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Peter LeithartFeatured

Advent III: Forget the Former Things | Mere Orthodoxy

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

John the Baptist

Myles WerntzFeaturedChurch

Advent II: Expectant Waiting - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

As 2020 has lingered on, I have watched as marker after marker of a year’s progression have been overtaken by an endless sea of sameness: one weekend blurs into the next, one Zoom call into the next. The rhythms of […]

Gracy OlmsteadFeatured

Searching for Other Feminisms: An Interview with Leah Libresco Sargeant - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

At the end of September, Judge Amy Coney Barrett was being considered for a Supreme Court vacancy left by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. New York Times columnist Ross Douthat wrote a piece considering the impact Coney Barrett might […]

R. Lucas StampsFeatured

Roger Ebert's Dying Words - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

I’ve recently had Clem Snide’s latest album, Forever Just Beyond (2020), on repeat. Snide, the nom de band of Jewish-American songwriter Eef Barzelay, collaborates on the album with Scott Avett of the Avett Brothers to produce an understated, folky contemplation […]

Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity

‘The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self,’ with Dr. Carl R. Trueman

‘The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self,’ with Dr. Carl R. Trueman

Denton KnightFeaturedFormation

When the Grass is Greener - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

When we returned to West Point this past July, we did not expect to end up restricted to the same five-mile radius for the rest of the semester. Yet the potent combination of COVID-19 and military force protection measures resulted […]

Stephen G. AdubatoFeatured

Lady Bird and the Buffered Self | Mere Orthdoxy

"Lady Bird" depicts the struggle between two visions of the world—the porous world of the pre-modern west and the buffered world of the present.

Brad EastFeaturedChurch

Advent I: The Face of God - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The deepest desire of the people of God is to see the face of God. The Psalmist gives voice to this desire in the form of exhortation: “seek his face always” (105:4). The invocation of Israel’s priests answers this desire […]

Susannah Black RobertsTheologyChurch

The Time is Near - Radio Free Thulcandra

I’ve never written about this before, but today is the first Sunday of Advent, and it’s also both C.S. Lewis’ and Madeleine L’Engle’s birthday, and so I am going to try to describe something – at least to start. I […]

Susannah Black RobertsTheologyChurch

The Time is Near - Radio Free Thulcandra

I’ve never written about this before, but today is the first Sunday of Advent, and it’s also both C.S. Lewis’ and Madeleine L’Engle’s birthday, and so I am going to try to describe something – at least to start. I […]

Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity

‘The Logic of the Body,’ with Dr. Matthew LaPine

‘The Logic of the Body,’ with Dr. Matthew LaPine