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Cate MacDonaldFormation

What Christmas Bells Might Mean

Christmas is meant as a remembrance of the most shockingly concrete experience the world ever had that God was not dead, and he had not forgotten us.

Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorizedFormation

On Thanksgiving and the Act of Gratitude

Thanksgiving is a time for gratitude. But where does gratitude come from? And this Thanksgiving is such gratitude a meaningful possibility?

Matthew Lee AndersonFormation

The End of our Exploring: Announcing Matt's new book on Questioning - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Questioning fits well within the Christian life. But to see that, we have to move from simply questioning to learning how to question well.

Cate MacDonaldFriendshipTheology and PracticemanipulationcharmInterpersonal relationshipFormation

Charmlessness unto Godliness

It is tempting to use charm to manipulate people into liking me. God gives us freedom, so should we, even to our enemies.

Matthew Lee AndersonFormation

Why Holiness? A Conversation with Tyler Braun

Why Holiness Matters by Tyler Braun is a new book. He discusses millennials and holiness here.

Cate MacDonaldFormation

On Leaving Home: Vocation, Eternity, and Texas - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

What prompts us to leave home? In light of eternity, only a sense of vocation and calling and work will prompt us to move.

Matthew Lee AndersonFormation

The Trouble with Talking about our "Identity in Christ" - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

When Christians talk about "identity in Christ," what do they mean? Is it a positive theological concept, or a negative one?

Graedon ZorziTheologyEthicsvirtuechristianityFormation

Desiderius Erasmus and “It wasn’t me, it was God”

It's time to reconsider the phrase, “It wasn’t me. It was God.” The phrase carries within it an inadequate account of humility.

Matthew Lee AndersonFormation

A Meditation on Good Friday - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us. There is a moment for explanation, for inquiry and exploration.  And there is a moment for wonder, for pausing to take the thing into yourself, to turn […]

Cate MacDonaldFormation

One Thing

One Thing

Matthew Lee AndersonFormation

Lent and the Joys of Self-Control

Lent and the Joys of Self-Control

Matthew Lee AndersonFormation

One more Round of Wrangling over the Gospel: A Reply to Jared Wilson

One more Round of Wrangling over the Gospel: A Reply to Jared Wilson