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Matthew Lee AndersonFeaturedCurrent Politics

Can Charity Save Justice | Mere Orthodoxy

It was an ordinary Sunday afternoon in the Anderson household a few years back, full of books and tea and other comforts. My wife had momentarily interrupted my reading by giving me a kiss, seemingly without cause. It captured just […]

J. Brandon MeeksFeaturedEvangelicalism

We Don't Need Revival - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

“We need revival.” ~The Teeming Masses This phrase, ubiquitous among broad evangelicals, has transmogrified from banal cliche to axiomatic mantra. Having been chanted with such frequency that there is virtually no quarter among popular Christianity where it doesn’t reverberate, it […]

Caleb Wait

Prophets at Large - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The pitfalls surrounding our public speech and proclamations are many: Why is it that we avoid topics so as to appease certain constituencies, and why is it that we are more than happy to engage others and make a show […]

Colleen LuleyChurch ResourcesFamily

Church: Essential or Non-Essential? - The Crossing Blog

With the pandemic, society argues whether church is “essential” or “non-essential.” What about you? How important is Sunday morning church?

Matthew Lee AndersonFeaturedCulture WarCurrent Politics

Can Justice Be Saved? | Mere Orthodoxy

Christians can't embrace all aspects of contemporary ideas of social justice. But we must also recognize that what came before was similarly dangerous.

Emily BrighamFeaturedCurrent Politics

The Insignificance of Voting - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

“. . . [F]or the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived […]

Myles WerntzBook Reviewsrace

Book Review: White Too Long by Robert P. Jones

Jones's new book uses sociological data to lay out a plain and uncomfortable truth for America's white churches: the problem of racism is pervasive.

Casey ChalkFeatured

The Wind in the Willows: A Tribute to Home and Friendship

Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows" offers readers a delightful and childlike account of the beauty of home and simple friendships.

Jake MeadorFeatured

Announcing the Mere Orthodoxy KickStarter - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

We have officially launched our KickStarter campaign! What follows is cross-posted from KickStarter: A Christian Magazine for Rootless Times Ours is a society of orphans, of people who don’t belong to anyone. Americans report skyrocketing rates of loneliness and mental […]

Onsi A. KamelFeatured

The World Was Not Worthy: In Memoriam Fr Paul Mankowski

Fr. Paul, like the Lord he followed, wandered in barren places for many days. He has now been called home to his eternal rest.

Nicholas MeverelFeatured

Memes and Icons | Mere Orthodoxy

Memes and icons are not merely two alternative forms of visual communication; they actually gesture toward two radically different concepts of reality.

Caleb Wait

Fashion Theology,' with Dr. Robert Covolo - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

What hath Jerusalem to do with Paris, or Carthage with Milan? Dr. Robert Covolo—Director of the Center for Pastoral Residents at Christ Church Sierra Madre, former scholar at the Visual Faith Institute of Art and Architecture and faculty at the […]