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Matthew Lee AndersonChurchEvangelicalismFormation
We blogged about it a lot at Mere O when it happened. Offered some pretty strong opinions, too, especially about the response by the people at New Life. Ted Olsen
Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsPhilosophy
From the Christian Science Monitor comes this report that "subjective well being" is quickly becoming the measuring rod for British policy. Of course, that's just a
Matthew Lee AndersonFilm Reviews/Hollywood
My brother has been kicking around existentialism in relation to Children of Men. He writes, "Watching the film, I came to realize that most people evade the true force
Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsEducationSociology
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. do yourself and your countrymen a favor by watching the video of what many consider the second greatest speech in American history.
Matthew Lee AndersonSociologyEvangelicalism
Christian Smith, who has made a living correcting mistaken notions about the lives of evangelicals, recently reprimanded evangelicals for their inappropriate use of statistics. Drawing from the extreme and bogus
Matthew Lee Andersonembodiment
Last night, Joe Carter argued that we have obligations now to people we will meet in the future, such as our spouses. I pointed out (in the comments) that this would entail that we have obligations now to people in the […]
Matthew Lee AndersonPoetry
I think this poem goes along well with Dorothy Sayers' "Why Work?" and is a clear statement of the Christian understanding of work. The author is Henry
Matthew Lee AndersonBlogging
During my recent journey into the archives of Mere Orthodoxy I was confronted by the reality of the many conversations in the last year that I let die due to neglect. There were a lot. I was a terrible blogger […]
Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsPhilosophy
The following essay is my submission to the Blogs4Life Online Symposium. It is perhaps unconventional in tone for a Symposium of this sort. It is certainly "off the point&
Matthew Lee AndersonSports
Continuing the sports theme of this weekend, the wife treated me to my first ever NHL game tonight. And by fluke, it just happened to be a clash between two
Matthew Lee Anderson
Jim was right. That makes twice this new year that I have boldly predicted games in opposition to my brother, and twice I have been soundly defeated (carrying on my fine tradition of picking sports from last year). The only […]
Matthew Lee AndersonSports
With a cornerback that was sitting at home on the couch last week, a depleted receiving corps, and an offensive line that has had eight different combinations this season, the