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Joshua HeavinFeaturedFormation

Announcing "Passages": A New Podcast from Mere Orthodoxy - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

(originally published on the Passages podcast home page) “O gladsome light, pure brightness of the everliving Father in heaven, O Jesus Christ, holy and blessed! Now as we come to the setting of the sun, and our eyes behold the […]

Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity

Beatitudes: "Poor in Spirit"

Beatitudes: "Poor in Spirit"

Jake Meador

Amazon and Anderson: A Tale of America Coming Apart - Commonplaces

In the aftermath of the news that Amazon has delisted Ryan T. Anderson’s book When Harry Became Sally, a number of people, never to miss an opportunity to enjoy the reactionary right’s favorite pastime, tried to dunk on David French:

Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity

‘Bavinck: A Critical Biography,’ with Dr. James Eglinton

‘Bavinck: A Critical Biography,’ with Dr. James Eglinton

Patrick BrownFeaturedCurrent Politics

Explainer: Three Strategies for Family Policy Reform - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Pity the poor tax code. Its drab cells and spreadsheets can’t bear the amount of moral weight we bring to bear on it. Whether, or how, to provide benefits to parents immediately raises all sorts of questions about the dignity […]

James WoodFeatured

Surprised by Suffering: God’s Megaphone to Technocratic Man - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

A year into this pandemic, I think back to my earliest reflections on what God might be doing through it. These were largely sidelined as a result of the aftermath of the death of George Floyd and the chaos surrounding […]

Matthew SheddenUncategorizednotes from the sermon

Notes from the Sermon: Transfiguration Sunday - Trivial

On Mondays I’ll be posting a quote I shared during the sermon or from the cutting room floor. I’ll post the scripture I referenced, and the connections may or may not be obvious. After six days Jesus took with him […]

Paul HelmFeatured

Book Review: "The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self" by Carl Trueman - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

As befits a historian, Carl Trueman has written his impressive book on the ‘sexual revolution’ (SR) as being largely a history of ideas. This history is built of two components. The first element is largely framed in terms of contemporary […]

Leah Libresco SargeantFeaturedGaming

A Game About Grace and Weakness - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

J.R.R. Tolkien’s stories began as gifts to his children, with the adventures of Bilbo told at bedtime. My husband, Alexi, and I have tried to follow in his footsteps, albeit in a different genre. We co-wrote a role-playing game, Back […]

Susannah Black RobertsUncategorized

Scott Alexander, the Hitpiece, and the Limits of Inquiry - Radio Free Thulcandra

In certain moods I think that one of the greatest current social fights is the fight against the Grey Tribe ascendency, against the let’s-regard-humans-and-society-as-an-amoral-optimization-experiment approach to life. There are certain versions of this that are at the center of the […]

Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics

Senator Rubio's Work | Mere Orthodoxy

It sounds good to argue that governmental family aid should be tied to work. But what if work is actually the problem for many Americans?

James ClarkFeatured

Book Review: Orthodox Anglican Identity by Charles Erlandson - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

“To be an Anglican is to talk about what it means to be an Anglican.”[1] This has certainly been the case so far in the twenty-first century, with no fewer than four books on the subject published in the past […]