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Bill MeloneFeaturedAnthropology

The Tribe of Ishmael: Whiteness and Christian Identity

Does Peter's sin in Galatians 2 include a kind of racism? Our answer to the question will inform our attitude toward 'whiteness' in American evangelicalism.

Jake Meador

Steel Manning "First Things" | Commonplaces

R. R. Reno's reactionary writing about COVID-19 is misguided and wrong, but we should take the time to understand why rather than simply mock his arguments.

Jake MeadorFeatured

Augustine Amongst the Strong Gods | Mere Orthodoxy

R. R. Reno's "Return of the Strong Gods" makes a devastating critique of Popper's open society but is insufficiently critical of the strong gods themselves.

E. J. HutchinsonFeaturedCurrent Politicshealth

Learning in Quarantine | Mere Orthodoxy

We must do our work. We must do it in unfavorable conditions. We must do it before the specter of Death’s hooked and gnarled finger.

John ThomasBook Reviews

Revisiting the Kingdom: Ten Years After "Desiring the Kingdom"

The most striking section of James K. A. Smith's "Desiring the Kingdom" could be revamped in striking ways for the post-shopping mall world.

Susannah Black RobertsUncategorized

The King of Social Distancing, c. 1665 - Radio Free Thulcandra

In what will be surely the first of too many posts consisting of excerpts from Daniel Defoe’s Journal of the Plague Year, I would like to introduce you to an unnamed man who is an example to all of us […]

Caleb WaitCultureTheologyChurchEvangelicalismMere Fidelityreligion

Crises in Evangelicalism with Dr. Molly Worthen

Crises in Evangelicalism with Dr. Molly Worthen

Steven WedgeworthFeaturedChurchEvangelicalism

Reasonable Service: Outreach, Evangelism, and Ethics in the PCA

The recent controversy concerning Memorial Pres is possibly a natural function of the way many in the PCA think about outreach, evangelism, and ethics.

Jonathan CioranFeaturedCurrent Politics

Grift Before the Storm: Three Days at CPAC 2020 | Mere Orthodoxy

For three days at a hotel in Maryland, surrounded by conservative elites and MAGA celebrities, the triumph of Donald Trump this November seemed inevitable.

Jake MeadorChurch

How One Church is Responding to Coronavirus - Commonplaces

I’ve been really delighted with how well my home church in Lincoln has responded to the coronavirus. When a friend of mine asked about it on Twitter last night, I replied to her tweet: Has anyone's church moved to virtual […]

David BeauchampFeaturedCurrent Politics

How Should Christians Respond to the Coronavirus? - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the law? What is your reading of it?” So he answered and […]

Caleb WaitPoliticsTheologyChurchchrist and cultureMere FidelityRoman Catholicism

Integralism with Pater Edmund Waldstein

Integralism with Pater Edmund Waldstein