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Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
My views on confession as a practice of the Christian life have been shaped--and justifiably so--by Augustine's masterful and penetrating performance of them. For Augustine, confession
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
If you asked St. Augustine why he believed in an immortal soul, I suspect he'd look at you quizzically, raise an eyebrow, and utter a dismissive, "Because
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
Or with which doctrine, anyway. That was the question that the folks at Patheos asked a number of evangelical pastors and theologians. The responses are worth reading in full, but Mark Roberts‘ is (not surprisingly) especially good: Let me explain […]
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
Karl Barth, one of histories most prolific and insightful theologians, was interested--to put it mildly--in preserving the distinctiveness of God in Jesus Christ over and against other attempts
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
If any of our own people also inquire, not from love of debate but from love of learning, why Jesus suffered death in none other way save on teh cross, let him also be told that no other way than […]
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
“Watch and pray, so that you do not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” “Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we […]
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
What is your vision of heaven? That was the question over at the Washington Post last week. And one of the guest voices was that of the elder statesman of
Jeremy MannTheology and PracticeFormation
God does not need us. He does not depend on our praise, or our holiness, or our service. These gifts do not gain him anything. They are not his source
Gary HartenburgChurchLiberal ArtsTheology and PracticePresenceFormation
In Plato’s Symposium, Socrates is shown to be very strange. In an episode related by Alcibiades, Socrates is said to have stood all day and night in an army
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
Francis Watson's Agape, Eros, Gender is a provocative treatment of Paul's views of sexuality and gender. Watson's analysis is provocative, but uneven. He is
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
One of the joys of researching for my book on the body so far has been my encounter with Hans Jonas’ The Phenomenon of Life. As the careful observer can tell from the title, Jonas offers a phenomenology–that is, examines […]
Cate MacDonaldFormation
There is a trick employed by many a horse owner that helps them keep their show horses looking sleek and shiny year round. When the days begin to shorten as