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Matthew Lee AndersonEarthen Vessels
Jason Hood wants to extend the conversation into two directions: First, if we tat, we should probably do it with excellence. In fact, I’d love to see Christian tattoo
Matthew Lee AndersonEarthen Vessels
A must read: Second, in the discussion of pornography Anderson hints at another underlying problem with our understanding of sexuality: the context in which we discuss it. We live in
Matthew Lee AndersonEarthen Vessels
Jason Hood's work is some of the best out there, in my opinion. And he decided to offer his contribution on tattoos with, well, flair. Up to this
Matthew Lee AndersonEarthen Vessels
My friend John Dyer--go buy his book now--reflected on chapter five of Earthen Vessels, and in conclusion highlighted this section: When cleanliness and bodily order become required for
Matthew Lee AndersonEarthen Vessels
Joseph Sunde has a good summary of what I'm up to, after which he concludes with this: Although Anderson’s vocabulary sometimes clashes with my own (“consumerism” = commodification/
Matthew Lee AndersonEarthen Vessels
John Dyer’s reflections about Chapter Four are up at his blog, and he closes with this: Under the concept of freedom, Matt writes, When cleanliness and bodily order become required for entrance into our communities—as they clearly are in most […]
Matthew Lee AndersonEarthen Vessels
Joseph Sunde at the ever-excellent Remnant Culture has the goods: But there is indeed a higher order, an authority that cuts through the perverse consumerism and contorted individualism of
Matthew Lee AndersonEarthen Vessels
I am honored and humbled by Nathan Gilmour’s review, which gets going in a hurry and doesn’t slow down: The preface to Matthew Anderson’s book is subtitled, “In Which I Clear my Throat.” How could I but love this book? […]
Matthew Lee AndersonEarthen Vessels
Stephanie Smith's wants evangelicals to learn from locavores: It’s true that we need to carefully discern our living patterns and what informs them, as Anderson suggests, from
Matthew Lee AndersonEarthen Vessels
Stephanie Smith continues the Earthen Vessels symposium by focusing on chapter two: In a continuum there might be Gnosticism at one end and hedonism at another, but our current state of “evangelical inattention” means that we are simply not mindful […]
Matthew Lee AndersonEarthen Vessels
I'm grateful for Jonathan for taking Earthen Vessels in a direction that was lurking in the background, but considerably underdeveloped: science fiction. Looking back through Earthen Vessels, though,
Matthew Lee AndersonEarthen Vessels
Matt’s note: this is the first post in the Earthen Vessels Symposium. Jonathan Sprowl was kind enough to provide this intriguing reflection. He is the Assistant Editor of Men of Integrity magazine and Editor of Leading Outreach newsletter. We were created […]