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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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Republican Debate 1

The debate is on.  I came in about 8 minutes late, just in time to hear Romney, Giuliani, McCain and Thompson take each other down.  It got nasty for a

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Huckabee and Iowa

Since I've been all about Huckabee the last 48 hours, I figured I would pass along this interesting piece of news from Dean Barnett, formerly of HughHewitt.com:

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Washington Briefing Dispatch: Final Reflections

I thought I would put together some final reflections from this weekend.  Here are my thoughts. * The big story is obviously Huckabee.  While Romney won the straw poll, it'

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Republican Debate Wrap-Up (Updated) (AND AGAIN!)

This segment: Foreign Policy! Giuliani: Is this the time to work with Russia on missile defense? No, we should speak softly and carry a big stick. We should think about expanding NATO geographically, shore up our ties with Eastern Europe […]

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Annotated Huckabee Round-Up, plus Daily Kos!

I was curious what others were saying about Huck's speech today, so I thought I would throw together a brief annotated round-up of quotes. Read to the

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Huckabee Wins Social Cons

Okay, so the title is a little over the top.  But there is good news for the Huckabee campaign today from the Washington Briefing. While Huckabee lost the straw poll,

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Washington Briefing Dispatch: Straw Poll Results

This is going to be all over the web in, oh, 30 seconds or so, so I figured I'd announce it here at Mere-O as well. The

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Washington Briefing Dispatch: Mike Huckabee

Mike Huckabee is a man among his own people.  And his people love Mike Huckabee. The first time the presenter said his name--before he was introduced--he received loud

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Washington Briefing Dispatch: Rudy Giuliani (Updated)

Rudy Giuliani is one savvy politician. He knew that the territory he was entering was going to be cordial, but cool toward him, and he managed to bring the room

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Resurrection and Moral Order: Authority

***Note: I am precising Oliver O’Donovan’s Resurrection and Moral Order: An Outline for Evangelical Ethics this week here at Mere-O. I hope you will work through the challenging and provocative theological ethic that O’Donovan articulates.*** Chapter 6: Authority So far, […]

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Washington Briefing Dispatch: Rick Santorum

Not much of interest to me happening this afternoon, except hearing from Stephen Colbert lookalike Rick Santorum (HT: Amy Hall for pointing out the remarkable similarity). Eloquent and intelligent, Santorum

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Washington Briefing Dispatch: Ron Paul

Okay, so I missed Duncan Hunter, which is fine.  Geraghty's analysis seems spot on--he's done in this race. Ron Paul is at the mic now,