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Stephen G. AdubatoFeaturedCurrent Politics

J. Cole’s "For Your Eyez Only" Gives Hope for Change Beyond Elections

In my lessons on Christianity and social justice, I always feature clips from J. Cole’s 2017 HBO documentary For Your Eyez Only. The film, directed by Cole and Scott Lazer, features interviews with residents of small black cities throughout the […]

Rebekah CurtisFeaturedHistoryDemographicsCurrent Politics

Honor Thy Boomer - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Boomers have had all the luck of cod in a cask in recent generational warfare. Lyman Stone declared at The Atlantic that “The Boomers Ruined Everything.” Joseph Sternberg accuses the Boomer bloc of The Theft of a Decade, stealing Millenials’ […]

Caleb WaitMere Fidelity

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Laura CerbusFeatured

Reading Emily Dickinson with Job - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

A few months ago, a Mynah hatchling fell out of its nest in one of our carport rafters. When we found it, it was lying awkwardly on the ground, clearly hurt beyond our capacity to heal. Nonetheless, my kids insisted […]

Cameron ShafferFeaturedCurrent Politics

All Monuments Must Fall | Mere Orthodoxy

Contemporary iconoclasts would do well to learn from older generations of iconoclasts who recognized that no publicly revered figure is truly righteous.

Matthew SheddenReadingTechnology

Limitation - Trivial

One resistance to the technological age I tried to practice recently is avoiding books from authors with active social media presences. Obviously, I have exceptions to this rule, but it seems good writers are struggling to get book contracts without […]

Jake MeadorFeatured

An Interview with Andrew Peterson About "The Wingfeather Saga" - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

One of the few highlights of 2020 for me has been getting to read the Wingfeather Saga to my kids. It gave us a bedtime routine and something to look forward to every night for several months as we made […]

Casey ChalkFeaturedCurrent Politics

Who's Your Authority?: Notes on Ideology and Enemies - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

I don’t think it would be fair to blame my father for his distrust of authority. Growing up in 1960s Jim Crow Alabama, in a hardscrabble, blue-collar family that aspired for white-collar status, he didn’t have particularly good influences. He […]

Joshua HeavinFeatured

Book Review: Remembrance, Communion, and Hope by J. Todd Billings - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

J. Todd Billings. Remembrance, Communion, and Hope: Rediscovering the Gospel at the Lord’s Table. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2018. 217 pp. $20, hardcover. Like the ghost of a dear friend dead Is Time long past. A tone which is now […]

Caleb Wait

The End of The Christian Life,' with Dr. J. Todd Billings - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

How do people keep ahold of the goodness of God in the face of the horror of death? While there is no easy answer to such a question, Dr. J. Todd Billings—professor of Reformed theology at Western Theological Seminary and […]

Joel CuthbertsonFeaturedEvangelicalism

Radio Theatre and the Problem of Evangelical Art | Mere Orthodoxy

I. Embed from Getty Images Either you’ve never heard the name John Avery Whittaker, or you recognize it like an old friend’s. In fact, his friends call him Whit. You’ll like him immediately, and the more you learn about his […]

Christine LathamFeaturedEvangelicalism

What the Courtship Movement and Jedi Both Get Wrong | Mere Orthodoxy

Both the courtship movement popularized by Joshua Harris and the Jedi of the Star Wars universe make the same basic error regarding wisdom and the law.