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Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity

‘Baptism,’ with Dr. Peter Leithart

‘Baptism,’ with Dr. Peter Leithart

Timon ClineFeatured

What Theonomy Gets Wrong About the Law - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Theonomy talk has resurfaced. Perhaps, this is the Protestant-evangelical concomitant to the Integralist debate presently occupying politically astute Catholicism. I welcome it. If nothing else, it means that Christians are taking politics (and public morality) seriously again. A robust debate […]

Brewer EberlyFeatured

A Conversation with Lydia Dugdale, MD: "The Lost Art of Dying" - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

How are we supposed to die? As a resident physician and fellow of Duke’s Theology, Medicine, & Culture Initiative, I’m convinced that this question will only become more pressing for Christians. Medicine is among the most powerful forces shaping how […]

Benjamin WoollardFeatured

Water is a Single Substance - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps (Ps. 148:7) Water is a single substance. Each and every instantiation of the liquid merges with every other. Each molecule composes the same body, longing for union with its […]

Grace HammanFeaturedEthicsFormation

Know Thyself: What Medieval Christians Teach Us About Humility - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

“Are Americans humble?” a family member asked as I explained part of my dissertation on medieval humility to him. “Um… I don’t really think so. Not generally,” I awkwardly mumbled. This answer was unsatisfactory; firstly, because I bungled it. Secondly, […]

Jake MeadorSacred Season

Sacred Season: Episode 9: Eastertide

Join Erin and Danielle as they talk the glories of Easter and Eastertide and what we can learn from this season about sanctification and sabbathing well.

Jake MeadorSacred Season

Sacred Season: Episode 9: Eastertide

Join Erin and Danielle as they talk the glories of Easter and Eastertide and what we can learn from this season about sanctification and sabbathing well.

Joshua HeavinPassages

Passages: Season 1, Episode 8: We believe in the Holy Spirit

In the Nicene Creed we confess that “we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father [and the Son], who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified.

Joshua HeavinPassages

Passages: Season 1, Episode 8: We believe in the Holy Spirit

In the Nicene Creed we confess that “we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father [and the Son], who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified.

Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity

‘Simply Trinity,’ with Dr. Matthew Barrett

‘Simply Trinity,’ with Dr. Matthew Barrett

Justus HunterFeatured

Review: Cajetan on Sacred Doctrine by Hieromonk Gregory Hrynkiw

Hrynkiw offers a fresh introduction to the work of Cajetan and also shows his readers the riches awaiting them in the scholastic tradition.

William MurrellFeaturedCurrent Politics

Critical Theory as Method, Metanarrative, and Mood - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

In a recent article in First Things, “Evangelicals and Race Theory,” Carl Trueman enters into an increasingly contentious intramural debate amongst American evangelicals about the place of Critical Race Theory (and Critical Theory more broadly) in the life of the […]