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Caleb WaitMere Fidelity

Kinism, Online Troll-Culture, and the Poway Shooter with Joe Carter

Kinism, Online Troll-Culture, and the Poway Shooter with Joe Carter

Susannah Black RobertsPoliticsEthics

We'll make that great heart what we want it to be. - Radio Free Thulcandra

Just throwing this up here for future reference, after thinking and writing a bit about about Margaret Sanger’s intense Lothrop Stoddard fangirling, and the eugenicist origins of Planned Parenthood: “Man has got to take charge of Man. That means, remember, […]

Paul D. MillerFeaturedCurrent Politics

The Jedi are Selfless: Identity, Nationalism, the Humanities, and Liberalism

Turning the public square into a battleground for identity groups has hurt civil society. Fixing it will require a return to classical liberal ideals.

Kevin BrownFeaturedEvangelicalismCurrent Politics

Faith and Heavenly Fitness: Would Alt-Right Christians Like Heaven? - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Nicholas Fuentes is many things. He’s a young, politically engaged person who seems to possess some kind of sincere religious faith. He frequently elevates Christian culture, advocates for faith in the public realm, and defends traditional Christian beliefs with evangelical […]

Caleb Wait

Responding to Sexual Abuse in The Church with Dr. Justin Holcomb - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Matt and Alastair sit down with Dr. Justin Holcomb to discuss the difficult topic of sexual abuse in the church and how to identify and prevent it. Timestamps: Intro + The constructive aspects in evangelicalism’s new discussion surrounding sexual abuse […]

Daniel DeCarloFeaturedCurrent Politics

Friends, Enemies, and the Anti-Christian Right | Mere Orthodoxy

The American right wing can confront the white nationalist contagion within its midst with a substantive account of the good or pass into nothingness.

John ThomasFeatured

Book Review: The Kingdom of God Has No Borders by Melani McAlister

American evangelicalism's missionary movements have often had a disruptive effect on the domestic life of American evangelicals.

Matthew Lee AndersonFeatured

Responding to Dr. Wayne Grudem on In Vitro Fertilization

Grudem’s essay is bad work, bad theology, and affirms bad practices. And we shouldn’t hesitate or equivocate in saying so.

Jake MeadorCommunities

What makes a theological statement "individualistic"? | Commonplaces

Affirming Adam as the federal head of humanity is obviously a good thing to do, but it does not prove that a person or theology is not individualistic.

Matthew LoftusFeatured

Sex and the Supremacy of Technique - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Last week’s essay from Matthew Lee Anderson and Andrew Walker about evangelicals and in vitro fertilization makes an argument worth discussing: God intends that sex and procreation should not be separated from each other. It made me think of the […]

E. J. HutchinsonFeaturedHistory

The Protestant World of Shakespeare | Mere Orthodoxy

Debates over Shakespeare's personal faith are pointless. But it is worth noting that he grew up and worked in a deeply Protestant world.

Caleb Wait

7 Myths about Singleness with Sam Allberry - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Sam Allberry joins the crew to discuss his new book, 7 Myths about Singleness. Sam helps to unravel some of the modern assumptions around being single in the church and culture, as well as share his experience of being a […]