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One of the more perplexing questions of Christian theology is how, if at all, man is made righteous by the death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ. Perhaps more than any other issue, this question reveals the fault lines between […]
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
Questions about the knowledge of God too quickly often turn very quickly toward the issue of sources-where does our knowledge of God come from? John Calvin, whom I have
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
From a sociological standpoint, it is a stretch to say that most evangelicals have any relationship to ecclesiastical traditions that extend beyond the past fifty years at all. Among those
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
I made my graduation debut this past weekend with this address to a very special group of students whom I had the pleasure of teaching for a year in Torrey
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How are 'salvation' and 'the Gospel' related? In a mildly controversial answer to that question, Mark Byron (whom you should be reading every day) writes: Salvation
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Note: Rather than pen new completely new thoughts this year, I thought I would revise this post from Easter 2007. He is risen. Among the litany of thoughts that will doubtlessly be posted this Easter Sunday, I offer only this […]
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Fasting and feasting has long been a part of all the sane religions of the world. YHWH kept the Jews busy with feasting and fasting all the year long, both to remember and to celebrate His work among them and […]
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After reviewing "Sacred Marriage," an insightful book suggesting that Christians would do well to view their marriages as a means to holiness, I was pleasantly surprised to receive
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Gary Thomas, founder of The Center for Evangelical Spirituality, graciously answered my critiques of his pragmatic and helpful book, “Sacred Marriage.” The conversation continues below with my thoughts on excerpts of his helpful response. I’ve read your primary critique once […]
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I will always be among the first to sharply criticize the abuses of ritual and liturgy that so often plague the older and “higher” churches in the world. It is as though they never quite understood one of the assumptions […]
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On Ash Wednesday, we are confronted by the inescapable frailty of human existence. As we turn toward the chief penitential season of the Christian calendar, we are exhorted to number our days, to realize that death is the trumpet that […]
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
Asceticism is one of the most frequently misunderstood and historically abused aspects of the Christian faith. But it can hardly be ignored. It is common knowledge that the earliest days of the Church were fraught with persecution and martyrdom. As […]