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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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Thanksgiving Blogging

The wife and I had our very first Thanksgiving alone this year. It was a fantastic time and a scrumptious dinner. The report card: Baked Brie in Bread: A+. Always

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The "Uncanny Valley"

Every now and then, ESPN.Com comes through with an interesting, edifying, and entertaining article that justifies my 1000 visits per day. With the release today of Madden 06 (student

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News alert: Catholics still Catholic!

A document from the Vatican was leaked today--it outlined the Vatican's guidelines on homosexuals and the priesthood. Full text of the document is here. Conservative Catholics seem

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What I Learned on a Friday Night Watching C-Span

Who knew? Politics can be fun. Now I can boast to my students that my wife and I have reached the pinnacle of wonk-dom--we have watched C-Span

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Blogotional and the Church

John has an incredibly sensible thought today on the Church. Drawing from Jollyblogger's extensive critique of George Barna's new book, John writes: God does not change,

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Walker, Texas Ranger

This clip from Walker, Texas Ranger, is hilarious. Watch it once. If you don't laugh, watch it again. By the 6th or 7th time, you will be dying

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Douglas Gresham at Biola

No apologies for making it all Narnia, all the time at Mere-O. I am unashamed to say that I’m terribly excited about the new film. Feeding that excitement was Douglas Gresham, Lewis’s step-son, presence at Biola today. He was interviewed […]

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Narnia's Cashflow

Maurice Chrittenden in the London Sunday Times points out that Lewis's stepsons sold his estate. Someone is going to get very wealthy off of the movie, but it&

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Academics in the News

Professor John Haldane of St. Andrews in Scotland has been appointed consultor to the Pontifical Council for Culture. From the article: Western society, he said, had lost its sense of

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A Touch of Nostalgia

Two posts this evening reminded me of my past. I currently live in Southern California, but my residence has not always been this climatically pleasant. First, Joe Carter relates this slightly humorous story about his trip to the Evergreen State […]

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Death to Cynicism: Rhett Smith and College Students

Rhett Smith has become one of my favorite daily reads, for this reason: Rather than be mired in potential cynicism and depression regarding the state of universities, Rhett has honestly

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Whence Wither? Here.

A friend pointed out this article in the San Francisco Chronicle by Discovery Institute member Wesley Smith. In it, he looks "into the crystal ball about the controversies that