The StoryMen welcome author and blogger Matt Lee Anderson of Mere Orthodoxy to discuss what it looks like to ask good questions. Matt explores that topic in his new book, The End of Our Exploring, so he tells us about how the idea for this book came to him, what the current Evangelical obsession with doubt and questioning might really be about, and just how healthy it is. Listen as we all become a little self-conscious about our own questions (which let’s face it: is probably for the best!).
In this Episode:
0:00 – Episode 30!
04:00 – Questioning Our Questions
06:00 – What’s a Creed?
10:00 – Meet Matt Lee Anderson, blogging dinosaur and Christian ethicist
18:00 – The End of Our Exploring, Evangelical Doubt and Certainty
27:30 – Are there Dumb Questions?
37:00 – Doubt vs. Questioning
47:00 – What’s a Bad Question?
59:00 – GIVEAWAY: What’s your favorite question from Pop Culture?
Episode Links
Connect with Matt
The End of Our Exploring on Amazon
Matt’s RELEVANT magazine article on questioning
Other Links:
JR.’s review of The End of Our Exploring
Find Matt Mikalatos at:
Blog: The Burning Hearts Revolution
Find Clay Morgan at:
Blog: Clay Writes
Find JR. Forasteros at:
Blog: JRForasteros.com
StoryMen Audio Producer: Aaron Kretzmann
StoryMen Art by M. S. Corley
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3 replies on “Asking Good Questions with Matt Lee Anderson”
Nice talk, I liked that. Very interesting topic.
I like the way you guys chat a bit first and then get into the guest interview. That makes me happy. And also explaining what’s a Creed, that was nice.
I am generally filled with questions, but I don’t have any right now. On a podcast about questions. It’s disgraceful. But anyway, you are spared from the Michelle questions today! 🙂
The question I struggle with the most is that of human suffering. I get the argument of free will allowing us to choose evil, but it strikes me that God has created us as limited beings and that he could limit us further without taking away our ability to choose. I guess I’m asking why some people have to suffer to the extent that they do?
Another great episode, keep them coming.
P.S. In the previous episode I was amused by Clay’s idiosyncratic pronunciation of Samuel Pepys surname. It’s actually pronounced Peeps.