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Matthew Lee Anderson

Beatitudes: “Peacemakers” - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Everyone has a Beatitude that is their least favorite or that they are most confused by. We’re not saying Matt has an issue with peacemaking. (We’re just sayin’.) This episode in the Mere Fi series on the Beatitudes features a […]

Jake MeadorSacred Season

Sacred Season Episode 10: Pentecost

Join Erin and Danielle as they discuss the role of the Holy Spirit in our lives as Christians and the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives as moms.

Jake MeadorSacred Season

Sacred Season Episode 10: Pentecost

Join Erin and Danielle as they discuss the role of the Holy Spirit in our lives as Christians and the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives as moms.

Bill MeloneFeaturedCurrent Politics

Cultural Assimilation and the Curious Cases of Jessica Krug and Rachel Dolezal - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

After Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968, educator Jane Elliot held an experiment with her elementary school students that she called “Blue Eyes, Brown Eyes.” The experiment became famous, and she repeated it for various audiences for years, […]

Joshua HeavinPassages

Passages: Season 1, Episode 11: We Look for the Resurrection of the dead, and the Life of the World to Come. Amen.

In the final articles of the Nicene Creed, we confess that “we look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.”

Joshua HeavinPassages

Passages: Season 1, Episode 11: We Look for the Resurrection of the dead, and the Life of the World to Come. Amen.

In the final articles of the Nicene Creed, we confess that “we look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.”

Ali KjergaardFeatured

The Ordinary Beauty of Flower Bouquets - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

“The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing – to reach the Mountain, to find the place where all the beauty came from.” – Till We Have Faces As I type this I’m staring at a bouquet […]

Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity

The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill, with Mike Cosper

The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill, with Mike Cosper

J. Brandon MeeksFeatured

Prolegomena to Poetry - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

A poem is a thought that comes out sounding good, and lingers awhile; But it doesn’t have to rhyme, Though it could What is poetry? A poet will maintain that it is a noble enterprise; a numinous expression of the […]

Joshua HeavinPassages

Passages Season 1: The Passages Score

If you have enjoyed listening to Passages, you have probably noticed the thoughtful music used in every episode. Find out more about its creator.

Joshua HeavinPassages

Passages Season 1: The Passages Score

If you have enjoyed listening to Passages, you have probably noticed the thoughtful music used in every episode. Find out more about its creator.

Josh FenskaFeaturedEvangelicalismFormation

Thin Discipleship - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

co-authored with Bob Stevenson We are experiencing a crisis in American evangelicalism. Responses to issues such as partisan politics, police brutality, or the pandemic demonstrate deep “fault lines” — as one author has recently argued. One explanation argues that these […]