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Notes from the Sermon - Trivial

On Mondays I’ll be posting a quote I shared during the sermon or from the cutting room floor. I’ll post the scripture I referenced, and the connections may or may not be obvious. The Lord did not come to make […]

Jake Meador

Reviewing 2020, Starting 2021 - Commonplaces

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

Jake Meador

Reviewing 2020, Starting 2021 - Commonplaces

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

Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity

End of Year Pandemic Joy

End of Year Pandemic Joy

Jake MeadorFeatured

Best of Mere Orthodoxy 2020 - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

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 - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

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 - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

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 - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

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 - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

 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 | Mere Orthodoxy

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 - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

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 […]

Matthew Lee AndersonPoliticsCultureTheologyChurchMere Fidelityreligion

“Divided We Fall,” with David French

“Divided We Fall,” with David French