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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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Moloch will eat his children.....

Check out this provocative piece from Meghan Cox Gurdon in NRO, in which she draws a parallel between cannabilism and stem cell research. It's written in the style

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"Indeed"

On this day we commemorate the day when the Christ, the Lord of all, vanquished the power of death for all. Death was Satan's final stronghold, and man&

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Interesting Reading for the Weekend

I know it's Easter today and I have a ton of Easter thoughts. However, as I was perusing the blogs tonight I found some very interesting reading. For

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European Birth Rates

Donald Sensing at One Hand Clapping links to a few articles detailing the impending crisis in Europe. The Pope coined the term 'culture of death.' Europe's

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Robert George on Terry Schiavo

Robert George on Terry Schiavo (ht: Volokh Conspiracy): I don’t see that any just authority of the state of Florida is being displaced by the effort of Congress to ensure that Terri’s right to life is honored and that civil […]

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Charity Begins at Homo Sapiens

Check out a recent article in New Scientist on the deep-seated altruism of humankind. The article isn’t conclusive, but it does pose problems for those who wish to collapse the fundamental distinction between humankind and the animal kingdom. Not that […]

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GodBlogCon Again

The buzz around GodBlogCon is growing and concerns about the name have followed. Check out Jeff Jarvis of buzzmachine.com on MSNBC's new show Connected: Coast to Coast.

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GodBlogCon 2005

The Christian Blogosphere now knows what I’ve known for a few days: GodBlogCon 2005 will be hosted by the Torrey Honors Institute at Biola University. The official announcement is up over at Andrew Jackson’s blog. How, you ask, was I […]

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East Asian Developments

Paul Musgrave has an excellent summary of recent developments in East Asia. The East Asian security story is the most consequential of this decade. China is rising to power; North

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Peter Kreeft at Biola

Christian apologist Peter Kreeft visited Biola University this weekend as a guest of the Torrey Honors Institute. Kreeft has written numerous books in various styles on numerous subjects including apologetics, heaven, prayer, Catholicism and Aquinas. His next work (and the […]

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On the Quill

Mark Olson at Pseudo-Polymath offers this reflection on the virtues of the quill: A good fountain pen has finely engraved metal, is machined to fine tolerances, and writes smoothly

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Media and Blogging

Stacy Harp of MediaSoul has started a new company designed to promote books through the blogosphere. She states, "We exist to help people in the media, such as authors,