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Covid-19, One Year On, Pt II: The Limits of Politics - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

One year ago today, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the US passed 85,000, surpassing China where the virus had begun, and giving us the unenviable distinction of being #1 in the world. Today, America still holds that […]

Leah Libresco SargeantFeatured

The Promise and the Failure of WandaVision - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

This article references plot points from the full run of Wandavision. Superhero films are mass-casualty events. As the Marvel Cinematic Universe has grown, it’s success has won it a little more space to consider the griefs and resentments of the […]

Brad EastFeatured

To See God in the Dark | Mere Orthodoxy

Brad East reviews Tish Harrison Warren's latest book, "Prayer in the Night," and reflects on how we encounter God during seasons of pain and tragedy.

Myles WerntzFeatured

Christianity and Culture in an Age of Crisis - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Christian concerns with the culture go all the way back, dating beyond the legacies of Justin Martyr and Augustine to the earliest generations of Christians. But even here, in the first centuries, negotiations with culture were not straightforward: for every […]

Jake MeadorSacred Season

Sacred Season: Episode 8: Holy Week

Sacred Season: Parenting Through the Church Year · Holy Week Join Erin and Danielle as they discuss the final week of Lent – often called “Holy Week”

Jake MeadorSacred Season

Sacred Season: Episode 8: Holy Week

Sacred Season: Parenting Through the Church Year · Holy Week Join Erin and Danielle as they discuss the final week of Lent – often called “Holy Week”

Ian OlsonFeaturedChurch

Marcion's "Gift" - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The church’s participation in various historical injustices is a familiar theme, one rehearsed in some instances to discredit her, but in others to prompt her to needful repentance. But the primordial sin of the church which makes other, more tangible […]

David MooreFeaturedChurchFormation

Lessons from the Downfall of Ravi Zacharias | Mere Orthodoxy

I interviewed Ravi Zacharias on radio in October of 1997. He could not have been more gracious. My show ran from 5-6 pm on Saturdays. I always called my guests a few hours before to make sure they were ready […]

Samuel JamesFeatured

Book Review: Boomers by Helen Andrews - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Helen Andrews. Boomers: The Men and Women Who Promised Freedom and Delivered Disaster. New York: Sentinel, 2021. 238 pp. $27 In autumn of 1912, the British journalist Lytton Strachey declared to Virginia Woolf his opinion of the Victorians: they “seem […]

Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity

‘On Reading Well,’ with Karen Swallow Prior

‘On Reading Well,’ with Karen Swallow Prior

Jared MichelsonFeaturedChurch

Preaching as Confession - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

‘Three Vicars Talking’ is not what one expects to hear on BBC radio. The Reverends Richard Coles, Kate Bottley, and Giles Fraser pull back the curtain on the strange world of Anglican ministry, offering their audience a raw, unfiltered look […]

Joshua HeavinPassages

Passages Season 1 Episode 2:

What does it mean to confess that God is “one” but also, somehow, this one God is “Father, Son, and Holy Spirit”? The opening words of the Nicene creed confess that “we believe in one God.”