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Resurrection and Moral Order: The Authority of Christ

***Note: I am precising Oliver O’Donovan’s Resurrection and Moral Order: An Outline for Evangelical Ethics this week here at Mere-O. I hope you will work through the challenging and provocative theological ethic that O’Donovan articulates.*** Chapter Seven: The Authority of […]

Matthew Lee AndersonFormation

Resurrection and Moral Order: Authority

***Note: I am precising Oliver O’Donovan’s Resurrection and Moral Order: An Outline for Evangelical Ethics this week here at Mere-O. I hope you will work through the challenging and provocative theological ethic that O’Donovan articulates.*** Chapter 6: Authority So far, […]

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Resurrection and Moral Order: Freedom and Reality

***Note: I am precising Oliver O’Donovan’s Resurrection and Moral Order: An Outline for Evangelical Ethics this week here at Mere-O. I hope you will work through the challenging and provocative theological ethic that O’Donovan articulates.*** Chapter Five: Freedom and Reality […]

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Resurrection and Moral Order: Knowledge in Christ

***Note: I am precising Oliver O’Donovan’s Resurrection and Moral Order: An Outline for Evangelical Ethics this week here at Mere-O. I hope you will work through the challenging and provocative theological ethic that O’Donovan articulates.*** Chapter Four: Knowledge in Christ […]

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Persons or Personality, and Why it Might Matter

Are we persons, or do we have personalities? The distinction seems trivial, but in fact cuts to the very core of our (theological) anthropology. In an excursus in Resurrection and Moral Order,, O’Donovan writes: In modern idealism the term ‘person’ […]

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RMO: Eschatology and History

***Note: I am precising Oliver O’Donovan’s Resurrection and Moral Order: An Outline for Evangelical Ethics this week here at Mere-O. I hope you will work through the challenging and provocative theological ethic that O’Donovan articulates.*** Chapter Three: Eschatology and History […]

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Resurrection and Moral Order: The Created Order

***Note: I am precising Oliver O’Donovan’s Resurrection and Moral Order: An Outline for Evangelical Ethics this week here at Mere-O. I hope you will work through the challenging and provocative theological ethic that O’Donovan articulates.*** When Christians talk about the […]

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Resurrection and the Moral Order: Series Intro

These are challenging times for Christians who want to live out the full Gospel, especially for those who seek to understand how their faith intersects with the public realm. On the one hand, Christians must understand and distinguish themselves from […]

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On Christian Dejection

How should Christians mourn their sin? For many of us, especially we Protestants, it's tempting to say we shouldn't.  After all, we've received the

Matthew Lee AndersonFormation

Resurrection and the Moral Order

I am going to be blogging through Oliver O’Donovan’s Resurrection and Moral Order: An Outline for Evangelical Ethics next week. If anyone wishes to buy a copy and read through it while I post, let me know in the comments. […]

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The Patience of God

Sometimes, it is difficult to not be frustrated with God.  After all, if he could change me into a saint in the twinkling of an eye, why wouldn't

Matthew Lee AndersonFormation

Responding to Readers: Finding Clarity in the Worship Wars

When I offered three cheers and a jeer for evangelical worship music, I thought it might require some clarification and qualification. Like anything, this is a difficult issue if only because it’s not clear what worship songs–or hymns–are under consideration […]