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Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
Asceticism is one of the most frequently misunderstood and historically abused aspects of the Christian faith. But it can hardly be ignored. It is common knowledge that the earliest days of the Church were fraught with persecution and martyrdom. As […]
TexFormation
Despite roundly panning Gary Thomas’ book Sacred Marriage last week for it’s fundamentally questionable premise, I have to admit that he has a lot of good things to say in response to the historic trend among Christians to look down […]
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
(Bumped–I realized I put in the wrong timestamp when I set it to automatically post!). For many evangelicals, the idea of regular and church-legislated engagement with spiritual disciplines such as Lent impinges upon the freedom of the individual believer. In […]
Matthew Lee Anderson
When the Oscar nominees were announced, I was mildly surprised to see “Michael Clayton” among the nominees for Best Picture. After seeing it, that mild surprise turned into astonishment. The idea that this film could win Best picture over No […]
Keith E. BuhlerEvangelicalism
“By expecting the Apostles to conform to modern assumptions we run the danger of missing the theological and kerygmatic richness of the Apostles’ use of the OT.” Continuing a line Matt started, here is an interesting article (about 25 pages) […]
TexBook Reviews
Review: Sacred Marriage
Keith E. Buhler
You might get fired. Or worse, Expelled.
Keith E. BuhlerPhilosophy
Early to Rise: Thoreau and Aurora
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
Romney for President(?!)
Matthew Lee Anderson
On a day when we honor a man committed to racial reconciliation, Fred Sanders offers this responsible analysis of Martin Luther’s theological tradition, strengths and weaknesses: But mainly, MLK saw a big issue coming his way and knew to lean […]
Matthew Lee Anderson
How should we then read? It is a question with which I have occasionally wrestled. My freshman year of college, I was introduced to the world of hermeneutics, which seemed at the time to be the discipline of debunking other […]
Matthew Lee AndersonLiterature
Irony, Awakening, and Dissolution