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The reader must forgive me for beginning this essay on Paul’s anthropology with some personal reflections. Such a beginning is clearly not in consonance with what purports to be an academic paper. However, I feel it beneficial to contextualize this […]
Matthew Lee AndersonBible
Though I have not spent much time here at Mere O blogging about Pauline theology, it has been an interest of mine for some time. I first fell in love
Matthew Lee AndersonBibleTheology and Practice
Modern evangelicals have often formulated their doctrines of Scripture in dialogue with German higher criticism, which called into question the inerrancy of Scripture. As a result, evangelical views of Scripture
Matthew Lee AndersonBibleTheology and Practice
Herman Bavinck (I have no idea how his last name is pronounced, but what fun it is to emphasize the final syllable!), along with Abraham Kuyper, was one of the
Matthew Lee AndersonBibleChurchFormation
Today is Ash Wednesday, and though this is going up late, I think it appropriate. The Lenten season is one of the most difficult periods of the Christian year. It
Matthew Lee AndersonBibleTheology and Practice
Doctrine, it seems, always moves into clarity under duress. And just as the Christological heresies of the early Church forced the Church to articulate exactly what it thought abou t
Elliot RavenwoodBiblePhilosophy
My wife and I have recently been having a long-running dialog on the nature and application of prayer. So it was with great interest that I read Lauren Winner&
Matthew Lee AndersonBibleTheology and PracticeFormation
In my previous post on the Gospel of John, I suggested that John speaks to us through his Gospel as Jesus does to the people in the Gospel. "Greater
Matthew Lee AndersonBibleFormation
I was planning on being finished with these reflections on John, but these excellent questions from Andrew have inspired me to write one more post. If anything is clear in the Gospel of John, the thought that Jesus is both […]
Matthew Lee AndersonEducationBible
I Corinthians 3:18-19 “If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. For the wisdom
Matthew Lee AndersonBible
A dramatic section of the Gospel of Mark consists of Jesus triumphantly entering Jerusalem, cleansing the temple, and the subsequent attacks on Him by the religious leaders. The first two
Matthew Lee AndersonBible
In my last post, pointed out that Jesus's authority as witness of the Father is unique in that He and the Father are one. In this case, the