Critiquing Christian Freedom: Karl Barth on Romans 14:16-18

November 19th, 2007 | 2 min read

Sometimes, it seems that there are few things my generation of evangelicals loves more than their ‘Christian freedom.’

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Matthew Lee Anderson is an Associate Professor of Ethics and Theology in Baylor University's Honors College. He has a D.Phil. in Christian Ethics from Oxford University, and is a Perpetual Member of Biola University's Torrey Honors College. In 2005, he founded Mere Orthodoxy.

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Critiquing Christian Freedom: Karl Barth on Romans 14:16-18

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