Jollyblogger and Chesterton

March 18th, 2006 | 2 min read

David Wayne of Jollyblogger has highlighted an article in Gilbert Magazine that gleans lessons for Christian journalists from Chesterton's method of writing. Wayne's comments focuses on Chesterton's joy, hope and what Fields terms his 'detached playfulness.' The phrase is unfortunately ambiguous and it allows Wayne to make these remarks:

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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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