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Jake Meador

Eucharistic Presence and the Life of Faith - Commonplaces

I’m co-teaching a class at my church on the sacraments right now. One benefit is that I have a reason to go back over the old reformed confessions. Here is the Belgic Confession (1561) on the Eucharist:

Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics

The Liberty of a Christian in a Democratic Age | Mere Orthodoxy

Schmitz argues that democracies force their members to choose between liberty and Christianity. Historic Protestantism says this is a false dichotomy.

Caleb Wait

For and Against: Multi-site Churches - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Andrew, Matt, and Derek sit down to discuss the phenomenon of multi-site churches. Andrew argues for the soundness of such an ecclesiastical practice and Matt and Derek aren’t so sure.     If you’re interested in supporting the show financially, […]

Jake Meador

Liberty doesn't mean what they think it means. | Commonplaces

Conservative neo-liberal defenses of 'liberty' fail because ultimately their definition of liberty is horrifying.

Michael ShindlerFeatured

The Joke's on You: Why Leviathan Needs Joker - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

As men require a heaping dose of dreams to reconcile themselves to waking life, so too does the hulking Leviathan of society require its dreams—which are films. This fantastical notion—that films function as society’s dreams—was first heralded by a smattering […]

Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics

There is No Wealth but Life: Rootedness in an Orphaned World

Any social program that attempts to chart the way through late liberalism that doesn't foreground the goodness of life will fail in its aims.

Guest WriterBibleFeaturedEvangelicalism

Does the Baptist Faith and Message Exclude Theistic Evolution?

Can one affirm a type of theistic evolution and serve in the SBC? The Baptist Faith and Message doesn't give a clear answer.

Jake MeadorFeatured

The Necessity of Nations | Mere Orthodoxy

Families, churches, and governments are not complete societies in themselves. Nations are. And we ought to belong to those nations as Christian citizens.

Michael McKoyFeatured

Nationalism for a Multi-Tribal People | Mere Orthodoxy

An American nationalism that lacks an understanding of America's injustice to minorities will be unable to overcome the charge of racism appended to it.

Caleb Wait

"Who Is an Evangelical?" with Dr. Thomas Kidd - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Who is an evangelical? Dr. Thomas Kidd joins Matt and Derek to discuss this pertinent question which is also the title to his recent book, Who Is an Evangelical?: The History of a Movement in Crisis. Listen in on why […]

Matthew Lee AndersonFeaturedCurrent Politics

A Failed Attempt to Reset the Nationalism Debate | Mere Orthodoxy

Werntz's essay rightly foregrounds the centrality of economics in understanding nations, but its treatment of economic injustice is reductionistic.

Matthew LoftusPoliticsFeatured

Pro-Blood, Pro-Soil, Pro-Nation, Pro-Christianity | Mere Orthodoxy

People ought to live in close relationship to their family and place of birth. But western nations have made that very difficult for the majority world.