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Jake Meador

Reviewing 2020, Starting 2021

Inspired by Chris’s post over at his blog, I’m trying something similar here.

Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity

End of Year Pandemic Joy

As 2020 ends and 2021 begins, the entire cast and crew of Mere Fidelity has gathered to examine in their own inimitable way how this year has affected both the

Jake MeadorFeatured

Best of Mere Orthodoxy 2020

As in previous years, here is a compilation of the best writing we’ve published in 2020. God has been kind to us this year as we are now wrapping up what has been our best year for traffic since the […]

Jake MeadorFeatured

2020 Eliot Awards

Since 2017, I’ve made a habit of going back at the end of the year to review and recognize some of my favorite pieces in magazine and web writing from the past 12 months. Inspired by David Brooks’s old Sydney […]

Ty ClarkFeatured

Quiet at Christmas

I watched the basketball game on mute, listening for sounds of life. The Cleveland Cavaliers looked listless in their Christmas Day matchup against the Golden State Warriors. The two teams were on clearly opposite paths: the Cavaliers, beset by internal […]

Joshua HeavinFeaturedHealth and Medicine

Dementia and the God Who Remembers

Privation If evil is a privation of the good, as held by many in the history of Christian theology, that does not imply it is passive. An all too active force, evil might be akin to an insatiable blackhole, sweeping […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

Christmas Hymns

 Merry Christmas! For the Mere Fidelity Christmas show this year, Matt, Derek, and Alastair examine the theology embedded in three perennially favorite Christmas hymns. Scroll down on this post to read the rich lyrics while you listen. Mere Fidelity […]

Madison PierceBibleFeaturedChurch

Advent IV: The Coming(s) of Christ and Our Hope

Hebrews is not an obvious place to turn for Advent reflections, but in its discussion of Christ's coming it offers us a reminder of the grounds of our hope.

Anthony BarrFeaturedCurrent Politics

If Mr. Kristof Is Taking Names, Apple Should Be Next

On December 4th, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof wrote a powerful expose on the staggering amount of child pornography available on Pornhub. The article featured a politically sharp subtitle, “Why does Canada allow this company to profit off videos […]

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“Divided We Fall,” with David French

Can you think of a single issue—political, cultural, religious, or anything—that is uniting Americans more than it is dividing them? David French joins Matt, Derek, and Alastair to

Peter LeithartFeatured

Advent III: Forget the Former Things

The Incarnation is certainly a miraculous, remarkable thing. But is it unsurprising? Not if you know the story of the Old Testament.

Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity

John the Baptist

Alastair, Derek, and Matt dive into a rousing discussion of the role of John the Baptist in salvation history. Is he the end of the Old Testament or the Beginning