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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.

Matthew Lee AndersonEarthen Vessels

Earthen Vessels goes to Denver

If you live in the Denver area, I'd love to meet you. I'll be speaking at Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church on Sunday, August 7th at 7:

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Earthen Vessels: The Early Reviews (Pt. 3)

The final installment (for now) of some of the things that people have been saying about Earthen Vessels. Cole Huffman, a pastor down in Memphis, did a little creative expansion on the tattoos chapter that is very much worth your […]

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Earthen Vessels: The Early Reviews (Pt. 2)

See part one for the qualifiers, which happen to be necessary.  Otherwise, here we do go. First off, I was subject to my first open letter, which happened to be quite a bit more generous than most open letters: Jesus […]

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Earthen Vessels: The Early Reviews (Pt 1)

We’re about six weeks into Earthen Vessels being available, which means that reviews are starting to trickle in. I am so thankful for everyone who has taken the time to read and comment on the work.  Even though I haven’t […]

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Chastity Pledges and Risky Sex

From the department of ambiguous scientific studies deployed to make political claims comes this latest summation by Wrey Herbert: Bornovalova and her colleagues crunched all the data together, with provocative results. They did in fact replicate the well-known link between […]

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Standing in the Shallows: Consumerism and Christian Music

I'm pretty sure Meghan O'Gieblyn had the exact same cultural upbringing as I did:  By the time I was finishing up eighth grade, I had ditched

Matthew Lee AndersonBlogging

Blogging as Letters to our Future

Alissa Wilkinson: So maybe we can think of blogs—at least the good ones, and maybe even ones like these—as letters, if not to friends, to everyone, to the future: here is who we are, as it unfolded in real time; […]

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Unvarnished Honesty: Luke Timothy Johnson on Homosexuality in the Church

Whatever your feelings about homosexuality, Luke Timothy Johnson's candor should be welcomed and encouraged: I think it important to state clearly that we do, in fact, reject the

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Church Buildings and the Body

The Gospel Coalition is discussing church buildings, and I’m a participant. And the commenters are generally displeased.  Here’s the excerpt, but read the whole thing and let me know what you think: At the same time, this indwelling life of […]

Matthew Lee AndersonFilm Reviews/Hollywood

The Music and Meaning of *Tree of Life*

The meaning of Tree of Life cannot be discovered from the music that Terence Malick chooses to use in the final scene.

Matthew Lee AndersonFilm Reviews/Hollywood

Tree of Life: A Review by Nathan Hitchen

Note from Matt:  I invited Nathan, who is a friend of the blog, to write up his thoughts on Terence Malick's new film Tree of Life.  I'

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Logres, Lewis, and the Fourth of July

Jared Wilson does a nice job of unpacking Lewis' view of the Logres: The gist of the Logres idea is that God’s original plan for the races, nations,