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Joshua HeavinPassages

The Passages Reading List

One of our foremost aims in this podcast was to pique the interest of listeners to read the church fathers. Check out the reading list for the Passages.

Joshua HeavinPassages

The Passages Reading List

One of our foremost aims in this podcast was to pique the interest of listeners to read the church fathers. Check out the reading list for the Passages.

Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity

Beatitudes: “Hunger & Thirst”

Beatitudes: “Hunger & Thirst”

Joshua HeavinPassages

Passages: Season 1, Episode 7: We believe in the only-begotten Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father… begotten, not made

In the Nicene Creed we confess that “we believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made…”

Joshua HeavinPassages

Passages: Season 1, Episode 7: We believe in the only-begotten Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father… begotten, not made

In the Nicene Creed we confess that “we believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made…”

Jake MeadorHistoryBook Reviews

Notes on DeYoung's Review of Thompson and Kwon - Commonplaces

We are going to be reviewing the book in some fashion on the main page (I see you, Sarah). That said, given Kevin DeYoung’s review at TGC this morning, I wanted to put up some quick notes replying to what […]

Jake MeadorHistoryBook Reviews

Notes on DeYoung's Review of Thompson and Kwon - Commonplaces

We are going to be reviewing the book in some fashion on the main page (I see you, Sarah). That said, given Kevin DeYoung’s review at TGC this morning, I wanted to put up some quick notes replying to what […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

Responding to Secularism - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

As secularism has grown ascendant and liberalism has become decadent, Christians have used different strategies to respond. Some change to accommodate the culture, some hunker down and wait for it to blow over, and some propose re-Christianizing America. Ross Douthat […]

Joshua HeavinPassages

Passages: Season 1, Episode 6: The Only-Begotten Son of God, Eternally Begotten of the Father

In the Nicene Creed we confess that “we believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father…”

Joshua HeavinPassages

Passages: Season 1, Episode 6: The Only-Begotten Son of God, Eternally Begotten of the Father

In the Nicene Creed we confess that “we believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father…”

Matthew Lee Anderson

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

Meekness is not often understood. And when it’s understood, it’s not often commended. And when it’s commended, it’s not often lived out. And yet we are told that the meek will inherit the earth. How should we understand this virtue […]

Alex R. WendelFeatured

The Hole in Our Soul Care: Searching for a Road Forward for Pastoral Care - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Early in his book The Logic of the Body: Retrieving Theological Psychology, Matthew LaPine comments that, unfortunately, “there is a path out of the church that runs through the counselor’s office” (p. 36). As a Christian and a counselor I […]