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Christopher HuttonFeaturedEvangelicalism

How Then Shall We Converse? | Mere Orthodoxy

Seeking to understand through conversation is a great good. But that doesn't mean every idea deserves to be presented in the same forum.

Tyler WittmanFeatured

Why We Need the Doctrine of Eternal Generation | Mere Orthodoxy

Eternal generation undergirds our understanding of the creator/creature distinction and the atonement. We neglect or reject it to our own peril.

Caleb Wait

Lynchings, Protests, Unrest, and Racism in America with Malcolm Foley - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

How have black protestant’s responded to their lynchings through American history? Malcolm Foley (PhD Candidate in Religion at Baylor University and Director of Discipleship at Mosaic Waco) joins Matt and Derek to discuss his research on this issue and how […]

Josh KinlawFeatured

First Things and the Problem of Polite Opinion | Mere Orthodoxy

Evangelicals are often overly concerned about respectability. Outlets that do not care about being clubabble, such as First Things, should be supported.

Guest WriterFeatured

Race and Black Theology Reading List: An Annotated Bibliography

These books are central to the ongoing conversations about race and justice happening amongst theologians today.

Brad LittlejohnPolitical Theory

“Great Danger of Fatal Extremes”: Hamilton on Revolutionary Excess

Alexander Hamilton's words regarding the dangers of radical extremism feel alarmingly relevant to us today.

Harold SenkbeilFeaturedFormation

When You Bear Your Cross, Christ is Your King | Mere Orthodoxy

Jesus would be easier to follow if he would leave out that part about the cross. But that’s the thing about Jesus: he’s inseparable from his cross.

Amber BowenFeatured

Book Review: Philosopher of the Heart by Clare Carlisle | Mere Orthodoxy

Carlisle's book is, in both subject and style, an impressive contribution to Kierkegaard studies. It is not perfect, but it is a fitting study of the man.

Justin HawkinsFeatured

Natural Law from Noah to Milton Friedman | Mere Orthodoxy

David VanDrunen's "Politics After Christendom" presents a jarringly stale political program built on an innovative reading of the Noahic covenant.

Andrew ArndtFeatured

The One God of Katherine Sonderegger - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

“Theology awakens a grateful heart.”[1] Thus the first words of Katherine Sonderegger’s remarkable Systematic Theology fall. I began reading theology years ago out of a longing to know the Lord. Desire drove study. It still does.

Josh PaulingFeaturedEconomics and Business

Economics Turn Homeward - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

COVID-19 uncertainties provide a cultural moment for re-evaluating what really constitutes the good life. While the mandatory homecoming of sorts drags on, it sheds fresh and favorable light on home economies of simplicity and some measure of self-sufficiency. Stay-at-home orders […]

William E. BoyceFeaturedCurrent PoliticsHealth and Medicine

The Cross Amidst a Plague: Choosing Cruciformity Over Self-Interest

Love of neighbor is central to the Christian life and Christian piety. Often, especially during times of plague, this love will cost us a great deal.