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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.
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I'm gearing up for my presentation on the theology of presence for the twenty-first century for the upcoming Christian Web Conference out at Biola. The conference is
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It's humbling and daunting to have played a small part in starting something of a real online conversation (and a serious one at that) about the relationship between
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My conclusion: But influence goes both ways, and evangelicals may have something to offer the natural law thinkers as well. Specifically, the evangelical emphasis on the brokenness of our rational
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John Corvino: It’s true that gay people tend to think about their “gay identity” more than straight people think about their “straight identity.” That’s mainly because, in a hetero-normative world, embracing gay identity requires a lot more effort.” This strikes […]
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Got a chance to read through Love Wins this weekend, and I thought I’d post a few reflections on it, bullet point style. If Rob Bell isn’t a universalist, then I think he has only himself to blame for the […]
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The interview: I initially tweeted that this is how “journalism should be done,” a claim which incited some grumbling among those who think that Bashir was unduly harsh on Bell. Word went around that Bashir attends Tim Keller’s church in […]
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With the discussion surrounding Rob Bell, it occurs to me that questions could become an innocent bystander in the mess. Bell's book apparently has some 350 questions, about
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Rob Bell’s latest offering brought out the crazy-thorough in Kevin DeYoung. I’ve been holding off commenting on both the brouhaha surrounding the book and its contents, mostly because I haven’t read the book yet. But I read DeYoung’s review and […]
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You might notice a few changes around here. We’ve got a brand new logo, a sharp new theme, and a few fancy new features. The most important of them is that the threading system on our comments is vastly improved. […]
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Well, not quite. But pretty close. Andrew Walker has a review of Leithart’s phenomenal treatment of Constantine’s life in the latest edition of The City, a journal to which you all should subscribe. Not only is it free, it’s awesome. […]
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Ross Douthat: When social conservatives talk about restoring the link between sex, monogamy and marriage, they often have these kinds of realities in mind. The point isn’t that we
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I am really excited to be speaking at the Christian Web Conference at the alma mater this April. I have been working on the material for my talk the past few months for a little project you might have heard […]
