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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 Anderson
For your Saturday listening pleasure come two songs from U2 that no self-respecting fan should go without hearing. The first is With Or Without You. A famous song, yes, but this live version includes a bridge (taken from the Book […]
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
Because C.S. Lewis deserves his own list, we're going to leave him off. And so does Chesterton, so I'm going to ignore him, too. But
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
Emerging adulthood or extended adolescence? It's a rhetorical war, really, to describe the peculiar phenomenon of people in their twenties who remain attached to their parents and uncertain
Matthew Lee AndersonBible
Mention the prohibition on tattoos in Leviticus 19:6 and it's 98.7% likely that the immediate response will be, "Yeah, and don't wear a
Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism
I have plans to return to the issue of homosexuality sometime soon to affirm Ross’s excellent clarification, address Jan’s excellent query, and to try to respond to a few comments. But the past few days, my thoughts have been consumed […]
Matthew Lee AndersonTrinity
Update: The contest is now closed. If you didn't get an email, alas, you didn't win. However, watch this space for more giveaways in the near
Matthew Lee AndersonHistory/Church History
From those arbiters of all that is good, true, and beautiful: Discuss.
Matthew Lee AndersonTrinity
One of my favorite moments in The Deep Things of God is Sanders’ explication of what happens when a culture becomes decadent. He writes: “Inhabitants of a decadent culture feel themselves to be living among the scraps and fragments of […]
Matthew Lee Anderson
It’s a little-known fact among my close friends that I am a chronic “lister.” Want to know what are the greatest bands ever? I’m happy to put tell you those, and defend my choices–even if I’ve never heard one of […]
Matthew Lee Anderson
Ross has been doing a yeoman’s work making me almost regret my critique of his essay on gay marriage by offering a patient, sophisticated case for preserving the “ideal” of heterosexual marriage. Specifically, I was pleased to see him affirm […]
Matthew Lee AndersonEvangelicalism
"Because the gospel is Trinitarian, evangelicals as gospel people are by definition Trinity people, whether or not they think so. It only makes sense that if the gospel is
Matthew Lee Anderson
I like Ross Douthat. A lot. I started reading him when he was at The Atlantic, and was instantly hooked. While I have no pretensions that I’ve gotten close, I have consciously tried to model my level of discourse after his. He […]
