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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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One of the ongoing debates in Reformed scholarship is what, if any, role natural law theory played in John Calvin's thought. The question has lots of implications, not
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I have often been perplexed by how Reformed thinkers like Francis Schaeffer, Herman Dooyeweerd, Abraham Kuyper, and others have such robust engagement with culture while still staying consistent with Calvinism.
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The internets were all atwitter today with the latest stunt pulled on…Twitter. Yes, someone tweeted his nuptials. Immediately after being pronounced man and wife, he pulled out his cell phone–and gave his now-wife hers–and they updated their status’ together. The […]
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Over at Evangel, I have a few thoughts on the relationship between two formulations of the atonement--propitiation and Christus victor--and how we ought understand the Gospel in light
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As Christians, we are a people who live in a present that is shaped definitively by the past and the future. The meaning of our present, of our contemporary lives and relationships, is fixed, but not yet revealed. We take […]
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One of the common complaints against traditional evangelicalism is that it has been held captive by a distinctly Western approach to rationality that eschews mystery and narrative. The central target
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Michael Bird, a New Testament scholar of the first rate, highlights Paul's statement in 1 Corinthians 8:3 that "anyone who loves God is known by him&
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In my response to Frank Beckwith and John Mark Reynolds in The City, I pointed out that any that Christendom is impossible until evangelicals recover a robust notion of the
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I was thrilled to have Mark Galli, a Senior Editor at Christianity Today, respond to my critiques of his insightful essay on evangelicalism. I asked him if I could repost
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Update: see also Hunter's thoughts here. Hunter Baker's new book, The End of Secularism, is a breath of fresh air in the ongoing debate over how
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As observers of evangelicalism, few are better positioned than Mark Galli, a senior editor at Christianity Today. And what he sees is a movement divided into factions, but united by
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No recent essay I have read captures the potential intrusion on natural human life by political borders better than Joshua Treviño’s recent piece for The New Ledger. It is
