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The Discipline of Listening to Sermons

January 3rd, 2010 | 3 min read

By Matthew Lee Anderson

As a lifelong Christian, I have heard countless sermons. Some were good, but many were not.

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Matthew Lee Anderson

Matthew Lee Anderson is an Associate Professor of Ethics and Theology in Baylor University's Honors College. He has a D.Phil. in Christian Ethics from Oxford University, and is a Perpetual Member of Biola University's Torrey Honors College. In 2005, he founded Mere Orthodoxy.

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