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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 AndersonTechnology
There are no arguments against technology. There are only worries, questions, and as Matt Milliner puts it, "reservations." But while those who have those reservations are legion, clear
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
The most majestic eight minutes of music all point to the victory of the Lamb who was slain, and to the vindication that all the promises of God are yes
Matthew Lee Anderson
Holy Saturday is the most difficult day of the Easter season. While it is often overlooked by those who are not members of rigorously liturgical traditions, Holy Saturday reminds us above all of the stark sense of failure that the […]
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
If any of our own people also inquire, not from love of debate but from love of learning, why Jesus suffered death in none other way save on teh cross, let him also be told that no other way than […]
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
“Watch and pray, so that you do not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” “Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we […]
Matthew Lee AndersonBible
I’ve been reading through some traditional evangelicals, hunting for their understanding of embodiment. Along the way, I came across this gem from Andrew Murray: That there is a glorying in Christ Jesus that is accompanied by much confidence in the […]
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
Is nudity acceptable, when it's in art? And should that even be a question? Or is the more appropriate question (as Sherri suggests) whether there is s there
Matthew Lee Anderson
There is no better or faster way to out yourself as a curmudgeon than to pick on the music that kids are listening to, especially if you do it without the ironic and self-mocking flair that my generation has perfected. […]
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
What is your vision of heaven? That was the question over at the Washington Post last week. And one of the guest voices was that of the elder statesman of
Matthew Lee AndersonReading the Hymns
Notice the Oxford comma and the British spelling of 'Honor'? Well, there's a reason for that. This quintessential Palm Sunday hymn was originally written by Theodulf
Matthew Lee Anderson
If you have an hour or so this weekend, you would do well to watch this lecture by Phillip Blond. Blond’s version of conservatism is a British version of the Front Porchers, and it captures well some of the tensions […]
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
Here at Mere-O, we pretty much kill off everything cool. And now we're gunning for the podcast. We are entering the audio fray with "Mere-O
