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Kyle DillonFeatured

Natural Law in Early Protestantism - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The role of natural law in Reformed Protestantism has been a topic of considerable debate since the twentieth century. As early as the debate between Karl Barth and Emil Brunner in 1934, two competing views on natural law emerged: the […]

Susannah Black RobertsPolitics

American Solidarity Party: Don't Throw Away Your Shot - Radio Free Thulcandra

Why not vote for a candidate you can actually support? Brian Carroll and Amar Patel, the American Solidarity Party ticket, are on the ballot in eight states; you can write them in in all other states. They’re a party that […]

Susannah Black RobertsPolitics

American Solidarity Party: Don't Throw Away Your Shot - Radio Free Thulcandra

Why not vote for a candidate you can actually support? Brian Carroll and Amar Patel, the American Solidarity Party ticket, are on the ballot in eight states; you can write them in in all other states. They’re a party that […]

Bob StevensonFeaturedCurrent Politics

Citizen Strangers and the Cost of Compromise - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The words flowed in perfect patriotic cadence. “My fellow Americans, we are going through a time of testing. But if you look through the fog of these challenging times, you will see, our flag is still there today…” Words that […]

Paul D. MillerFeaturedCurrent Politics

Politics Is More Than Abortion vs Character - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

There has been a lot of Christian handwringing about American politics and the 2020 election. Al Mohler updated the same line of thought that has led to four decades of alliance between conservative, pro-life evangelicals with the Republican Party by […]

Patrick PiersonFeaturedCurrent Politics

Dogmatic Partisanship's Dead End | Mere Orthodoxy

The only way out of our death spiral of polarization is to set aside desires to purge the "other" from public life and, instead, seek to form coalitions.

Sahr MbriwaFeaturedEvangelicalismFormation

An Unbelieving Church - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Author and psychiatrist, Curt Thompson, once remarked “we become what we pay attention to.” Reformulated as a question, it becomes arguably the guiding question we need today, namely who are you becoming? In a time of political crisis and social […]

Casey ChalkFeatured

Cultivating a Christian Imagination in a Pornographic Age - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God,” declared Jesus in his Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:8). It’s interesting that Christ directly associates purity with the ability to perceive God, and, as many interpreters argue, the […]

Kirsten SandersFeaturedEducation

On Unlearning - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Come now, O Lord my God. Teach my heart where and how to seek you, where and how to find you. Lord, if you are not here, where shall I seek you, since you are absent? But if you are […]

Elizabeth SticeFeaturedHistoryCurrent Politics

Reading "In Praise of Folly" in 2020 | Mere Orthodoxy

The 16th century writer and reformer Erasmus of Rotterdam has much to teach us in our own moment of cultural fragmentation.

Jessica JoustraFeatured

Book Review: Bavinck: A Critical Biography by James Eglinton - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

It is no surprise that such a remarkable biography comes from the desk of James Eglinton, who has already established himself as a leading voice in Bavinck studies. In his first book, Trinity and Organism, Eglinton set a new course […]

Caleb WaitMere Fidelity

'Hearers and Doers,' with Dr. Kevin Vanhoozer

'Hearers and Doers,' with Dr. Kevin Vanhoozer