the communion of saints begins. The brokenness of Jesus’ body is the birth of his people.” While I focused mainly on the […]

Keith E. BuhlerUncategorized

Evangelicals and the Early Church

Evangelicals and the Early Church

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorizedTechnology

The Hoodied Gods: New Steps Forward for Video Games

The Hoodied Gods: New Steps Forward for Video Games

Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsUncategorized

Dobson Endorses Huckabee: Why Now?

Dobson Endorses Huckabee: Why Now?