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Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
Since they are obviously in need of defending. Lawrence Henry has made the classic case against modern praise songs--they have trite lyrics and bad music. They are “whitebread,” lacking
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
First impressions matter. It's been a truism in business and sales circles, but no book has demonstrated it as clearly as Malcolm Gladwell's Blink. In the
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
When I was young, I had a frightening anger problem. I would throw things, bite people, kick and do whatever it took to get them to understand the depth of
TexFormation
Why does the Bible simply proclaim, rather than argue and defend, difficult Christian doctrines like the Trinity or the Incarnation? This question has been staring at me all afternoon from the little pocket notebook I carry with me to church. […]
Matthew Lee AndersonBibleChurchFormation
Today is Ash Wednesday, and though this is going up late, I think it appropriate. The Lenten season is one of the most difficult periods of the Christian year. It
Keith E. BuhlerEvangelicalismFormation
“But one ought to try to become as good as possible oneself, but not to think that only oneself can become perfectly good — for if one thinks this is one is not yet perfectly good.” -Plotinus Ennead II.9, Chap. […]
Matthew Lee AndersonBibleTheology and PracticeFormation
In my previous post on the Gospel of John, I suggested that John speaks to us through his Gospel as Jesus does to the people in the Gospel. "Greater
Matthew Lee AndersonBibleFormation
I was planning on being finished with these reflections on John, but these excellent questions from Andrew have inspired me to write one more post. If anything is clear in the Gospel of John, the thought that Jesus is both […]
Matthew Lee AndersonEpistemologyFormation
In the context of a discussion about the method in which God develops a conversation relationship with us - by forming our character - and our appropriate response, Dallas Willard writes of
Matthew Lee AndersonChurchEvangelicalismFormation
We blogged about it a lot at Mere O when it happened. Offered some pretty strong opinions, too, especially about the response by the people at New Life. Ted Olsen
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
Christian apologist Peter Kreeft visited Biola University this weekend as a guest of the Torrey Honors Institute. Kreeft has written numerous books in various styles on numerous subjects including apologetics, heaven, prayer, Catholicism and Aquinas. His next work (and the […]
Matthew Lee AndersonFormation
Okay, this story from the AP wire is just flat out cool. GROVE, Okla. (AP) — Usually, parishioners offer money to their churches. This time, the church handed out money. Pastor Steve Dyer of the Newsong Church gave $14,000 to […]