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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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The End of Sexual Ethics: Love and the Limits of Reason

Dianna Anderson (no relation) recently penned a very spirited critique of my recent essay on why I am opposed to gay marriage. I had been notified about the essay a

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The System Behind Abortion: Planned Parenthood's Dehumanizing Rhetoric

A video shows Planned Parenthood talking about trafficking in body parts or fetal tissue. But their rhetoric dehumanizes the fetus in order to work.

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Our Culture of Reading and the End of Dialogue

Our culture of reading has imperiled dialogue.

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Why I am Opposed to Gay Marriage

Matthew Lee Anderson argues that the permanence that love aspires to cannot be satisfied by gay marriage as it can in different-sex marriages.

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Mere Fidelity: Pentecost and the Prophetic Gift of the Spirit

Having just celebrated Pentecost, we consider the role that the frequently overlooked 'prophetic' gift of the Spirit plays in the life of the church. Articles to consider include

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Mere Fidelity: Should Women Preach?

John Piper answered "no." Our own Andrew Wilson responded "yup." Tom Schreiner weighed in with his "nope." And then Andrew said "Still yes,

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Mere Fidelity: Evangelical Blind Spots with Collin Hansen

Collin Hansen's Blind Spots focuses on evangelical areas that are overlooked. He joins Mere Fidelity to discuss.

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Mere Fidelity: Free Range Parenting

A national debate on the nature and limits of childhood is currently underfoot, and as only one of us has children we decided to weigh in.  We mentioned a number

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Oliver O'Donovan against Decline Narratives

I’ve finished Oliver O’Donovan’s latest book, which I have mixed feelings about. However, in light of my recent musings on the rhetoric of ‘decline’ within the evangelical world, I was intrigued to see O’Donovan offer his own critique of those […]

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Mere Fidelity: Beyond the Abortion Wars

Charles Camosy joins Mere Fidelity to discuss his new book Beyond the Abortion Wars: A Way Forward for a New Generation.

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The Limits of Dialogue: Q Ideas, Gay Marriage, and Chuck Colson

Q Ideas is inviting proponents of gay marriage to their conference. Should they? And would Chuck Colson approve?

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The Cost of Freedom

Let’s start with where we all, I think, can agree:  right now, there is a great deal of conflict and disagreement over what justice requires and what freedom should look like. The religious liberty throw-down that we’ve recently experienced is […]