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title: "Offsite Review: The End of Our Exploring by Matthew Lee Anderson"
description: "One of the best young public Christian intellectuals that I know of is Matthew Lee Anderson.  He is the lead blogger at MereOrthodoxy and author of Earthen Vessels and now The End of of our Exploring:..."
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date: 2013-07-09
modified: 2026-07-16
author: "Adam Shields"
categories: ["Off Site Reviews"]
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lang: en
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# Offsite Review: The End of Our Exploring by Matthew Lee Anderson

[![](https://bookwi.se/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/images-9-197x300.jpeg)](https://bookwi.se/the-end-of-our-exploring/images-9/#main)One of the best young public Christian intellectuals that I know of is Matthew Lee Anderson.  He is the lead blogger at [MereOrthodoxy](http://MereOrthodoxy.COM) and author of [Earthen Vessels](https://bookwi.se/earthen-vessels/) and now [The End of of our Exploring: A Book About Questioning and the Confidence of Faith](http://www.amazon.com/The-End-Our-Exploring-Questioning/dp/0802406521/).

I started reading Anderson’s new book and while I have not finished (and probably won’t post a review until next week) this review by Aaron Armstrong captures the spirit of the book.

Also this week, Anderson and his publisher are having a [buy one get one free sale](http://mereorthodoxy.com/the-end-of-our-exploring-buy-one-give-one-for-free/) (get a free ebook copy if you purchase a copy.  So read the review and then buy a copy.

> Christians don’t really know what to do with questions. Some of us seem afraid to ask anything; others seem terrified to receive answers. But questions were never meant to be a source of angst nor a mask for unbelief.
> In his new book The End of Our Exploring, Matthew Lee Anderson challenges us to examine the heart behind our inquiries and embrace the God-glorifying design of asking questions””to see them as opportunities to edify and encourage, to grow in our faith.
> Better questions means better answers
> After reading this book, one thing is abundantly clear: Anderson is a uniter. He finally brings “œprogressives” and “œconservatives” together””but it’s not to hold hands and sing “œKumbuyah.” Instead, he recognizes that both are guilty of the same thing: simplistically approaching questions.

[read the rest of the review at Blogging Theologically](http://www.bloggingtheologically.com/2013/07/08/the-end-of-our-exploring-by-matthew-lee-anderson/)