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KJ DrakeFeatured

Book Review: The Ascension of Christ by Patrick Schreiner - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

It is de rigeur to begin any work on the ascension with the contemporary church’s neglect of the doctrine. Despite numerous books published on the ascension in the past generation and the prominence of the doctrine in the creeds this […]

Joshua JensenBibleFeatured

Straightening Out the Bible? | Mere Orthodoxy

Joshua Jensen on how Bible translators should think about their work, about Scripture, and about the readers of their translations.

Elijah Del MedigoFeatured

Daf Yomi in Quarantine - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Throughout centuries of exile, the Talmud has been an oasis of calm for the Jewish people. Heinrich Heine famously called it “the portable homeland of the Jewish people.” The study of Talmud, even in the centuries-long suspension of national sovereignty, […]

Jake Meador

Lies, Liberalism, and Sullivan - Commonplaces

Background: Start by reading Ben Smith’s profile of Andrew Sullivan for the New York Times. Then read my friend Rod Dreher’s defense of Sullivan. One of the smartest responses back when everyone was debating Rod’s Benedict Option came from Andy Crouch, […]

Jake Meador

Lies, Liberalism, and Sullivan - Commonplaces

Background: Start by reading Ben Smith’s profile of Andrew Sullivan for the New York Times. Then read my friend Rod Dreher’s defense of Sullivan. One of the smartest responses back when everyone was debating Rod’s Benedict Option came from Andy Crouch, […]

Caleb WaitMere Fidelity

'Jesus and the Forces of Death,' with Dr. Matthew Thiessen

'Jesus and the Forces of Death,' with Dr. Matthew Thiessen

Brad EdwardsFeaturedChurchEvangelicalism

The Church of Individualism - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Mark Sayers defines secularism as the pursuit of “the fruits of the Kingdom without the King.” It’s a beautifully succinct summary of a culture with a historical amnesia of it’s once-upon-a-time countercultural Christian foundations built to support the social virtues […]

Caleb WaitMere Fidelity

Lamenting the Scandal of Jerry Falwell Jr.

Lamenting the Scandal of Jerry Falwell Jr.

Kaitlyn SchiessFeaturedCurrent Politics

For the Life of the World: Spiritual Formation and Public Life

An excerpt from Kaitlyn Schiess's forthcoming "Liturgy of Politics," coming out on September 8, 2020 from InterVarsity Press.

J. Brandon MeeksFeatured

Southern Guilt, Southern Gospel | Mere Orthodoxy

Traditional Country Music as expressed by the haunting echoes of Hank Williams and gritty ballads of Johnny Cash, is a form of religious testimony.

Andrew ArndtFeaturedChurch

To Open or Not to Open? A Humble Plea - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

“Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in […]

Casey ShuttFeaturedChurch

Piercing a Hole in the Heavens | Mere Orthodoxy

Churches, although ordinary and easy to overlook (you’ve probably passed several already today), are portals that crackle with the power of God.