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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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Last week, I posted a few reflections on how Christians should respond when they experience horrendous evils. My interlocutor replied with this additional concern: "I have to admit...I
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Today we celebrate the beginning of the Lenten season. Ash Wednesday, the most penitential day of the year, ushers in the "bright sadness" (to use Alexander Schmemann'
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From time to time, I will get an email with questions about how to live the Christian life. While I am not a pastor, former students or sometime readers of
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I am grateful to Gary Hartenburg for his detailed and thorough response to my article. My hope in writing the article was not to offer a final verdict, but another perspective in what is already a long conversation about the […]
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Gary Hartenburg, a good friend and a Ph.D. candidate in philosophy, penned the following response to my recent piece on the young evangelicalism. With his permission, I'm
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First, this: It is within the marriage covenant that our hearts deepest desires find their rest and peace: "At last," says Adam, and when we reach that state,
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In case you missed it, Church Relevance released their list of the top 60 Christian blogs. Mere-O did not make the list (alas), but friends Justin Taylor, Joe Carter,
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According to John Calvin, the knowledge of God "is that by which we not only conceive that there is a God but also grasp what befits us and is
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It's hard to disagree with Carl Trueman on this point: Second, I am also struck by how Christian talk of cultural engagement has coincided with a watering-down
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This past week, The City published my article, "The New Evangelical Scandal," which they had graciously allowed me to write. The piece has prompted a number of responses,
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The New Evangelical Scandal is an analysis of millennial evangelicalsl and the way their reaction to their parents is shaping the movement.
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Update: Per Andrew’s comment, I amended the below to include the footnote and clarify the editors’ position. For John Calvin, the knowledge of God is necessarily tied to the experience of piety, by which Calvin means “that reverence joined with […]
