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Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity

A Theology of Gratitude

A Theology of Gratitude

Brianna LambertFeatured

Love, According to E. B. White - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

I often feel great pressure to craft perfect answers. Whether it’s a question from my eight year old or from a friend in Bible study, my mind goes through all the angles to create a proper response. I don’t want […]

Isaiah BergFeatured

Book Review: Live Not by Lies by Rod Dreher | Mere Orthodoxy

Dreher's latest is a bracing and convicting call to commit ourselves to truth, even in the face of opposition and adversity.

Angela GorrellFeatured

Book Review: Can't Even by Anne Helen Petersen - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

We live in a cultural landscape ripe for burnout. In Can’t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation, Anne Helen Petersen engages in compelling cultural analysis to argue why millennials are not lazy or entitled (as they have wrongly been […]

Ian OlsonFeaturedCurrent Politics

Death Does Not Come for the Deserving - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

At that time, some people came and reported to Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. And He responded to them, “Do you think that these Galileans were more sinful than all Galileans because they […]

Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity

US vs. UK Evangelicalism

US vs. UK Evangelicalism

Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics

Christian Hospitality in an Age of Fear: An Interview with Rod Dreher - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

This is a lightly edited and condensed transcript of a conversation I had with Rod Dreher about his new book Live Not by Lies. Jake Meador: Thanks so much for joining me. I’m excited to talk to you more about […]

Cort GatliffFeaturedHealth and MedicineAnthropology

Book Review: The End of the Christian Life by J. Todd Billings - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

We live in a death-denying and death-defying culture. We know, on an intellectual level, that one day we will die, yet we tend to avoid contemplating this inescapable truth more than is strictly necessary. For modern people, death is an […]

timmotteTheologyMere Fidelity

'Divine Ideas,' with Dr. Thomas M. Ward

'Divine Ideas,' with Dr. Thomas M. Ward

Kyle DillonFeatured

Natural Law in Early Protestantism - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The role of natural law in Reformed Protestantism has been a topic of considerable debate since the twentieth century. As early as the debate between Karl Barth and Emil Brunner in 1934, two competing views on natural law emerged: the […]

Susannah Black RobertsPolitics

American Solidarity Party: Don't Throw Away Your Shot - Radio Free Thulcandra

Why not vote for a candidate you can actually support? Brian Carroll and Amar Patel, the American Solidarity Party ticket, are on the ballot in eight states; you can write them in in all other states. They’re a party that […]

Bob StevensonFeaturedCurrent Politics

Citizen Strangers and the Cost of Compromise - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The words flowed in perfect patriotic cadence. “My fellow Americans, we are going through a time of testing. But if you look through the fog of these challenging times, you will see, our flag is still there today…” Words that […]