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Brian WilliamsFeaturedEvangelicalism

J. I. Packer: Catechetical Theologian | Mere Orthodoxy

Over a career of 65 years J. I. Packer showed how to be a catechetical theologian—pray, meditate on Scripture, and struggle to remain faithful to the text.

Brad LittlejohnPolitical Theory

Do We Still Belong Together? Lessons from Roger Scruton

Roger Scruton's thought on how to be a conservative is also instructive in how to belong to a political community.

Onsi A. KamelFeaturedCurrent Politics

Making Sense of Kanye 2020 - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

“The system broken, the school is closed, the prison’s open… In this white man world, we the ones chosen.” “Is hip-hop just a euphemism for a new religion? The soul music of the slaves that the youth is missing? But […]

David AlexanderFeaturedCurrent Politics

Pastors, Priests, and Police: Understanding the Third Commandment

Abuse by police officers or pastors is uniquely evil because it abuses and discredits an office of high importance for the health of society.

Emily BrighamFeaturedEducation

Contemplating the COVID-19 Classroom: Pandemic as Sacred Present

Even during the COVID-19 era classroom we can still practice holiness. We can still strain after wholeness, even in a time of uncertainty and death.

Caleb Wait

The Theology of the Tabernacle - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Matt, Derek, and Alastair take a respite from discussions surrounding current events to take up the biblical theological topic of the tabernacle. Listen in to hear how the tabernacle motif is carried throughout scripture and why it isn’t merely a […]

M H TurnerFeaturedChurch

The Search for Anglican Identity | Mere Orthodoxy

Recent responses to Turner's first essay raise the question of why the idea of Anglican identity is so contested in the first place.

Matthew SheddenTheology

Picking apples, making pies - Trivial

Stay out super late tonight Picking apples, making pies Put a little something in our lemonade and take it with us We’re half awake in a fake empire We’re half awake in a fake empire –The National, Fake Empire

Caleb WaitPoliticsCultureChurchMere FidelityGuns

"God and Guns in America," with Dr. Michael Austin

"God and Guns in America," with Dr. Michael Austin

David WilkinsonFeatured

In Memory: Professor James D. G. Dunn | Mere Orthodoxy

Professor Dunn leaves behind a legacy of attentiveness to the biblical text and a concern for the unity and mission of the church aided by the Holy Spirit.

Matthew Dal SantoFeaturedCurrent Politics

Is the Queen Post-Liberal? | Mere Orthodoxy

A return to “port” – to a healthy commonwealth, directed towards its proper ends – must also include a post-liberal vision for public political authority.

Ana SiljakFeatured

D. B. Hart's Inquisitor | Mere Orthodoxy

The Inquisitor of Dostoevsky's "Brothers Karamazov" provides a challenging lens through which to read D. B. Hart's "That All Shall Be Saved."