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Noah Van NielFeaturedCulture

Beauty Spots - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

…When old age shall this generation waste,                 Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say’st,          “Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all                 Ye know on earth, and all ye need […]

Caleb WaitMere Fidelity

"Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World," with Dr. Tara Isabella Burton

"Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World," with Dr. Tara Isabella Burton

Will BrunoFeatured

The Israeli Unity Government, Explained - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

When Israelis awoke on the morning of Sunday, May 17, something was different. By the end of the day, for the first time in over 500 days, they were in a country with a fully functional government. For almost a […]

Vika PecherskyBibleFeatured

The Sweeping View of the Gospel in Colossians | Mere Orthodoxy

Paul's portrayal of the Gospel in Colossians includes both individual and cosmic restoration and is a helpful corrective for certain evangelical tendencies.

Jake MeadorFamily

Children, Culture Wars, and Christian Societies | Commonplaces

Children are not soldiers to help us win culture wars. Even so, it is nearly impossible to speak Christianly about the family without attracting ridicule.

Jake MeadorFamily

Children, Culture Wars, and Christian Societies | Commonplaces

Children are not soldiers to help us win culture wars. Even so, it is nearly impossible to speak Christianly about the family without attracting ridicule.

Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics

7 Notes on Bostock v Clayton County & the Future of Social Conservatism

We should not overstate the risk to Christian conservatives following the Bostock ruling, but neither should we act as if all is well in our movement.

Lance KinzerFeatured

Political Modesty, for Better and Worse | Mere Orthodoxy

David VanDrunen's "Politics After Christendom" is a welcome corrective to evangelical triumphalism, but comes with its own potentially significant problems.

Caleb WaitMere Fidelity

QAnon and The Church

QAnon and The Church

Matthew StokesFeaturedEconomics and BusinessEvangelicalism

Against Evangelical Minimalism | Mere Orthodoxy

Many calls to evangelical minimalism implicitly rely upon a relationship to material goods that is hostile to good work and reliant upon global capitalism.

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.