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Tara Isabella BurtonFeatured

On Diligence | Mere Orthodoxy

There might be more immediately exciting loves than the patient attention offered by the diligent person. But we are most like Christ when we are diligent.

Brad LittlejohnPolitical TheoryCurrent Politics

A Government of Force or a Government of Laws?

If America is to be a nation of laws, we will need to rediscover sources of political order that aren't purely dependent upon coercive force.

Christopher HuttonFeaturedEvangelicalism

How Then Shall We Converse? | Mere Orthodoxy

Seeking to understand through conversation is a great good. But that doesn't mean every idea deserves to be presented in the same forum.

Tyler WittmanFeatured

Why We Need the Doctrine of Eternal Generation | Mere Orthodoxy

Eternal generation undergirds our understanding of the creator/creature distinction and the atonement. We neglect or reject it to our own peril.

Caleb Wait

Lynchings, Protests, Unrest, and Racism in America with Malcolm Foley - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

How have black protestant’s responded to their lynchings through American history? Malcolm Foley (PhD Candidate in Religion at Baylor University and Director of Discipleship at Mosaic Waco) joins Matt and Derek to discuss his research on this issue and how […]

Josh KinlawFeatured

First Things and the Problem of Polite Opinion | Mere Orthodoxy

Evangelicals are often overly concerned about respectability. Outlets that do not care about being clubabble, such as First Things, should be supported.

Guest WriterFeatured

Race and Black Theology Reading List: An Annotated Bibliography

These books are central to the ongoing conversations about race and justice happening amongst theologians today.

Brad LittlejohnPolitical Theory

“Great Danger of Fatal Extremes”: Hamilton on Revolutionary Excess

Alexander Hamilton's words regarding the dangers of radical extremism feel alarmingly relevant to us today.

Harold SenkbeilFeaturedFormation

When You Bear Your Cross, Christ is Your King | Mere Orthodoxy

Jesus would be easier to follow if he would leave out that part about the cross. But that’s the thing about Jesus: he’s inseparable from his cross.

Amber BowenFeatured

Book Review: Philosopher of the Heart by Clare Carlisle | Mere Orthodoxy

Carlisle's book is, in both subject and style, an impressive contribution to Kierkegaard studies. It is not perfect, but it is a fitting study of the man.

Justin HawkinsFeatured

Natural Law from Noah to Milton Friedman | Mere Orthodoxy

David VanDrunen's "Politics After Christendom" presents a jarringly stale political program built on an innovative reading of the Noahic covenant.

Andrew ArndtFeatured

The One God of Katherine Sonderegger - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

“Theology awakens a grateful heart.”[1] Thus the first words of Katherine Sonderegger’s remarkable Systematic Theology fall. I began reading theology years ago out of a longing to know the Lord. Desire drove study. It still does.