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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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Sometimes, it seems that there are few things my generation of evangelicals loves more than their ‘Christian freedom.’ Many of us excitedly spurn the restraints of our parents, enjoying (within
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Charles Taylor’s new book, A Secular Age, traces the rise of secularism through European and American theological and philosophical history. As such, it’s firmly planted on my burdgeoning Amazon Wish List, along with a few of his other works. A […]
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The standard line on Iowa has been that Romney has sown up the win while Huckabee will get the press from his second place finish. That alone has the Romney-ites concerned. Hugh has argued forcefully that a vote for Huckabee […]
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JP Moreland isn't afraid to engage in controversy, or even to start one himself. Two years ago, while addressing the plenary session of the Evangelical Theological Society on
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The Closing of the American Mind has turned twenty, which has spawned a number of retrospectives. Not surprisingly, Mark Steyn’s is probably the most entertaining out of all of them. Rather than address the book’s implications or its initial reception, […]
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There are few issues on which Republicans and Democrats agree not only on the goal, but on the means of achieving the goal. While everyone agrees on fighting poverty, for instance, Republicans and Democrats generally take very different approaches. One […]
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While in Vegas, I had the opportunity to sit in on a panel of politicos discussing the role of the blogosphere on the left and right. As the discussion turned toward the war, those on the left articulated that regardless […]
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This Veteran's Day, consider giving to Honor Flight, which provides free trips to the WWII Memorial for WWII veterans. WWII Veterans are dying at a phenomenal rate (1200
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When a good friend returned from Iraq, I was confronted not by my lack of regard for the soldier’s serving in Iraq, but by how little such regard affected my daily life. For most of us, our days are spent […]
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Every now and then, someone will ask me why I blog. I'm used to rolling out answers like, "It builds the writing habit for you" and
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One of the main arguments against Mike Huckabee has been his lack of funds. Someone, the argument goes, will have to outspend Hillary to win the generals, and because Huck ticks off those oh-so-wealthy fiscal conservatives, he won’t stand a […]
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The One Campaign has much in common with evangelical Christians, and yet I have seen remarkably little involvement among evangelicals in their efforts. But there's some good reason
