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A Faith of our Own: A Review of Jonathan Merritt's New Book

Jonathan Merritt is a friend, someone who I think very highly of and who has been enormously kind to me.  We don't always agree, as I outline in

Matthew Lee AndersonBooks

Rhett Smith's Anxious Christian: Under Review

I don’t think anxiety is a peculiarly modern phenomenon, but I suspect that it has become particularly pronounced for many people in recent years. The expanding economy has opened

Matthew Lee AndersonBooks

From the Garden to the City: A Review

Eric Eekhoff is a reader of Mere-O who occasionally reviews books for us.  His last contribution was the definitive review of Tim Challies's book on technology.  I

Matthew Lee AndersonBooks

*The Deep Things of God* in Christianity Today

I've made no secret of the fact that I'm a fan of Fred Sanders' Deep Things of God.  I was honored, though, that Christianity Today

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Giving Away Two Kingdoms

What have Kuyperians, the New Perspectivists on Paul, and the emerging church have in common? According to David VanDrunen, they all think that "the redemptive transformation of culture is

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Getting the Reformation Wrong

James Payton Jr. has a mission. He thinks that Protestants have gotten the Reformation and its teachings wrongs, and has set about in his latest book to correct the errors.

Christopher BensonBooks

Christian Ethics in a Technological Age

I recently broadcast new and upcoming titles of interest, but a clear stand-out emerges. Here's the career of an inquiry. First, there was Lewis Mumford's

Christopher BensonBooks

BOOK REVIEW: Francis S. Collins (editor), Belief: Reasons on the Reason for Faith

Belief: Readings on the Reason for Faith Edited by Francis S. Collins HarperOne, 2010 352 pp., $19.99 What kind of flowers does Francis S. Collins—one of the world’

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Deep Church: Under Review

“There are,” a professor once remarked to me, “two types of people in the world:  uniters and dividers.” Jim Belcher is a uniter par excellance. Deep Church is a thoughtful,

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Desiring the Kingdom: Professor Smith's Response

From Professor Smith, in response to my review. So here we have Mr. Smith responding to Mr. Anderson.  All of a sudden I feel like I should say, “Missster ANDersssson…

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Desiring the Kingdom: A Review

To be human is to be a lover. That is the starting point for Jamie Smith’s latest work, Desiring the Kingdom, in which he presents an important challenge to

Jeremy MannBooks

Urban Planning 101: Love and Study Actual Cities

This summer I interned at the field office of Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti. I spent the days taking calls from constituents, working to build support for a