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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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Meaning and Darwinism

On Sunday morning, I attended church at Anaheim Vineyard to hear Dr. J.P. Moreland speak on anxiety, an issue I’ve dealt with repeatedly the last eight months. In his sermon, he argued that Darwin and the adoption of scientific naturalism […]

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Film Review: "The Exorcism of Emily Rose"

I dare you to watch The Exorcism of Emily Rose. You might not like it. It might hit a bit too close to home and it will definitely scare the

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Torrey Honors Blogging Developments

Torrey Honors Institute is going after the blogging world. Unfortunately, they are having a few problems with the page redirects. But as soon as they get it straightened out, this

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A Book off My Bookshelf: The Book of Common Prayer

The is the first installment of what I hope becomes a series of posts that I will do intermittently.  The goal of the series is to offer a brief description of a book that I have on my bookshelf and […]

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A new house rule....

Please remove shoes before entering Mere Orthodoxy.

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The Key to the Gospel of John

My students and I are reading through the Gospel of John right now in my classes. I have always found the gospel of John to be not only enigmatic and

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Welcome Home

Welcome to the new home of Mere Orthodxy. We are still under a bit of construction, and probably will be for some time. We have nearly five hundred posts that

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Blog for Books Review: Natural Law

In August of 2005, Joe Carter of Evangelicaloutpost penned these words:  What we need is a third way. We need a clear Christian vision that understands that markets are a

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Blog for Books Review--I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist

It seems that books on apologetics have two benefits:  if done well, they can equip Christians to address popular level critiques of Christianity.  Additionally, they can reaffirm and strengthen a

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"Joe Versus the Volcano": Review

Before there was Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail, Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan made Joe Versus the Volcano, a film with lasting value that could help

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Congrats to Joe Carter

Joe Carter, one of my favorite bloggers, has won the "Best Religious Blog" category of the Weblog Awards, 2005. Mere-O garnered a healthy 98 votes, which is

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Haldane on Philosophy

I previously blogged about Professor John Haldane’s new appointment at the Vatican. As I was perusing the high-brow ecumenical journal First Things, I was excited to run across an article on philosophy by Haldane entitled “What Philosophy Can Do.” In […]