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Jake MeadorFeatured
Each year in December we publish our Eliot Awards at Mere Orthodoxy for excellence in long-form writing over the past 12 months.
Matthew ArboPoliticsFeaturedChurch
Wesley's evocative line in "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing," is a reference to Haggai. Looking closely at the text can help us better understand the hymn.
Caleb WaitCultureParentingTheologyChurchLiturgyMere Fidelitychurch-calendar
Matt introduces the latest podcast at Mere Orthodoxy, "Sacred Season." Sacred Season is a new podcast hosted by Danielle Hitchen & Erin Morrow Hawley that covers the vocation
Jake MeadorBooks
It’s that time of year, so here’s my list of my ten favorite (new to me) books from 2019: Unbelief and Revolution by William Groen van Prinsterer This is the book to give your Protestant friend who is deeply suspicious […]
Guest WriterFeatured
In which the Mere Orthodoxy writers explain Christian denominations by explaining whether or not they would baptize Baby Yoda
Sarah Sanderson
Denhollander's story of abuse and justice is also a story about two distinct ways churches can respond to the ongoing abuse scandal in the American church.
Kyle KeatingSports
I live in a baseball town. I know this because in the fall of 2011, I found myself in a divey pizza joint with a bunch of other transplants from
Caleb Wait
Derek and Alastair sit down with pastor and theologian, Dr. Jeremy Treat to talk about his latest book on the Kingdom of God, ‘Seek First: How the Kingdom of God Changes Everything.’ Treat helps the guys work through the Christianese […]
Todd HainsBibleFeaturedFormationHermeneutics
Luther teaches that the catechism holds the entirety of the Christian faith. Even the educated laity and clergy need simple words and short summaries; how much more the simple and uneducated? Actually that’s why Luther thinks the simple need the […]
Matthew LoftusCulture
Africa will define the future, but perhaps not in the way that Jack Dorsey hopes.
J Arthur BloomFeaturedembodiment
Many Americans do not have the means to obtain a dignified burial after their death. Christians, Muslims, and Jews ought to do something about that.
Jake MeadorSacred Season
Join Erin and Danielle as they explore the first season of the liturgical year—Advent—and ask what it teaches us about remembering and waiting on the Lord.