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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 AndersonMere Fidelity
Derek, Matt, and Alastair are so excited about this book by Dr. Matthew LaPine, Pastor of Theological Development at Cornerstone Church of Ames, Iowa. You will be excited too! LaPine
Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity
Every year Americans celebrate Thanksgiving as a secular, not a Christian, holiday. But gratitude is baked into the very foundation of Christianity, and even of Creation itself. On this episode,
Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity
How does Evangelicalism differ between the UK and the US? The Mere Fidelity crew is perfectly situated to address this question from personal experience and expertise. Andrew Wilson joins this
Matthew Lee AndersonFeaturedCurrent Politics
In the previous two essays of this triptych, I have attempted to sketch how the Gospel of Jesus Christ might shape our understanding of justice in order to clarify what our responsibilities as Christians might be in our own time. […]
Matthew Lee AndersonFeaturedCurrent Politics
It was an ordinary Sunday afternoon in the Anderson household a few years back, full of books and tea and other comforts. My wife had momentarily interrupted my reading by giving me a kiss, seemingly without cause. It captured just […]
Matthew Lee AndersonFeaturedCulture WarCurrent Politics
Christians can't embrace all aspects of contemporary ideas of social justice. But we must also recognize that what came before was similarly dangerous.
Matthew Lee AndersonFeaturedCurrent Politics
To compare mask-wearing to duck-and-cover drills is to compare nuclear threats and a pandemic. But these are two dramatically different things.
Matthew Lee AndersonFeaturedCurrent Politics
Christian intellectuals must instruct everyone in their moral reasoning about the pandemic but also must guide our leaders in their public responsibilities.
Matthew Lee AndersonFeatured
What does it mean to be ‘pro-life’ when we’re in the midst of coronavirus and our economy is crashing as we try to contain it? The question has received some attention in recent days, in part because of our President’s […]
Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsFeatured
“My kingdom is not of this world.” As he approaches the crux of his earthly life, our Savior simultaneously qualifies Pilate’s authority while submitting himself to it. It is an astonishing moment of political quietism, which is possible only because […]
Matthew Lee AndersonFeaturedCurrent Politics
Werntz's essay rightly foregrounds the centrality of economics in understanding nations, but its treatment of economic injustice is reductionistic.
Matthew Lee AndersonFeaturedEvangelicalism
As Christians reckon with the legacy of 90s and 2000s evangelicalism, the most vital question may well be what will come after the demise of purity culture?
