Is the Christian Faith Simple?

September 4th, 2006

Yes and No, states Dr. Fred Sanders on Middlebrow. Once theologians (scholarly or layman) get going on the questions of the atonement, incarnation, or the Trinity, the discussion gets deeply complex quickly.

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Matthew Lee Anderson

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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