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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.

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Truth Comes in A Body: Andy Crouch on the Incarnation

Andy Crouch is really smart.  He's written one of the most important books on evangelicals relationship to culture in the last 20 years.  And he's always

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An Exploration of Sleep as Preparation for the Sunday Service

A few weeks ago, I wrote a brief list of practical steps we could take to prepare for hearing the Word of God on Sunday. As I have ruminated on

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Desiring the Kingdom: Professor Smith's Response

From Professor Smith, in response to my review. So here we have Mr. Smith responding to Mr. Anderson.  All of a sudden I feel like I should say, “Missster ANDersssson…

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Bodies, Souls, and the Bible: The Frequency Test

If Peter Leithart's latest writings are any indication, he's working on an essay or a book on the meaning of embodiment.  Which would be fantastic.  The

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Pause to Reflect, Pray, and Give

While the numbers might be off, there is no doubt that the tragedy in Haiti is monumental.  Big Photo's stunning and tragic photo essay is all that needs

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Desiring the Kingdom: A Review

To be human is to be a lover. That is the starting point for Jamie Smith’s latest work, Desiring the Kingdom, in which he presents an important challenge to

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Education for Human Flourishing: A Review

As someone who has worked briefly in Christian education, I am excited to see more attention being paid to pedagogy and its relationship to anthropology.  While Paul Spears and Steven

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The Ultimate Nature of the Messianic Age

For as much as I've written about the possibility of a distinct Christian political witness, I fear I have failed to underscore the profound and ultimate sense of

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Three for the Weekend: Statistics, Aquinas, and Bach

My weekend reading has taken me to three very different, but equally worthwhile places. First, a riff on stats from XKCD: A tip of the hat to one of my

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The Pauline Principle and Stupak's Consistency: Critiquing Matt Yglesias

First, read the NY Times piece on Bart Stupak if you don't know already who he is and why he's (currently) famous. The article highlights two

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Marriage and Premarital Sex: Christianity Today's Village Green

One of the new features I'm really enjoying about the new Christianity Today is their 'Village Green,' a brief symposium on important topics.  Space limitations prevent

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Industrial Sex: Freeing the Body from Consequences

Wendell Berry's essay "Feminism, the Body, and the Machine" is a gem. I won't recap the whole argument, but along the way he provides