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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.
Matthew Lee Anderson
It’s Valentine’s Day. The day for romance. The day for love. But that’s not stopping me. My wife and I watched “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” this last weekend, so I was planning this post before Melinda Penner at STR […]
Matthew Lee Anderson
My time at Wheatstone Academy was one of the most significant learning experiences of my life, mostly because I received challenging and difficult instruction from my boss on a regular basis. That boss, Brian Nick, has now become a friend […]
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
A while ago, I linked to this story pointing out that “subjective well being” is increasingly being used as a measuring rod for British policy. Mere O reader Peregrine commented right away, pointing out that it might be useful. He […]
Matthew Lee AndersonMusicChurch
I received a great many presents this Christmas. I almost felt guilty about this. But then my philosophical training saved the day. I began to think about the nature of
Matthew Lee AndersonPro-LifeScience
In late January, I wrote this essay for a Pro-Life symposium that it seems never materialized. In it, I included this claim: The pro-life position is fundamentally about
Matthew Lee AndersonBibleTheology and PracticeFormation
In my previous post on the Gospel of John, I suggested that John speaks to us through his Gospel as Jesus does to the people in the Gospel. "Greater
Matthew Lee AndersonBibleFormation
I was planning on being finished with these reflections on John, but these excellent questions from Andrew have inspired me to write one more post. If anything is clear in the Gospel of John, the thought that Jesus is both […]
Matthew Lee AndersonHermeneuticsEvangelicalism
While most evangelicals have never heard of Louis Gaussen, his Theopneustia lurked in the backdrop of evangelical discussions of inspiration for the better part of a century. (For the argument
Matthew Lee AndersonEpistemologyFormation
In the context of a discussion about the method in which God develops a conversation relationship with us - by forming our character - and our appropriate response, Dallas Willard writes of
Matthew Lee Anderson
The handsome, extraordinarily brilliant, and always punchy Nobody (who has been happily blogging at Any Eventuality for some time now) sent in this juicy piece of poetry from Shakespeare’s Sonnet number 129. (I should also point out that Nobody is almost a […]
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
Blogging to have you take them away, that is, and give me money. I'm unemployed, and so spending my times organizing my life and discarding books that I
Matthew Lee Anderson
The Enigma Variations is one of the most enjoyable set of variations that classical music can boast. What makes them particularly interesting is that Elgar wrote a variation for each of his friends, making the reconstruction of their personalities a […]
